All over the world, jihadis are newly emboldened. What could have happened in the last six months or so to give them renewed impetus? “Al-Shabab Attacks Military Bases in Southern Somalia,” by Harun Maruf, VOA, April 3, 2021 (thanks to Henry): The militant group al-Shabab has launched attacks on Somali military forces in Lower Shabelle […]
Al-Azhar spokesman: “Not within the power of Al-Azhar” to declare the Muslims who attacked mosque “infidels”
In June 2009 at al-Azhar, Barack Obama said: “For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning.” In October 2001, right after 9/11, the New York Times called Al-Azhar “the revered mosque, the distinguished university, the leading voice of the Sunni Muslim establishment.” It quoted a Muslim cleric: “Al Azhar […]