you haven't seen this guy?
Saudi grand mufti calls for demolition of churches
Saudi Arabias top Muslim cleric called on Tuesday for the destruction of all churches in the Arabian Peninsula after legislators in the Gulf state of Kuwait moved to pass laws banning the construction of religious sites associated with Christianity.
Speaking to a delegation in Kuwait, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, who serves as the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, said the destruction of churches was absolutely necessary and is required by Islamic law, Arabic media reported.
Saudi religious leader OKs rape of children
Saudi Arabias Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the kingdoms top religious authority in the ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Sunni Islam, has ruled its acceptable for men to marry girls so young the West would deem it nothing short of pedophilia and rape.
The ulema have agreed that it is permissible for fathers to marry off their small daughters, even if they are in the cradle, the edict declared. But it is not permissible for their husbands to have sex with them unless they are capable of being placed beneath and bearing the weight of the men. And their capability in this regard varies based on their nature and capacity. Aisha was six when she married the prophet, but he had sex with her when she was nine, that is, when she was deemed capable.
Fawzan said there is nothing in Islamic, or Shariah law, that sets a minimum age limit on marrying girls, citing Quran 65:4.
It behooves those who call for setting a minimum age for marriage to fear Allah and not contradict his Shariah, or try to legislate things Allah did not permit, Fawzan said. For laws are Allahs province, and legislation is his exclusive right, to be shared by none other. And among these are the rules governing marriage.
Saudis Can Eat Wife if Very Hungry
Saudi grand mufti 'issues fatwa permitting man to chop up and eat wife in event of extreme hunger' A leading Saudi Arabian cleric has reportedly issued a controversial fatwa allowing a husband to chop up his wife and eat her body in the event of extreme hunger,
The grand mufti, who is the highest religious figure in Saudi Arabia, allegedly went on to substantiate the fatwa by saying this will allow the couple to "become one as their bodies will fuse together after the husband eats his wife".
He and the Saud family are tight
I don’t have regular TV cable service any longer, and haven’t for several years. I don’t see these folks like I might if I did watch cable news.
I have heard of these acts, but didn’t consider this guy to be a government official.
I also did not consider this to be a government type announcement. It seems to be a church type issue.
Those who support Saudi Arabia often argue it isn’t the Saudi ‘commdar-in-chief’ (king) who supports terrorism, islamism or islam; it’s some other saudi or ‘one of the princes’.. alternatively they suggest ‘well what should or could the [innocent] king do if he wants to save his own butt?’.
These types of arguments are old & essentially pointless excuses. Not only these arguments do not exonerate ‘the saudi king’ of his culpability in terrorism, but also suggest massive corruption & hypocrisy.
Of course most know about saudi sharia law, chop-chop square, etc.. if the saudi king, himself, had any secular inclinations (since what? early 1900s) he’d be moving to Britain or Denmark.