Saudi clerics issue fatwa against jihad abroad
Senior Saudi clerics have issued a fatwa to prevent Saudi youth from engaging in jihad abroad and by doing so prompted the terrorist cells arrested in November 2007 to mark them as targets
Saudi Mufti Sheikh Abd Al-Aziz bin Abdallah Aal Al-Sheikh has issued a fatwa prohibiting Saudi youth from engaging in jihad in Iraq. The fatwa, which was published in the Saudi press in both Saudi Arabia and London, stated that setting forth to wage jihad abroad without authorization from the ruler was a serious offense, and that Saudi youth who did so were being exploited by dubious elements in the East and in the West. These youth, the fatwa added, were causing grave damage to Saudi Arabia, to Islam, and to the Muslims.
