Prominent Muslim figures back Iraqi rebels<\/p>\n
Reuters, Cairo<\/p>\n
Ninety-three prominent Muslim figures opposed to U.S. troops in
\nIraq called on Muslims around the world to support resistance to
\nU.S. forces and to the Iraqi government installed in June.<\/p>\n
In an appeal received on Sunday from the offices of Egypt's
\nMuslim Brotherhood, the Muslim figures from nearly 30 nations,
\nfrom Germany to Indonesia, said the aim should be to \"purify the
\nland of Islam from the filth of occupation\".<\/p>\n
The signatories included senior members of the Brotherhood,
\nleading Qatari-based moderate Youssef al-Qaradawi, Hizbollah
\nleader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah of Lebanon, Khaled Mashal of the
\nPalestinian group Hamas, two Egyptian opposition party leaders,
\nSheikh Abdeslam Yassine of Morocco's Justice and Charity Group
\nand Yemeni Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar.<\/p>\n
Others came from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bosnia, the
\nComoros, Germany, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya,
\nMalaysia, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South
\nAfrica, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan and Tunisia.<\/p>\n
The appeal said that Muslim rulers had been silent to the
\npoint of complicity in the face of what it called Anglo-American
\nand Zionist aggression in Iraq and the Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n
\"(The signatories) call on our Arab and Muslim peoples and all
\nreligious authorities and liberation forces everywhere to oppose
\nthe occupation and savage crimes in Iraq and Palestine, by
\nproviding all kinds of material and moral support to the
\nhonorable resistance ... until God's victory comes,\" it said.<\/p>\n
The statement called the Iraqi government \"subordinate and
\ninstalled, a mere shadow of the occupation, designed to impose
\nhegemony on Iraq and its resources.\"<\/p>\n
The signatories called for democracy throughout the Muslim
\nworld through free and fair elections, with respect for pluralism
\nand the dignity of citizens.<\/p>",
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