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| Sadr supporting cleric arrested yesterday is Vancouver Imam |
| 2004-04-15 |
| A Muslim cleric from the Vancouver area who was arrested in Iraq on Tuesday is a staunch supporter of the high-level Iraqi cleric currently locked in a bloody showdown with U.S. troops, say two B.C. Muslims. But Imam Sayed Hazem al-Araji -- who was released by U.S. forces after five hours -- generally did not preach in favour of controversial Iraqi leader Moqtada al-Sadr while he was in B.C. because he didn’t want to exacerbate conflict in the local Iraqi community, said a former board member at the Surrey mosque where al-Araji served. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #2 THANK YOU, TOM! |
| Posted by: Anonymous4187 2004-04-15 10:03:35 AM |
| #1 ...generally did not preach in favour of controversial Iraqi leader Moqtada al-Sadr while he was in B.C. because... a. He didn't know al-Sadr as well as OBL? b. He wanted to distance himself from his "let's bomb LA in the new millenium" friends? c. He was fleecing peaceful Muslims to fund the fanatic cause? |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-04-15 9:50:26 AM |