Manama: Saudi Grand Mufti Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh has urged fighting members of the Islamic State for Iraq and and the Levant (Isil), saying they are aggressors who abuse peoples lives, possessions and honour.
This group is wrong, not right, and if they fight Muslims, it is the duty of Muslims to fight them back to ward off their evil and keep it away from religion and people, the Grand Mufti said. They are evil and they have been killing people in a horribly gruesome manner. Through their macabre and repugnant acts, they have tarnished the image of Islam, he said as he answered a question on the religious significance of taking up arms against the movement, Saudi daily Al Eqtisadiya reported on Sunday.
The Grand Mufti warned all people, particularly youth, from heeding the calls issued by the group.
Anyone who incites you to hate your country or to target your people and leaders is cheating you and wants to debase you, not to help you, he said.
Shaikh Abdul Aziz said that young Saudi men were particularly targeted as part of a ploy to destablise the kingdom.
When they saw that the country was secure and at peace and had a balanced interior and foreign policy, they became so jealous that they wanted to undermine its security and stability. They thought that having enemies within the state was more important than having them from abroad, so they started their evil schemes, he said. We need to protect our youth as well as their minds from evil corruption and blight that no Muslim would tolerate, he said.
Saudi Arabia religious figures have been speaking openly against the extremist movement, warning young men from joining it.
Last month, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz urged Muslim leaders and scholars to confront the extremist groups and ideologies attempting to hijack Islam.
Religious scholars have to work harder to combat extremist interpretations of Islam and to carry out their duties to promote genuine Islam, he said.
The king in February issued a decree to jail any Saudi who fights abroad or joins a terrorist group for up to 20 years.
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[h=1]Saudi to build five-layer security fence along Iraq border[/h]
Saudi Arabia has enhanced security along its borders with Iraq, saying it is part of efforts to protect the country against infiltrators.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz said the monarchy launched a multilayered fence in the north, AFP quoted Saudi media as saying on Saturday.
The fence was said to be part of a security plan that covers 900 kilometers (560 miles) of the northern border.
Saudi Arabia has a common border with the crisis-hit Iraq, which stretches more than 800 kilometers (500 miles).
Saudi media said the five-layered fencing project would bring down the number of infiltrators, drug, arms, and cattle smugglers to zero."
It added that control complexes, equipped with watch towers, night-vision cameras, and 50 radars, have been constructed in the region, which stretches from Hafar al-Batin in the northeast to Turaif near the Jordanian border to the northwest.
The move comes as the Islamic State militants continue fighting against the government in the neighboring Iraq.
In late August, reports said the militants were planning to launch an attack against the Saudis during Eid-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage
IS militants have been already wreaking havoc on Syria and Iraq. The terrorists have been committing heinous crimes in the areas they have under control in the two neighboring states, including the mass execution of civilians and armed forces.
Terrorists currently control parts of eastern Syria and Iraqs northern and western regions. They have threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Izadi Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some Persian Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country.
Last meal.
This group is wrong, not right, and if they fight Muslims, it is the duty of Muslims to fight them back to ward off their evil and keep it away from religion and people, the Grand Mufti said. They are evil and they have been killing people in a horribly gruesome manner. Through their macabre and repugnant acts, they have tarnished the image of Islam, he said as he answered a question on the religious significance of taking up arms against the movement, Saudi daily Al Eqtisadiya reported on Sunday.
The Grand Mufti warned all people, particularly youth, from heeding the calls issued by the group.
Anyone who incites you to hate your country or to target your people and leaders is cheating you and wants to debase you, not to help you, he said.
Shaikh Abdul Aziz said that young Saudi men were particularly targeted as part of a ploy to destablise the kingdom.
When they saw that the country was secure and at peace and had a balanced interior and foreign policy, they became so jealous that they wanted to undermine its security and stability. They thought that having enemies within the state was more important than having them from abroad, so they started their evil schemes, he said. We need to protect our youth as well as their minds from evil corruption and blight that no Muslim would tolerate, he said.
Saudi Arabia religious figures have been speaking openly against the extremist movement, warning young men from joining it.
Last month, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz urged Muslim leaders and scholars to confront the extremist groups and ideologies attempting to hijack Islam.
Religious scholars have to work harder to combat extremist interpretations of Islam and to carry out their duties to promote genuine Islam, he said.
The king in February issued a decree to jail any Saudi who fights abroad or joins a terrorist group for up to 20 years.
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[h=1]Saudi to build five-layer security fence along Iraq border[/h]
Saudi Arabia has enhanced security along its borders with Iraq, saying it is part of efforts to protect the country against infiltrators.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz said the monarchy launched a multilayered fence in the north, AFP quoted Saudi media as saying on Saturday.
The fence was said to be part of a security plan that covers 900 kilometers (560 miles) of the northern border.
Saudi Arabia has a common border with the crisis-hit Iraq, which stretches more than 800 kilometers (500 miles).
Saudi media said the five-layered fencing project would bring down the number of infiltrators, drug, arms, and cattle smugglers to zero."
It added that control complexes, equipped with watch towers, night-vision cameras, and 50 radars, have been constructed in the region, which stretches from Hafar al-Batin in the northeast to Turaif near the Jordanian border to the northwest.
The move comes as the Islamic State militants continue fighting against the government in the neighboring Iraq.
In late August, reports said the militants were planning to launch an attack against the Saudis during Eid-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage
IS militants have been already wreaking havoc on Syria and Iraq. The terrorists have been committing heinous crimes in the areas they have under control in the two neighboring states, including the mass execution of civilians and armed forces.
Terrorists currently control parts of eastern Syria and Iraqs northern and western regions. They have threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Izadi Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.
Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some Persian Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country.
Last meal.