Time for Scholars to Stand Up
by Samar Fatany from Arab News
Imams and khatibs must play a greater role in the fight against terrorism and destructive thoughts and ideas. This was the message of Interior Minister Prince Naif to 600 imams and khatibs who deliver Friday sermons in mosques across Saudi Arabia. He urged them to expose the falsehood of deviant ideology that continues to dupe Saudi youths to go to Iraq and blow themselves up, slaughtering the innocent and serving the interests of our enemies by tarnishing the image of Islam and branding the Kingdom as a terrorist haven promoting a destructive ideology. It is the duty of every imam and every Muslim scholar to stop the spread of the deviant ideology that has hijacked Islam and threatens every Muslim in the world today.