He spoke about al-Turabi.

The questioner: : Please, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I do not see anything in this speech. What is there in this speech?

The questioner : Regarding al-Turabi?

The Shaykh : Do you mean he is praising al-Turabi in your opinion?

The questioner : Yes. He says that this is a testimony from a Christian that he is a fundamentalist and that he is conservative regarding the broad lines, and so on.

The Shaykh : He is reporting what is said about al-Turabi, not his own opinion.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Rewind the tape.
"The tape: With such words, that he is conservative regarding his principles and his tenets, and yet he has the ability to adapt."

The Shaykh : This is not his speech; he is reporting it.
"The tape: Then he says that al-Turabi, who is the intended subject of his previous statement, began teaching his students."

The Shaykh : He is the intended subject of his previous statement, not his own speech.
"The tape: And adapting to changes and developments spares them isolation, at a time when they adhere to the broad lines. First, no one can praise al-Turabi, or anyone else, better than with such words: that he is conservative regarding his principles and his tenets."

The Shaykh : Is this praise or blame?
"The tape: And yet he has the ability to adapt to circumstances, changes, and others, and the style of calm dialogue and discussion. This is first. And second, this is a testimony from a Western Christian man who, in most cases, carries the enmity of Christians toward Muslims, and yet the man described him as one who adapts to circumstances."

The Shaykh : Is adapting to circumstances praise?
Al-Halabi : No. This is blame. Adapting to circumstances is blame.

The Shaykh : Well, he is speaking about a person.

Another questioner : Who praised and who blamed.

The Shaykh : That is it, so he is not coming [to the point].

The questioner : What the Christian said was not found.

The Shaykh : My brother, the Christian also blamed him. Adapting to circumstances, is this praise or blame?

The questioner : In my opinion, this man... al-Turabi is understood by the common people in this way.

The Shaykh : He is saying, first and second, from what he cites regarding the speech of that Christian.

Another questioner : He is criticizing that this Christian praised this extremism and fundamentalism, and the like. He did not say anything.

The questioner : I mean that the Christians praise the fundamentalists, and you blame them. That is what I understand. By the way, my Shaykh, this al-Turabi interacted with the scholars of Saudi Arabia.

The Shaykh : Professor, this is another issue. What resulted from that interaction? We told you that he has a book on women, in which he almost explicitly states that however you come out [of the marriage].