Saudi Shaykh Abd-al-Bari al-Thubayti calls on God to torture and destroy all
the Jews in sermon broadcast on Saudi Gov't TV

[IMRA: While the Saudi Government invests in a televised ad campaign in the
US to win the heart and minds of Americans, Saudi Government TV broadcasts
calls for God to destroy all the Jews - and not a word is heard from the US
about it.]

[FBIS report - (FBIS is a US Government service)]

Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia TV2 in Arabic, official television station of
the Saudi Government, at 0930 GMT 7 June 2002 carries a 20-minute live
sermon[0] from the holy mosque in Medina.

Shaykh Abd-al-Bari al-Thubayti delivers the sermon[0]. He begins by praising
God, the messenger, and his companions, calling on Muslims to obey God as a
way to happiness in this life and in the Hereafter and to die as Muslims.
The imam devotes his sermon[0] to the subject of "leisure time," which, he
says, leads to bad habits, including drugs, if it is not filled with useful
activities.

In the second part of his sermon[0], the imam shows the best ways of filling
leisure time, such as reading, attending lectures, taking part in useful
social activities, and worshipping God, citing relevant Koranic verses.

Concluding, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam and the Muslims,
humiliate infidelity and the infidels, destroy your enemies, the enemies of
religion, and grant safety to this country and to those of Muslims. O God,
protect Muslims in Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya, and elsewhere." He goes on:
"O God, the Jews have transgressed all limits in their tyranny. O God, shake
the ground under their feet, pour torture on them, and destroy all of them."