On August19 , al Azhar issued a Fatwa banning Arab and Islamic countries from dealing with Iraq’s interim Governing Council, saying it lacks religious and political legitimacy. It described the council as been imposed on the Iraqis by the will of the occupation, and does not conform to Islam’s established principle of Shura (counsel).
albawaba.com
I ask you, what has Al-Azhar – which a religious institution based in Egypt – got to do with Iraq? Meddling? Playing politics? You bet! Big time.
It would have been better for them to try to calm the Iraqi feeling, encouraging Islamic countries to send help and troops to reestablish the peace rather than inciting what is tantamount to violence.
Keep on preaching, but please don’t get yourself embroiled in the politics of foreign nations. They’re probably better of on their own.
