UAE Sermon: Excommunicate Bombers

Posted on: April 17, 2006 | Views: 58 | Comment

Back in November, 2005 when Jordan was reeling from Al-Qaeda suicide attacks on its hotels in Amman, voices in the Arab world criticized the murder of innocents in the name of Islam. Is this evidence of a growing introspection and reform, or merely the actions of state-financed clergy protecting the rule of their autocratic governments?

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