"O God, destroy the tyrant Zionist Jews"-Moderate Saudi GOVERNMENT TVsermon

FBIS (US government service) Report - Friday sermons broadcast by the Saudi
Government media on 8 August 2003:
[With thanks to www.mideastweb.org/mewnews1.htm ]

SAUDI ARABIA:

Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia TV1 in Arabic, official television station of
the Saudi Government, at 0935 GMT carries a 23-minute live sermon from the
holy mosque in Mecca.

Shaykh Usamah Abdallah al-Khayyat delivers the sermon. He praises God, the
messenger, and his companions, warning Muslims against abandoning the
Islamic law. Throughout his sermon, the imam advises Muslims not to be
dominated by their whims and personal desires.

Concluding, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam and Muslims,
protect Islam, and destroy the enemies of Islam, the tyrants, and the
corrupt. O God, close the ranks of Muslims and give wisdom to their
leaders." He goes on: "O God, help mujahidin elevate Islam everywhere. O
God, support them in Palestine. O God, destroy the tyrant Zionist Jews, for
they are within your power."

Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabic TV2 in Arabic, official television station of
the Saudi Government, at 0935 GMT carries a 27-minute live sermon from the
holy mosque in Medina.

Shaykh Abd-al-Muhsin Muhammad al-Qasim delivers the sermon. He praises God,
the messenger, and his companions and urges Muslims to have confidence in
God and to obey His orders. The imam devotes his sermon to the importance of
having confidence in God, giving examples from the Islamic history to
support his argument.

Concluding, the imam prays to God: "O God, strengthen Islam and Muslims,
humiliate infidelity and infidels, and destroy the enemies of Islam. O God,
give safety to this country and the other Islamic countries."