Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Clerics has condemned infidels, Jews, and their supporters, and called for God to freeze the blood in their veins, shake the ground under their feet, show them a black day, destroy them, and make them prey for Muslims.

Oh, wait. No, that was last Friday’s khutba in the holy mosques of Mecca and Medina.

Today the Council wanted to impress the United States, so they condemned terrorism. (Hat tip: NC.)

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body has condemned violence by Islamic militants and deemed helping terrorists “one of the greatest sins.”

The statement from the Council of Senior Clerics came a day after Saudi authorities arrested at least 11 suspected militants and seized a large weapons cache in the southern Jazan province.

The government has cracked down heavily on Islamic militants since May 12 suicide bombings in Riyadh killed 26 people, as well as the nine attackers. The bombings also touched off a public debate over whether the strict form of Islam preached in the kingdom fostered intolerance and extremism.

The Council of Senior Clerics said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency that participating in terrorist acts is “a dangerous criminal act … punishable by Islamic law.”

Terrorism, “is an act of sabotage, and an absolute aberration. (Those behind recent attacks and plots) shouldn’t have been moved by corrupt statements and slogans that cause division and corrupt the nation,” the statement said, adding that justifications for violence have “no religious grounds.”

The council also urged Saudis to cooperate in ridding their society of violence and warned against “harboring or giving (terrorists) shelter, as it would be considered one of the greatest sins.”

Yawn.