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Reader comment on: Senior Qaeda Theologian Urges His Followers To End Their Jihad

Submitted by larry, Dec 21, 2007 02:17

Fadl is not as influential as these 'experts' have made him out to be. He may be influential but not as much as these 'experts' say. They have exagerrated his authority. jihad is a decentralized organization with many centers of authority. Typical sound-byte media


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Jan 13, 2008 21:10

It appears as though growing numbers of Muslims are beginning to blame bin Laden and the Islamic fascists for the... [MORE]

ScummyD 

Dec 25, 2007 12:57

This should be viewed very skeptically as the Quran advocates lying as an essential part of warfare against the infidel.... [MORE]

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Dec 23, 2007 19:48

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Dec 21, 2007 21:22

  

I am pleased that such a figure in Al-Qaeda has renounced pseudo-jihad and recognizes the immorality of killing noncombatants. It... [MORE]

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Feb 13, 2008 19:28

  

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Dec 21, 2007 16:25

    

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Dec 21, 2007 18:53

      

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Jan 12, 2008 14:08

        

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Sharif's objections are tactical, not strategic. He no more renounces Jihad genocide & terror than any other Muslim. Allah's commands,... [MORE]

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Dec 21, 2007 06:34

          

Firstly, you are implying that all Muslims support terror, which is completely false. Then you refer to verses of the... [MORE]

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Dec 21, 2007 20:35

          

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