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Saudi Grand Mufti Forbids Fighting Against Jews, Israel Invites Him to Visit


(Anadolu-Turkey) Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, responding to a question on television, said that fighting against Israel was inappropriate and that Hamas was a "terror organization." Israeli Communications Minister Ayoub Kara wrote on his official Twitter account on Monday: "We congratulate Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia as well as the head of Ulema (Islamic scholars), for his fatwa forbidding the fight against the Jews and forbidding to kill them. I invite the mufti to visit Israel; he will be welcomed with a high level of respect."
2017-11-15 00:00:00
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