Cheikh Al Khalili urges GSPC leaders to join Reconciliation

Member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars Cheikh Ahmed Ben Hamd El Khalili called on armed people in Algeria to stop their acts because they have nothing to do with jihad.

• “I call upon you to be faithful to Allah and be aware of Satan as it would lead to dispersion of the nation,” he said in a letter addressed to the so-called the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) led by Abdelmalek Droudkel nicknamed Abu Musab Abdelouadoud.
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• Droudkel gives up insulting scholars
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• Scholars of various doctrines and countries stepped up their calls on Droudkel’s followers within the last few months. This move comes to face ‘electronic fatwas’ used by terrorists to justify their crimes especially suicide attacks, Echorouk has learnt.
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• No jihad in Algeria
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• Cheikh El Khalili did mention Al-Qaeda in his letter and denied all the terrorist attacks. He implicitly confirmed that terrorists in Algeria target civilians and Muslims, which is illegal in religion.
• “I tell those who wanted to make jihad that they were wrong and were killing their brothers in religion and nation.”
• Cheikh al Khalili is a supporter of the Palestinian cause and was in the delegation led by Cheikh Youssef Al Karadaoui to conemn Gaza massacres.
• “This letter comes in view of Islamic brotherhood ties which make Islam’s nation unified.”
• He believes that Algeria was a model of cohesion and harmony. “The situation should not have been like what it is now within conspiracy from enemies.”