MEMRI, February 8, 2002.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is an independent,
non-profit organization that translates and analyzes the media of the Middle East.
The popular Al-Jazeera talk show, “The Opposite Direction,” recently (January
22, 2002) addressed the issue of whether Osama bin Laden has served the
cause of Islam, or damaged it. Appearing on the program were Osama Safar, a
Kuwaiti columnist who opposed bin Laden and Abdallah Bin Matruk Al-Haddal,
a Saudi preacher from the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia, who
supported bin Laden.
Since September 11th the policy set by the heads of the Saudi Kingdom
dictates that Saudi government employees are to refrain from expressing
support of bin Laden. However, Al-Haddal stood firmly in defense of bin Laden.
In his comments he also fiercely attacked American Jewry. Following are
excerpts of Al-Haddal’s statements:
On Bin Laden…
“…I did not come to defend bin Laden personally. Bin Laden
waged an Islamic Jihad; he defended the oppressed people in Afghanistan. He
expelled the Soviet Union . The Western world focuses on
Osama bin Laden and the Jihad, and ignores the Muslims’ faith, their principles,
and their values. Men like bin Laden will not allow the Islamic world to bow
down under the infidel enemies’ tyranny, under the tyranny of the U.S….”
“…There is no doubt that Osama bin Laden waged Jihad against the infidels,
against the aggressor and the oppressor. America does not want Islamic
principles on the face of this planet. It does not want the full
implementation of Islam’s values and principles… It does not want there to be a
free Islamic economy.”
“…America doesn’t want to have any competitors. She wants to be all alone in
this world. Osama bin Laden’s demands are the demands of his nation. The
nation who gave rise to Osama bin Laden is a strong and great nation. It is the
nation of the future. Before bin Laden, it gave rise to Salah Al-Din An-Ayyubi
.”
“…Osama bin Laden the West to think and read a lot about Islam.
Books on Islam disappeared from the market; everybody wants to read about
the kind of Islam that does not accept oppression…”
“…Osama bin Laden is a Jihad warrior who implemented the principles of Islam
and of faith, and then reached the pinnacle by going to fight the Jihad in
Afghanistan. This is a man who gave his soul for Allah, and Allah guarded his
soul until he reached a point where he became a hero like Salah Al-Din
An-Ayyubi .”
“Like all other Muslims, bin Laden wanted to apply the Shari’a fully with its
values, principles, economics, media, and education. Even in sports there
should be Shari’ sport.”
On American Jewry
“I don’t believe that the attack on America was
perpetrated by bin Laden or the Muslims. I think differently. I believe it was a
scheme. What is happening now is a continuation of an ancient attack. It is a
continuation of the Jewish deception and the Jewish-Zionist wickedness which
infiltrates the U.S….
I am surprised that the Christian U.S. allows the ‘brothers of apes and
pigs’ to corrupt it. have murdered the prophets
and the messengers. are the most despicable people who walked
the land and are the worms of the entire world. They are all evil. And why?
Because they are deceiving and plotting aggressors…”
“…The Jews do not respect Jesus, the son of Mary. America should know who
the Jews truly are. The Jews see Jesus as someone born from prostitution,
while he is the noble prophet of Allah, and his mother, peace be upon her, is
pure…”
“…Jewish fingerprints have infiltrated the U.S. Jewish evil and deception are
those who attacked the U.S. . Osama bin Laden fought
against the opposing falsehood and oppression that is generated by the evil and
deceptive Jewish-Zionism…”
“…They want to rid the world of Islam. They don’t want Islam to ever have a
revival. Osama bin Laden removed oppression; even Muslims came back to their
belief and their religion. He did not present a distorted picture of Islam to the
West. Quite the contrary; reading about Islam became more popular in the
West. Westerners read on the morality of the Prophet Mohammed, his beliefs
and his values. They read about Islam, not about terrorism…”
“…The American people is a people that is being led by the media and TV
culture. If a wicked Jewish crook begins saying that the Muslims are
oppressors, it has an influence on the Americans. The media in America is in
the hands of the Jews and behind it there are the Jewish Zionists’ despicable
fingerprints that change reality. They have even deceived the Christians about
their own religion. Did you know that the person who forged the Christian
religion is a Jew?”
“The Muslims have mercy on the Christians more than they have on the Jews.
Bin Laden defended the oppressed. We warn the U.S. and advise her to get rid
of the Jews.”
