| Destroy all churches in the Gulf! -- Grand Mufti Apr 20th 2012, 00:40 I've only just found out about this but it dates from March. http://www.khouse.org/enews_article/2012/1914/ Quote:
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh issued a fatwa last week declaring that all churches on the Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed, raising surprisingly few cries of alarm around the world. While Saudi Arabia is on friendly relations with the United States, the country is not on especially kind terms with the Christians within its borders. Church leaders in Europe did offer displeasure at the fatwa, but one of the most direct and vocal criticism actually came from the The Ahl al-Bait World Assembly of Muslims, which rebuked the Grand Mufti, insisting that Saudi Arabia's Wahhabism "is not true Islam."
| He was condemned by various other Muslim leaders. Here's one: http://www.todayszaman.com/news-2765...-churches.html Quote:
Speaking to Today's Zaman, Mehmet Görmez, head of the Religious Affairs Directorate, said he cannot accept the Islamic religious order --fatwa -- issued by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Shaikh, adding that the mufti's remarks run contrary to the centuries-old Islamic teachings of tolerance and the sanctity of institutions belonging to other religions.
He emphasized that Islam has always respected religious freedom. "The opinion of the grand mufti also obviously contradicts the agreements that the Prophet of Islam signed with the non-Muslim communities both in Medina and in the region. It also plainly overlooks the right of immunity given by Islam to the holy shrines and temples of other religions on the basis of the rule of law throughout its history," Görmez explained.
| Of course, the Europeans could threaten to destroy all mosques in Europe that were built with Saudi money. :evil: | |
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