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Saudi cleric issues warning over militants

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s leading cleric said on Monday Saudis should not join jihad outside the kingdom, in a warning over Saudis going to fight US-led forces in Iraq.

Media reports have said a significant number of Saudis have fought with Sunni insurgents in Iraq. “Our youth have become a commodity bought and sold by Middle Eastern and Western agencies, they became tools carrying out heinous acts,” Grand Mufti said in a religious edict, or fatwa, published on the official SPA news agency.

“I advise those with money to be careful about where it’s spent so it does not damage Muslims and I urge scholars and preachers to explain the truth and take young people by the hand so that they see the reality,” he said. Saudis go for Gihad because they are passionate about their religion but they are not wise enough to know right from wrong,” he said. reuters

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