Resistance, not terror
The Grand Ayatollah Ahmed Alhasani al-Baghdadi
Ahmed Alhasani al-Baghdadi is one of the grand ayatollahs, the highest in the Shi'ite hierarchy. In religious terms he has followers among Shi'ites in Iraq and abroad, but since 2003 he has been renowned for his opinion of rejecting the presence of the US forces in Iraq. He also refuses to take part in the political process in Iraq under the occupation. He has more than 30 published books that are available to view (in Arabic) on his website http://www.alsaed-albaghdadi.com/, with the best known being Authority and the Shi'ite Religious Institution in Iraq, The Islamic Manifesto and Thus Spoke Albaghdadi.
The grand ayatollah is not easy to meet. He doesn't stay in one place for more than one day. He is always on the move because he and the people around him think he is targeted by the Americans for his opinions, which are supportive of the military resistance in Iraq. He spoke to Munthir Alkewther in Najaf.
Munthir Alkewther:
What do you think of the resistance in Iraq?
Grand Ayatollah al-Baghdadi:
In the name of Allah and from him we seek help. There is a demagogic propaganda against the national and Islamic practical and political resistance, which asserts that [the resistance] targets and kills children, women and old people. Those who carry this propaganda are forgetting that the world is becoming a village and there is a difference between resistance and terror.
Resistance is the right to fight in order to kick out the occupiers from the Islamic homeland. This opinion is based on the Koran and the correct teachings of the Prophet Mohammed. It is also based on international law according to the Geneva Conventions. Terrorism, on the other hand, is what targets the infrastructure and popular areas, and this is one of the biggest sins from an Islamic point of view.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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