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Muslim worshippers fight to shred an Israeli flag after prayers Friday during a mock funeral for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
More peace and tolerance from the mosques, this time in Iraq. From CNN, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
An influential Shiite cleric in Iraq called Israel's targeted killing of the spiritual leader of Hamas a "dirty crime against Islam" and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, "a miracle from God."Moqtada al-Sadr delivered a charged sermon Friday at a mosque near the holy city of Najaf, blasting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the killing of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of Hamas.
On Monday, Israeli helicopters fired rockets at Yassin as he left a mosque in Gaza City. Yassin and seven others were killed in the attack on the leader of what Israel, the United States and the European Union consider a terrorist group.
Hamas' military wing has claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians as well as attacks against the Israeli military.
But Friday, al-Sadr called Sharon the "biggest terrorist of all."
"He has committed this dirty crime and killed one of the greatest of Islamic mujahedeen," al-Sadr told hundreds of worshippers at the Kufa mosque. "This was once again a dirty crime against Islam."
He accused the United States of complicity in Yassin's killing and said Iraqis should react "in the way that satisfies God."
Al-Sadr led the worshippers in chants: "No, no Israel! No, no to the Jews! No, no America! No, no to terrorism!"
Al-Sadr railed against the United States' occupation of Iraq.
"I seek the spread of freedom and democracy in the way that satisfies God," he said. "They have planned and paved the ways for a long time, but it is God who is the real planner -- and the proof of this is the fall of the American twin towers."
He then referred to the September 11 attacks as "a miracle from God."
"As we say, 'The rain starts with a drop,' " he said.
Israel's targeted attack on Yassin provoked condemnation from many in the international community. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the killing violated international law.
The United States criticized the attack but stopped short of condemning it. On Thursday, the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have condemned the assassination.
Posted by Robert at March 27, 2004 8:49 AM
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This guy gets my vote to receive a public stoning. A gift from God? Which God is he talking about I wonder.
What a piece of trash. Muslims died on 9/11 too, or did he forget that. These people are so far gone, they'll never submit to being reasoned with. People like this should be banned from ever stepping foot in another house of worship.
Posted by: D.C. Watson at March 27, 2004 12:40 PMyou know this man has a medium sized militia and is starting to get more support in the shia community in iraq. i think assasinating him would probably not be in your best interest unless you wanted a catalyst for a civil war....
Posted by: joseph at March 27, 2004 5:38 PMjospeh-A cleric with a militia. If that doesn't beat all! That's why we can't call Islam a religion of peace. What kind of cleric would need a militia? I get it. One that preaches violent jihad. No Christian cleric would even consider having a militia. He would be run out of town. But that's the way Christian clerics are - peaceful and non-violent.
Posted by: epg at March 27, 2004 7:12 PMwell you have to understand the situation in iraq
the shites have been repressed for many years under saddam so now they want there chunk of the power in iraq but at the same time the other clerics want the power for influence as well(sistanti). now sadr is kind of a scary dude because he is a jihadist pretending not to be one. i suspect if he gives the order his mahdi army (gods army)might make some serious trouble in the baghdad and now it seems southern iraq areas where his support is growing. the problem is do the americans arrest him or kill him if he starts to move into actually making his threats a reality? if they kill him he will die a martyr like his father and will then might cause a general uprising of the shite population at least of young males.... i know this post comes as a break from my usual tolerance towards islam posts but i personally think that what happens to sadr could be a big factor in the stability in iraq
joseph - We all know that. That is nothing new. But in any case, thank you very much for the information. The point I am trying to make is that clerics shouldn't be in the militia business.
All over the Muslim world, not just in Iraq, you find the same situation. The objection I pose is that a cleric that could use his militia to carry out a sentence issued by his own fatwah. Clerics are sending out jihad warriors (a warrior is a soldier committed to killing) for the purpose of creating terror, revenge, and other crimes. When this type of behavior ceases by clerics, when they cease to issue fatwas of death, and when they cease to sermonize in hate language, I will consider whether or not to change my opinion about Islam.
I don't think that any cleric is going to give up the temporal power that goes with his position. As they say, "Lots of Luck!"
Posted by: epg at March 28, 2004 10:07 AMShiites already were shaky with original plan ( http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,247256,00.html ). And this from a strong ally:
"Today there is hatred of the Americans like never before in the region," he said in an interview given during a stay in France, where he met President Jacques Chirac Monday.
He blamed the hostility partly on U.S. support for Israel, which assassinated Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi in a missile strike in the Gaza Strip Saturday weeks after killing his predecessor, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
"At the start some considered the Americans were helping them. There was no hatred of the Americans. After what has happened in Iraq, there is unprecedented hatred and the Americans know it," Mubarak said. ( http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1082438193278 )
and North Korea's Nukes: http://www.thestate.com/mld/state/news/opinion/8489285.htm
Prediction... The gates of hell are about to open.
if so...... and there is a knowing.... as man has made it so.->(the dark servant)
Posted by: Whitman at April 23, 2004 12:58 AM
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