A Statement Regarding a Press Interview with Two Individuals from America
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh. Issue number 976 of the Da'wah magazine, dated 7 Jumada al-Awwal 1405. An interview was conducted with two individuals from America, one of whom is named Muhammad al-Mahdi, the head of the National Council for Islamic Affairs in America, and the other is named Muhammad Ghazi Khan, who was the director of the Voice of Islam radio station in America. He came to the Kingdom based on an official invitation from the Kingdom's ambassador in Washington, and they met with some officials here. It is clear from the interview that they focus on the issue of media as an alternative to jihad. The brother said that with the same two individuals, when they visited Kuwait, and the interview exposed them for who they really are. It became clear that the aforementioned Muhammad al-Mahdi is a close friend of the extremist Zionist Kahan, and a picture of him with Kahan was published. He considers war with the Jews to be an evil method, and he describes continuing to think about war with the enemy as pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) thinking. He also does not have certainty regarding the authenticity of the hadith in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that we will meet the Jews. This is a picture from the newspaper. Today's jokes.
The Shaykh:
There is no power or strength except by Allah.
Your Eminence the Shaykh. Issue number 976 of the Da'wah magazine, dated 7 Jumada al-Awwal 1405. An interview was conducted with two individuals from America, one of whom is named Muhammad al-Mahdi, the head of the National Council for Islamic Affairs in America, and the other is named Muhammad Ghazi Khan, who was the director of the Voice of Islam radio station in America. He came to the Kingdom based on an official invitation from the Kingdom's ambassador in Washington, and they met with some officials here. It is clear from the interview that they focus on the issue of media as an alternative to jihad. The brother said that with the same two individuals, when they visited Kuwait, and the interview exposed them for who they really are. It became clear that the aforementioned Muhammad al-Mahdi is a close friend of the extremist Zionist Kahan, and a picture of him with Kahan was published. He considers war with the Jews to be an evil method, and he describes continuing to think about war with the enemy as pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) thinking. He also does not have certainty regarding the authenticity of the hadith in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that we will meet the Jews. This is a picture from the newspaper. Today's jokes.
The Shaykh:
There is no power or strength except by Allah.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - ٦٤ — archive.org (1:42:16)
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