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2003-08-23 Arabia

New Saudi Fatwa forbids killing of non-Muslims

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-08-23 13:50|| || Front Page|| [11143 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK. So this guy is the best you can come up with for a moderate? He's willing to let us live?

Posted by Matt 2003-8-23 2:39:16 PM|| 2003-8-23 2:39:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Matt---It's a start, we gonna live, I feel better about myself today. (/sarcasm)

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-23 3:07:10 PM|| 2003-8-23 3:07:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Do "non-Muslims" include infidels?

Posted by True German Ally 2003-8-23 3:44:32 PM|| 2003-8-23 3:44:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Well that clears everything up for me. Islam, the Religion of Guess My Moodâ¢ is remarkably flexible, though it is the precise and exact Word of Godâ¢. Last month, the Grand Doodah was very much in favor of wiping all infidels off the face of the Earth, as he had stated more than once since 9/11. Today, it's a "great sin" because, uh, cuz, um, we say so. Yeah, that's the ticket. Only we Spiritual Leaders can declare jihad - which now means "holy war"... Yeah, last month our ~~overpaid sniveling apologists~~ spokesmen were telling you it meant "to struggle" and was about a True Believer's internal "battles" against temptation - not holy war against infidels. Nope. No way - we're the Religion of Peaceâ¢. You were wrong. Then. Now it means Holy War. But you can only do the Holy War Jihadi-stuff when we say it's okay. When we Spiritual Leadersâ¢ issue you a fatwa. No fatwa, no jihad - got it? So, that settles that little misunderstanding. Sorry for the inconvenience it may have caused. Everyone killed by Jihadis who mistakenly believed they were engaged in Holy War are now, uh, er, um, dead. No, wait, they're in Paradiseâ¢. Yeah, that's it, Paradiseâ¢. So it's okay, got it? No reason to be mad or upset or anything. We were prolly just misquoted by your infidel press cuz the Qu'uran is the exact Word of Godâ¢. Yep. One little misquote and Poof! Big Messâ¢. But it's all fixed, now. They all got ~~raisins~~ virgins, too. Yep. See? Here's the fatwa that sez so. Oops, the ink's smearing. Still wet. Bizzy, bizzy. Okay. All clear now, right? K. Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along.

Posted by .com 2003-8-23 7:48:24 PM|| 2003-8-23 7:48:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like the Saudi government is finally using the power of the purse to get the clerics to stop fomenting terror. The next step is for the Saudis to start monitoring private donations funneled towards Islamist religious schools. Until they do that, the only thing they've achieved here is plausible deniability, which may, of course, be their only intention.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-23 9:09:42 PM|| 2003-8-23 9:09:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 On the plausible deniability line of thought, it has occurred to me that the Saudis might be financing an even bigger operation than 9/11, and want to get their ducks in a row before the operation is carried out. Wouldn't put it past them.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-23 9:41:16 PM|| 2003-8-23 9:41:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 No way! They're our friends!

How's our JDAM production coming?

Posted by Matt 2003-8-23 10:22:29 PM|| 2003-8-23 10:22:29 PM|| Front Page Top

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