Joining Al-Qaeda is “Haram”
A big statement from the Adviser to the Saudi Royal Court Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Bin Nasser Al-Obeikan says that joining Al-Qaeda is prohibited by Islam.
He said:
“belonging to the so-called Al-Qaeda terrorist organization” is “haram”, or prohibited in Islam.
Speaking to Okaz by telephone, Sheikh Al-Obeikan said that anyone who belonged to the organization belonged to “a group that has left the people of truth and taken up takfeeri thought” and that “affiliation to the Al-Qaeda organization is haram”.
We’ll have to wait and see how much impact this will have, but this is exactly the type of support we need from the Muslim community in our fight against “Islamic” terrorists. The US saying Al-Qaeda is bad isn’t good enough, we need this type of opposition from the leaders of the Middle East to fight against the propaganda that almost ceaselessly pours forth from AQ.
Thanks to Leah Farrell for the heads up.
