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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums52 Saudi clerics, scholars call to battle Russian forces in Syria
Fifty two Saudi inciters, both academics and clerics, have called on the public to hurry to Syria where they should be fighting Russian forces.
The clerics, some of which are members of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, called on all those who are able, and outside of Saudi Arabia, to answer the calls of jihad and to fight alongside one of the extremist groups facing Russian forces.
According to experts, by issuing this statement, inciters seek to implicate Saudi, Gulf, and Muslim youths in the fight against Russian forces, mirroring Al-Qaedas and the Talibans recruitment of young fighters during the Afghan-Soviet war.
The statement also called for Syrian opposition fighters to unify their front and urged those with capabilities to fight and expertise to remain in Syria and not leave.
The statement comes after the Saudi Ministry of Interior raided a house where its residents manufactures bombs in a residential area in Riyadh. The house was run by a Syrian man with the help of a Filipina woman who prepared and sowed explosive belts.
The statement also comes days after authorities found and detained Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cells, mostly comprised of militants who returned from areas of conflict.
The invitation to join the conflict conflicts with a Saudi decree announced in March 2014 which listed ISIS and the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Saudi Hezbollah, the Houthi group, AQIP, and Al-Qaeda in Yemen and Iraq.
The decree also criminalizes taking part in combat outside of Saudi Arabia, or belonging to extremist groups or groups designated as such by the regional or international arena.
Some of the clerics who signed the statement previously issued fatwas on the events in Syria and providing guidance to fighters under extremist groups in the embattled country.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/10/05/Fifty-two-Saudi-clerics-scholars-call-for-fight-against-Russian-forces-in-Syria.html
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52 Saudi clerics, scholars call to battle Russian forces in Syria (Original Post)
Jesus Malverde
Oct 2015
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MADem
(135,425 posts)1. I love these bastards who stand at the podium and yell "HEY--YOU GO!!!!!"
Bunch of "in the rear with the gear" chickenhawks!
Every culture has them--it ain't just us!
These clerics need to get off their asses and lead the way -- FAT (wah) chance of that ever happening....!
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)2. I like the urging them not to leave syria
And bring their battle training and jihadist mindset back home.
Blowback is a b.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)3. They should lead by example. n/t
leveymg
(36,418 posts)4. It is easier to thread the eye of the needle with a cruise missile than for a rich man to make it
into heaven.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)5. They know where heaven is..
Monaco, Paris, LA and London
leveymg
(36,418 posts)6. It's closer than they think.
And, I'm not talking about the Grand Casino.