Preaching Holy War During Hajj
Charles Johnson
Mon Jan 9, 2006 at 8:44 am PST • Views: 178
It’s time for the yearly Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are obligated to endure once in their lives. And this year, the message from one of Islam’s holiest sites is that Islam is at war with the West: Hajj Pilgrims Told of War on Islam. (Hat tip: wingfam mom.)
Sheik Abdul-Aziz al-Sheik, the kingdom’s grand mufti, said Muslims faced critical challenges, among them accusations of terrorism and human rights abuses and calls for revisions in their school textbooks.
“Oh, Muslim nation, there is a war against of our creed, against our culture under the pretext of fighting terrorism. We should stand firm and united in protecting our religion,” he said, speaking at a mosque on the plain of Mount Arafat.
“Islam’s enemies want to empty our religion from its contents and its meaning. But the soldiers of God will be victorious,” said al-Sheik, the Saudi kingdom’s top religious authority.
The faithful called out: “Amen!”
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