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IIC Invites Saudi TV to Televised Debates After Insults Against Imam Husain
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INFORMATION ALERT | | IIC Invites Saudi TV to Televised Debates After Insults Against Imam Husain
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| | (WASHINGTON DC - March 6, 2009) The Islamic Information Center condemns the recent remarks made by Saudi Arabian Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz on the national Saudi television show "Al Majd" and demands that the Saudi national networks immediately repudiate the remarks made on this show.
On the show, in response to a question asked by a caller, Mufti Aziz made defamatory remarks regarding the family of Prophet Muhammad (May God Bless them). The remarks amounted to saying that the Prophet's family members should ask for forgiveness after they were brutally murdered more than 1,300 years ago for refusing to submit to tyrannical and barbaric leaders.
A clip of the show has been made available on YouTube, and can be found by clicking here. (The show is aired in the Arabic language).
The direct quote is as follows:
"Allegiance of Yazid Ibn Muawiya was legitimate according to the sharia which was taken at the time of his father Muawiya and people had accepted and surrendered to it. But after Muawiya died, Hasan and Husain Ibn Ali and Ibn Zubair withheld their allegiances.
Husain and Ibn Zubair in their decision of not giving their allegiance were wrong. Because allegiance to Yazid was legitimate and was taken during his father's life Muawiya and were witnessed by the people. But whatever Allah makes destiny is in that Hakeem and Aleem..... But after all, we ask Allah to be happy with Husain and request Allah for his forgiveness. Why we have to mention this, whatever mistake he made, he is responsible for that."
Due to the incredible amount of misinformation being propagated by misinformed sources, such as Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz, the Islamic Information Center challenges the producers of the "Al Majd" television show, or even Mufti Abdul Aziz himself, to a nationally televised debate on Saudi network television, regarding the events of Imam Husain's life, the nature of the Prophet's family, and the concept of allegiance.
IIC has access to a variety of religious scholars around the world, and fluent in nearly every language, who are willing and interested in participating in such a debate.
These remarks are hurtful to the majority of the 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide, who respect and revere the family of Prophet Muhammad, especially his grandson Imam Husain. Imam Husain exemplified the ideals of peace and justice, and IIC has devoted a special information packet to explaining his life and mission.
This message is being sent to the Saudi embassy in Washington D.C. and it is the hope of IIC that a response will be received as soon as possible. IIC asks that you also email the Saudi embassy by clicking
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or calling their main number at (202) 337-4088 and requesting that they accept the debate invitation, or categorically repudiate the remarks made on the television show.
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