[An Nahar] Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani rejected on Sunday statements attacking Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, considering that this is an "offense to all Mohammedans.""An attack on the Mufti 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 the Soddy national face...
is an attack on all Mohammedan due to the noble religious status he represents in the Arab and Islamic world," Qabbani said in a released statement, adding that al-Sheikh is a "renowned Islamic and international reference in religious matters."
He noted: "Fools are attacking our top holy mans and people are silent despite insults against their scholars."
"It is not acceptable for any man to offend another because he disagrees with him. So how can we accept offense against the Saudi Mufti?"
"It is a foolish thing to allow disagreements to lead to insults and the demolition of ethics," the Mufti stressed.
Tawheed Movement leader Wiam Wahab called Abdul Aziz on Sunday morning a "handicap," asking him as well as Sunni holy man Youssef al-Qaradawi
...crackpot Egyptian Islamist theologian. He is best known for his program
Shariah and Lifeon Al Jazeera, with an estimated audience of 60 million kindred souls worldwide. He is also well-known for IslamOnline, which occasionally advocates things like slavery and thumping the old lady with a rod no thicker than an inch, and has published more than 120 books, including
Islam: The Future Civilization.Joe has long had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Moslem Brüderbund. Some of his views have been controversial in the West, though less so among the rubes of the Mysterious East, and he was refused entry to the United Kingdom in 2008. In 2004, 2,500 Muslim academics from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and from the Palestinian territories condemned Qaradawi, and accused him of giving
Islam a bad name....
to "clean their mouths before talking about Hizbullah's resistance."
Saudi Arabia's top holy man on Thursday urged governments and fellow holy mans across the Mohammedan world to punish Hizbullah for its intervention in the Syrian civil war against the mainly Sunni rebels fighting to oust
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
"We urge all politicians and holy mans to take substantial measures against this detestable sectarian group (Hizbullah) and all those backing it," Sheikh said in a speech carried by the official SPA news agency.
Meanwhile,
...back at the mall, Clarissa suddenly spied Mr. Bartlett at the checkout counter. He was buying Grecian Formula!...
Qaradawi, who has millions of supporters around the Arab world, particularly in the ranks of the Moslem Brüderbund, said he had been at fault for previously backing Hizbullah and urged Sunni volunteers to join the Syrian rebels.