Change!
But why does this Muslim cleric seem to misunderstand Islam so comprehensively? He apparently thinks that jihad has something to do with armed struggle.
“Radical Sunni Takes Up Post In Iraqi Rebel Coalition,” from AFP, June 1 (thanks to James):
BAGHDAD (AFP)–Sheikh Hareth al-Dhari, a leading radical cleric of the Sunni Arab opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, will be the spokesman of a united front of Iraqi insurgents, the coalition said on Monday.
“We, the Front of Jihad and Change Brigades, Jihadists of Iraq and the Army of Imam Ahmed Ben Hambel, put our faith in Hareth al-Dhari,” the Front of Jihad and Change, an Al-Qaeda ally, said in a statement on its Web site.
“We will allow Dahri to speak on our behalf on political issues and to represent us…to defend the blood of our martyrs.”
The Front of Jihad and Change unifies a dozen Iraqi, nationalist and Islamists rebel groups, including the Al-Rashedeen Army and the 1920s Revolution Brigades, made up of former Iraqi Baathist party members….