November 3, 2005
SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY:
Iraqi Shia cleric slams al-Qaida (Al-Jazeera, 03 November 2005)
A cleric close to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has called on Iraqis to unite and fight al-Qaida during prayers being held to mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-FitrIraqis must "unite to fight terrorism and to get rid of people like al-Qaida," said the cleric Hazem al-Araji.
These groups "sometimes act in the name of Ansar as-Sunna (partisans of the Sunnis), but they are enemies of the Sunnis,” he said on Thursday.
"You who call yourselves Qaida al-Jihad (base of the holy war), you are the base of apostasy," he said, referring to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group.
At the rate we're losing the War on Terror, it'll be safe to hold the next Summer Olympics in Baluchistan. Posted by Orrin Judd at November 3, 2005 5:34 PM
More importantly, by next years elections, opposing the Iraq War will not get the Democrats any traction.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at November 3, 2005 9:43 PM. . . or action.
Posted by: obc at November 3, 2005 10:39 PMWhat! No clerical denunciations in the West? No, just in Iraq, where Muslims are being killed quite regularly (by apostate Muslims).
If Zarqawi visited a mosque in Paris or London, they would fawn over him. I wonder what would happen in Tehran. Or Brooklyn.
Posted by: ratbert at November 4, 2005 1:23 AM