Saudi Arabia's grand mufti declared that suicide bombers are criminals who shall go to hell. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh branded suicide bombers as ‘criminals’ who will go to ‘hell’, Al-Hayat daily reported on Thursday.
“Suicide bombings are great crimes and bombers are “criminals who rush themselves to hell by their actions,” Sheikh said during a lecture in Riyadh a few days ago, according to Al-Hayat.
Sheikh described suicide bombers as “robbed of their minds ... who have been used (as tools) to destroy themselves and societies.”
In February 2010, Sheikh denounced terrorism as un-Islamic and condemned the killing of civilians, saying such attacks have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.
His latest remarks come after a preliminary inquiry into a December 5 suicide car bombing and assault on a Yemen defence ministry complex found that most assailants were Saudis. Fifty-six people were killed in the attack. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 13th, 2013.
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