Saudi Sophistry
Top Saudi Cleric Decries Terrorism in Hajj Sermon
Don’t get all excited, because there are more qualifiers than a car ad. Money quote: "Is it holy war to shed Muslim blood? Is it holy war to shed the blood of non-Muslims given sanctuary in Muslim lands? Is it holy war to destroy the possession of Muslims," he said.
Note the three groups he mentioned: Muslims, non-Muslims in Muslim lands, and the property of Muslims.
Nowhere does he demand a halt to attacks on non-Muslims, or non-Muslims outside of Saudi Arabia, or the property of non-Muslims. That’s quite intentional. He’s not pissed about terror attacks like 9-11; he’s upset about recent attacks WITHIN Saudi Arabia. He’s angry with the terrorists for breaking the agreement between the Saudi ruling family the likes of al-Qaeda - a "gentlemen’s agreement" that prohibit attacks in Saudi Arabia in exchange for financing.
We’ve come to expect such sophistry from Muslim clerics - none of whom have stated flat out that killing non-Muslims is wrong in the eyes of Islam - possibly because it is not.
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