Arab sermons: O Lord, deal with your enemies...Americans, British...kill
them one by one
FBIS Report - Friday sermons broadcast by the Arab media on 30 May 2003:
[With thanks to www.mideastweb.org/mewnews1.htm ]

YEMEN:

Sanaa Republic of Yemen Television in Arabic, official television station of
the Republic of Yemen, carries at 0910 GMT a live sermon from the Grand
Mosque in Sanaa.

Shaykh Ahmad Abd-al-Razzaq al-Ruqayhi delivers the sermon, in which he urges
worshippers to ponder their daily actions and seek God's pardon and mercy
for their sins. He says that despite the tragedies that have befallen them,
Muslims have not changed. The imam alludes to "the seizure of Palestine by
Jews and of Iraq by the United States and Britain" as disasters.
Nevertheless, he says, Muslims have not returned to God and corrected their
behavior. The imam urges Muslims to learn the lessons of these disasters and
return to God.

The imam continues with the same theme in the second sermon. He urges
Worshippers to pray to God for pardon, mercy, and salvation.

The imam concludes with a prayer to God to deal with the "tyrannical
enemies." He prays: "O Lord, Support whoever supports religion and humble
whoever humbles Muslims. O Lord, deal with your enemies, the enemies of
religion, including infidels, atheists, Americans, British, and others.
Shake the land under their feet, kill them one by one and leave no one
alive. O Lord, unite Muslims for the sake of right and justice, support Your
faithful subjects, and grant our president success in his work for the
wellbeing of the people and country."

JORDAN:

Amman Jordan Television Channel 1 in Arabic, official television station of
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, carries at 0955 GMT a live sermon from
martyr King Abdallah I mosque in Amman.

Shaykh Dr. Sa'id al-Hijjawi delivers the sermon, which, he says, will be
excerpts from a lesson by the learned scholar Dr. Abdallah Ibn-Abd-al-Muhsin
al-Turki, secretary general of the Muslim World League. Dr. Al-Turki, he
adds, is among us today at the invitation of Dr. Ahmad Hilayyil, Jordanian
minister of awqaf and Islamic affairs and holy places.

The imam says that unity is strength and disunity is weakness. This is why,
he adds, enemies exploit our differences. He calls on worshippers to hold on
to the tether of God and not to disperse. He also says that Muslims are in
dire need of unity. He cites verses from the Koran and traditions from the
Hadith emphasizing Islamic unity.

The imam continues with the same theme in the second sermon. He urges the
"spirit of fraternity, affection, and cooperation" among Muslims, saying it
is a spirit that must prevail among Muslims in all their countries and
societies.

The imam concludes with a general prayer for pardon, mercy, and salvation
for Muslims. He also prays to God to unite Muslims and support the
"mujahidin" everywhere. He also prays for the success of the King in his
work for the wellbeing of the country and the people.

SYRIA:

Damascus Syrian Arab Republic radio in Arabic, official station of the
Syrian Government, carries at 0954 GMT a live sermon from Tariq Bin-Ziyad
mosque in Damascus.

Dr. Abd-al-Fattah al-Bidin, Mufti of Damascus, delivers the sermon, which he
devotes to the subject of work. He says that work, which is a source of
livelihood, is also a kind of worship. The one that works for the sake of a
respectable life for his family is like the mujahid for the sake of God, he
adds. Work, he reiterates, is pride and honor, wellbeing and virtue, profit
and progress, sufficiency and self-fulfillment. The Koran and the Sunnah
urge Muslims to work and exert efforts to develop and stimulate economic
life, he says, adding that God's prophets were farmers, carpenters,
shepherds, or traders. But, for work to be profitable, the imam says, it
calls for honesty, sense of responsibility, punctuality, and devotion to
public interests.

The imam says that Syria is proud of the noble stands taken by President
Bashar al-Asad in the field of development and reform, in which he calls for
hard work in order to build a strong country and a righteous society, where
every member performs his duty. He says: "Syria is also proud of its stands,
which call for Arab-Islamic solidarity and developing the bases of
cooperation and integration between Arabs states, implementing the UN
resolutions concerning our Palestinian brothers, achieving a just,
comprehensive peace, preserving Iraqi territory, and withdrawing the
occupation forces as soon as possible."

The imam devotes the second sermon to a general prayer to God to keep this
and other Muslim countries safe, secure, and prosperous. He prays: "O Lord,
whoever wishes Muslim well make him successful, and whoever wishes them
otherwise, deal with him and make him a lesson to others. O Lord, support
our brother mujahidin in Palestine and everywhere. O Lord, support and help
our brothers in Iraq." He also prays for success for the Syrian president in
his work for the wellbeing of the country and people.

IRAQ:

Iraqi media have still not been observed to carry the Friday sermon on the
air.

Qatar:

Doha Qatar Television Service in Arabic, official television station of the
State of Qatar, carries at 0842 GMT a live sermon from Umar Bin-al-Khattab
mosque in Doha.

An unidentified imam delivers the sermon, in which he urges worshippers to
thank God for His boons, such as security. He says that Security means
defending national borders and public and private property. Referring to the
recent terrorist operations, he says "the Riyadh and Casablanca bombings
have nothing to do with Islam."

The imam continues with the same theme in the second sermon. He calls for
eliminating the causes of the bombings in the Arab and Islamic World by
eliminating oppression, despotism, and coercion, fighting vice, and
spreading virtue.

The imam concludes with a general prayer to God for Islamic unity. He prays
to God to keep this country and other Muslim countries safe and secure. He
prays: "O Lord, whoever wishes us and our country evil, busy him with
himself and turn his plot against him." He prays to God to give success to
the ruler in his work for the wellbeing of the country and people.