Saudi Sheikh: Terrorists Use Zionist and Western Weapons; Give Rise to "Right-Wing Extremists" Who Attack Mosques and Veiled Women

More from our favorite Sheikh, Salman al-'Awda. In what is ostensibly a condemnation of Islamic terrorist groups, al-'Awda nevertheless manages to blame Zionists and Westerners for supplying these groups with weapons, and then further manages to levy the absurb allegation that "right-wing extremists" are attacking mosques and defenseless Muslim women in the streets. And of course, through all this, there's no acknowledgement of any possible blame within Islam for the actions of terrorists. No mention of commands from the Qur'an to "kill the unbelievers wherever ye find them" (9:5), or "fight them until there is no more fitna" (8:39) or "smite them at their necks and chop all their finger-tips off them" (47:4), or any other such verses from the holy book. (See the original Arabic here.)

Salman: Weapons Used by Terrorist Groups to Kill and Bomb Are "Israeli" and "Zionist"

Lutfi 'Abd-al-Latif, Riyadh, al-madina.com

Sheikh Salman bin Fahd al-'Awda, who runs the website "Islam al-Youm," said that the arms used by violent terrorist groups to kill, commit bloodshed, and carry out terrorist operations, are produced in Israeli factories, and are acquired from Zionist and Western circles. He asked--where did they come by these weapons with which to kill and carry out bombings in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, and some Western countries? He stated that they did not make them, nor did they acquire them from the black market, but they were given to them from Zionist and Western circles. He added that these groups endeavor to doctrinally justify their criminal operations, while acquiring these weapons from those who are hostile to everything which is Islamic. ... Sheikh al-'Awda said: "Jihad is innocent of these criminal acts, and this absurdity and chaos in the name of religion. These groups who raise the name and banners of Islam to justify killings and bombings provide a precious gift to the enemies of Islam, and to the Zionists." Al-'Awda described these acts as "despicable," and those who carry them out are worthless. They fan the flames of people's emotions, and cause the state of hostility which is carried by right-wing extremists, leading to attacks on mosques, Muslim groups, and veiled women in the streets. [...]

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