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Qaeda's Zawahri calls on Tunisians to defend sharia
Source: Reuters
Qaeda's Zawahri calls on Tunisians to defend sharia
DUBAI | Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:31pm EDT
(Reuters) - Al Qaeda's leader called on Tunisians on Sunday to defend Islamic law from an Islamist party that won elections in the North African country and promised not to impose sharia.
In an audio recording attributed to Ayman al-Zawahri and released on Islamist websites, the Qaeda leader said Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, which rules with secular parties, had betrayed itself and the religion.
"Have you ever seen a hospital that says it's not in the business of treating the sick, or a pharmacy that says it's got nothing to do with selling medicine, or an army that says it's got no business fighting?" he asked.
"They are inventing an Islam acceptable to the U.S. State Department, the European Union and the ... Gulf," he said. "An Islam ... that permits gambling parlours, nude beaches and usurious banks, secular laws and submission to international law."
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DUBAI | Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:31pm EDT
(Reuters) - Al Qaeda's leader called on Tunisians on Sunday to defend Islamic law from an Islamist party that won elections in the North African country and promised not to impose sharia.
In an audio recording attributed to Ayman al-Zawahri and released on Islamist websites, the Qaeda leader said Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party, which rules with secular parties, had betrayed itself and the religion.
"Have you ever seen a hospital that says it's not in the business of treating the sick, or a pharmacy that says it's got nothing to do with selling medicine, or an army that says it's got no business fighting?" he asked.
"They are inventing an Islam acceptable to the U.S. State Department, the European Union and the ... Gulf," he said. "An Islam ... that permits gambling parlours, nude beaches and usurious banks, secular laws and submission to international law."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/10/us-tunisia-qaeda-zawahri-idUSBRE8590DD20120610