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Iraq
Egyptian Cleric Suspended Over Iraq Edict
2003-08-30
The Egyptian government-appointed head of Islam’s highest seat of learning yesterday suspended a senior cleric who had called on Muslim states to boycott Iraq’s US-appointed governing council. Al-Azhar chief Sheikh Mohamad Sayyed Tantawi said Egyptian cleric Sheikh Nabawi Mohamad Al-Ish “does not represent Al-Azhar.”
"Roll up your prayer mat and get the hell out!"
“No Egyptian cleric has the right to pass verdict on the affairs of another country,” Tantawi said in a statement carried by the official MENA news agency. “I cannot overstep the Iraqi sheikhs and proclaim fatwas (religious edicts) on matters that concern them. Iraqi ulema (clerics) have to pronounce their opinion on this matter as they are more familiar with their own affairs.” The Egyptian cleric had sparked a storm on Wednesday by telling the Cairo opposition daily Al-Wafd that Iraq’s governing council “has no legitimacy” and that “Arab and Muslim states should not deal with it.”
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  A bunker buster wouldn't do enough damage. Aswan is a whole lot of concrete.
Posted by: Dishman   2003-8-30 11:09:41 PM  

#4  Just "Aswan - bunker buster" ought to do nicely...
Posted by: Fred   2003-8-30 2:50:41 PM  

#3  Just keep whispering two words, "Aswan, nuke; Aswan, nuke" over and over, and watch Mubarak's toenails do a 360.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-8-30 1:32:03 PM  

#2  They're like a faucet. Turn 'em on, turn 'em off. Depends on what you need.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-8-30 1:00:06 PM  

#1  WOW! Looks like Mumbarak wants to keep his little kingdom alive a bit longer. Note that ALL clerics are puppets in Arab states. I wonder/hope this is a trend to tone down the Anti-U.S. crap they have been spewing.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter)   2003-8-30 12:49:39 PM  

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