Monday, December 19, 2005
MEMRI reports on a recent Jerusalem Day address given by anti-American, anti-Jewish Muslim scholar, Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi. The Islamic Society of Boston characterizes Qaradhawi as "recognized world-wide as a leading Muslim scholar and cleric" and agrees with the Washington Post's observation that he is "one of the most celebrated figures in the Arab world" , and that, "the Egyptian cleric is seen as a voice of moderation."
Read MEMRI's report to see what the "voice of moderation" has been saying lately:
It should be noted that on the Jerusalem Day page at www.hamasna.com, there is a link to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion that reads "Start Reading the Protocols Now,"(5)
In a sharply-worded speech, Al-Qaradhawi praised Palestinian suicide operations, encouraged terrorist movements such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and called on the Arab countries to aid the Palestinian resistance with funds and weapons...
..."We Stand by Our Brothers in Hamas and Islamic Jihad"
"We stand by our brothers in Hamas, our brothers in [Islamic] Jihad, our brothers in [the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs] Brigades, our brothers in the Popular [Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)] and in the Democratic [Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)]. We stand by them all. We want them to stand in a single trench, and never let a Palestinian fight a Palestinian.
"We will not let the hand of a Palestinian aim at the chest of another Palestinian. All efforts and weapons must be directed against the common enemy, who is still acting with trickery and does not want to give us anything but talk. This is false talk, and to date we have seen nothing on the ground.
"We Will Not Abandon the Resistance as Long as One Inch of Palestine is Occupied"
"Oh brothers, our weapons must remain in our hands. We will not lay down our weapons. We will not abandon the resistance as long as one inch of Palestine is occupied...
"If the enemy has usurped a piece [of land], whether narrow or broad, whether it be small or large, the people living in it must resist this enemy. The Islamic jurists treat this as a commandment incumbent upon the residents of the land. If the residents of this land cannot resist [the enemy], then it is incumbent upon their neighbors, and then their neighbors help them with funds, weapons, and men. When all the neighbors are not enough, it is a duty incumbent upon the entire Muslim nation."...
There's so much more.
And Hanan Ashwari is a peace activist
She's more like a "pieces" activist.