Special Dispatch - Jihad and Terrorism Studies
February 8, 2002
No. 343

Saudi Government Official on Bin Laden as a Hero: "He Did
Not Present a Distorted Picture of Islam to the West"
American Jews are "Brothers of Apes and Pigs"

The popular Al-Jazeera talk show, "The Opposite Direction,"
recently 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:(1)

On Bin Laden...
"...I did not come [here] to defend bin Laden personally.
Bin Laden waged an Islamic Jihad; he defended the oppressed
people in Afghanistan. He expelled the Soviet Union [from
Afghanistan]. 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 [to
exist] 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 [Salladin]."

"...Osama bin Laden [caused] 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 [Salladin]."

"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 [on September
11th] 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' [meaning the Jews] to corrupt it. [The Jews] have
murdered the prophets and the messengers. [The Jews] 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. [on
September 11th]. 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."


Endnote:

(1) Al-Jazeera TV, January 22, 2002.

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