Egypt's mufti defends Hizbollah operations

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CAIRO (Reuters) - The Mufti of Egypt, the country's senior exponent of Islamic law, said the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah was defending Lebanon against Israeli injustice.

"The attacks, killing and destruction that are taking place in Lebanon now by Israeli forces are injustice itself," Mufti Ali Gomaa told a meeting in southern Egypt. He was quoted by the state news agency MENA on Friday.

"This gives the Lebanese the right to defend themselves. Hizbollah is defending its country and what it is doing is not terrorism," said Gomaa, a government appointee.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said Lebanese and Palestinian guerrilla groups should weigh the gains and losses of their operations, but Egypt has not condemned the cross-border raid in which Hizbollah seized two Israeli soldiers on July 12. Israel has responded by bombing targets in Lebanon.

WaPo

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1. Well, that makes it alright,, then n/t

[Dhalgren]

2. To a huge number of Muslims, it actually does...

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3. Yes, that's the sad part

"Sheeple" are not a species indigenous only to the United States

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4. FWIW:

I thought the interesting part was him telling the Saudis to bugger off.
This is going to make things awkward for Hosni, too.

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5. People forget that Egypt used to be one of Israel's biggest enemies.

until President Carter and the Camp David Peace Accord. That picture of Anwar Sadat shaking hands with Menachem Begin is burned into my brain.

Of course, Sadat was assassinated for that in 1981 by fundamentalist assassins.