The Grand Mufti of Syria, Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro, has a web site.

Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro, the grand Mufti of Syria, is actively striving to unite the human family. Since 1940 he has been working to achieve better understanding and cooperation amongst the people of the heavenly religions. As a teacher of Islam, Sheikh Ahmad Kuftaro uses spiritual and rational education to develop righteous human beings. His message is dedicated to helping to build a civilization on our planet based on the principles of peace, balance and prosperity.

The Sheikh is so committed to this lofty spiritual purpose that he records his weekly lectures (khutba) in five languages—Arabic, Russian, German, French, and English—and makes them available at his site in RealPlayer format. Isn’t technology wonderful?

Proving what a righteous human being he is, here’s last Friday’s sermon, which the crufty Mufti begins with a deeply insane rant about humiliation, AIDS, and the Zionist-Crusader conspiracy against Islam.