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Via Memri, come two surprising clips from Al-Jazeera TV.
This first one reveals a Syrian cleric who speaks out against the use of war in the service of Islam:
Clip #683: Syrian Cleric Jawdat Said against Jihad
Said: We should wage an ideological Jihad in order to change what’s in one’s soul. This cannot be done by force.
Host: But this ideological Jihad is not enough…
Said: It is enough.
Host: But we are talking about Jihad against the oppressor.
Said: Please, let’s make one thing clear: War is now dead, and its role is over. The only ones who still wage wars are the ignorant or those who take advantage of their ignorance.
In this second clip, Said Abu Ghannam of the Syrian opposition speaks out against the police state:
Clip 688: Said Abu Ghannam of the Syrian Opposition Slams Ba’thist Ahmad Al-Hajj Ali over Assad Rule
Abu Ghannam: : How much longer will we be controlled by the secret police? What kind of country is this, where you need a security permit to open up a hair salon or a falafel stand? I don’t know. I don’t know what this is. This has become a country in which Bashar Assad can give parts of it to his uncle and cousin…
Can anyone doubt that this astonishing movement in favor of freedom in Syria, would never have happened without GWB’s removal of Saddam Hussein from power?
