Posted on 04/02/2002 5:44:05 PM PST by vannrox
21-02-2002 BBC on line: A group of Iranian pilgrims also held a rally condemning the United States and Israel, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. Before the start of the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia said it would not tolerate any political speeches or anti-American demonstrations. "Islam orders respecting people's right, money, honour and lives... and instructs against killing children, women and the unarmed," he said. The cleric singled out Israel for criticism, condemning its policies as "injustice, aggression and terrorism". Thousands of Saudi police lined the route to Mount Arafat and helicopters hovered overhead as a sea of pilgrims made the short journey earlier from the nearby valley of Mina. Iranian anger In Iran, meanwhile, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei criticised the United States in a speech for the end of the Hajj, which was carried on Iranian radio. Khamenei said the US wanted to dominate the world He said the US was using the issue of fighting terrorism as a pretext for "hegemonistic plans... to dominate and control the wealth and vital resources of other nations". Relations between the United States and Iran have worsened since US President George Bush characterised Iran as part of an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address last month. Saudi's great mufti Shaykh Abdul Aziz al-Shaykh denounces US
The highest religious authority in Saudi Arabia has publicly denounced Israel and defended Islam as incompatible with terrorism in a sermon at the end of the Muslim Hajj, or pilgrimage.
Addressing more than two million pilgrims gathered on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh condemned what he said was Israel's killing of unarmed Palestinians.
But BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy says that while Saudi officials always insist politics must be kept out of the Hajj they are anxious to defend Islam against perceived attack and to show their commitment to Palestinian rights.
Iranians hold demonstrations against Israel and the US every year at the Hajj, in a "disavowal of pagans ceremony".
Terror links dismissed
There has been a rise in tension between the Muslim world and the West since the 11 September attacks on America carried out by mainly Saudi hijackers.
The shiekh urged the world's Muslims to unite and fight.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz said attempts to correlate Islam and terrorism were unjustified.
"It is unfair to associate Islam with terrorism," said the shiekh, urging Muslims to unite against the "enemies of Islam".
As temperatures exceeded 30 degrees Celcius (86 Fahrenheit), pilgrims spent the day praying for mercy at a site where the Prophet Mohammed delivered his final sermon 14 centuries ago.
Calling Osama Bin Laden, Mohammad Atta, and Yasser Arafat...
...hello..?
The above applies ONLY to fellow Muslims. All others, be assimilated or die.
Hello? Mr. Wizard? Does anyone else see the total incompatibility of these 2 sentences occurring within the same paragraph, let alone being said by the same person?????
Addressing more than two million pilgrims gathered on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia's grand mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh condemned what he said was Israel's killing of unarmed Palestinians.
2,000,000 at once??? OMG, that's a scary number of Muslims in one place at one time. No wonder the "sheeple" mentality is so strong there.
They do not see those statements as incompatable because what Isreal is doing they call terrorism, and the Jews they blow up they call guilty, while their guys are pure as the driven snow fighting a holy jihad.
A learn Muslim Wahibi Cleric will soon state that " IT IS THE MORAL DUTY OF ALL MUSLIMS TO GO TO THE NEAREST JEWISH MATERNITY WARD AND BECOME MARTYRS!!!!" WATCH!!!! the next Jewish holiday Something this VILE will be stated!!!!!
Educating them..giving them technology and weapons..elevating their historic skills as extortionists.
Idiots in the Vatican thought they could control Islam centuries ago..wrote "Papal Bulls" for them..believed they could be handled like chatel.
That illusion came crashing down outside the gates of Vienna and Constantinople.
Some began sounding alarm bells decades ago...world response was.."Oh..your just over reacting..you do not understand their position"
Since 1948 there has been over 10 full scale wars..finding Islam atttacking Israel..or attacking its own..millions have died.
If you could wisk a Vatican rep from the 1100-1400 period ahead to our time..ask him what he makes of the present scenario he would quickly say.."They will attack you....look how they gather..listen to their talk"!
You wouldn't be related to that Vlad Tepes fellow from Romania a few centuries ago, would you?
The next nuclear bombs dropped (prefereably over Mecca and Medina) "MAN IT'S ABOUT D$%^ED TIME !!"
I like your idea, but why should there even be a Mecca and Medina when we finish?
Exterminate them.
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