[TOLONEWS] President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai
... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a
Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use...
addressed religious scholars at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Egypt with a call to condemn suicide kabooms as an act prohibited under Islamic law.
According to a statement from Karzai's office, he urged in his address Wednesday to the summit for the religious scholars of the Moslem countries to condemn suicide attacks.
Karzai was quoted as pointing the holy men to the remarks of Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Mufti-e-Azam of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face...
, whose sermon on the day of Arafat condemned suicide attacks as prohibited in Islam and anyone who attempts or carries out such attacks will not be forgiven by Allah.
According to the released statement, Karzai said, "It is a timely step to focus our attention on some of the gravest and consequential challenges facing us today. From the violence of terrorism to the crisis and conflict in several of our countries, to the ever continuing sufferings of our Paleostinian brothers and sisters, the Moslem world is strewn with difficulties.
"Our religious scholars and Ulema must effectively engage in our common struggle against krazed killers, who undermine the Ummah's progress and stability. To address these challenges, we not only need strong political unison but also sustained effort at raising our standard in human capital and economic development."