From the Saudi Gazette Yeah, yeah, more Osama Badboy stuff, but nonetheless an interesting letter... ---Word from the Arabic Press--- SHAME on you, Osama Bin Laden! You do not serve to be named after your father (may Allah bless his soul). Your claims to be speaking on behalf of Islam and Muslims are complete nonsense. Your words and deeds have nothing to do with Islam. Simply because they run counter to what GOD instructed us to do, as well as the Prophet's teachings. Islam has nothing to do with your deeds and sayings. I remember that when you claimed to be fighting with the Afghanis against the Russians, you were one of those known as cavemen. You used to hide with other cowards in the caves when the fighting was going on. You have always done this, and even now you are hiding in your cave. How do you dare to claim that you are a Muslim, when you shed the blood of innocent people in Nairobi and Dar es Salam? It is one of the shocks of the century that such a person as you claims to be a Muslim when pursuing your criminal acts in Washington and New York, shedding the blood of thousands of innocent people, including hundreds of Muslims. I wonder how you reconcile yourself with Islam? What about your threats to America, that it cannot dream of having a security until Palestine enjoys it first? This poses a crucial question: What did you do for Palestine? Did you kill one Israeli? Did you donate a single dollar to the Mujahideen who are martyred every day in Palestine? I swear by GOD that this has never been in your mind for a single day. And Iraq and the Iraqi people. Where do you stand regarding them, and what have you done for them? This leads to another question: What did you do for the Afghan people, other than contributing to their destruction? It would have been more honorable for you, after you blessed the suicide attacks, to sacrifice your own life in order save Afghanistan and from the consequences of your deeds. You are shedding crocodile tears in order to justify your crimes and fool simple minded people. What I want to tell you is this: "Allah forbid, you are a rotten seed like the son of Prophet Noah thus the flood will inundate you as was the case of Noah's son." Now, Bin Laden, let us consider the consequences of your acts. Over 6,000 innocent people were killed in New York and Washington, of whom about 700 were Muslims. Over 270 innocent people were killed in Nairobi and Tanzania, of whom around 50 were Muslims. Your imitators blew up two buildings in Chechnya with the inhabitants inside, and over 250 innocent people were killed. As a result of this Russia reinvaded Chechnya. Over 5,000 Muslims were killed, and over 100,000 Muslims were displaced. The fighting is still going on and more Muslim blood is being spilt. All the Islamic charity organizations are now an object of suspicion, and most of them have been banned. Most of the employees in the Islamic charity organizations were dismissed form their work, while some of them were imprisoned and others have been put under close observations. Thus all the charity work has stopped and a huge number of Muslims, who were the main beneficiary of these works, have been greatly harmed. Allah alone knows the number of casualties and the amount of damage Muslims will incur from the current strikes on Afghanistan. Many Muslims in various parts of the world were killed and others were beaten and exposed to harassment, while many Muslim women were unveiled and their children were made scared, so that all of them are now walking with their heads bent down, and every now and then they look behind them in fear of what may befall them. Even Saudi nationals, who used to enjoy he best treatment all over the world, are now subject to thorough luggage and body searches wherever they go, and they are questioned, with or without justification. They have interrupted the educations of their sons and daughters, and they have to leave their hospital beds to avoid being attacked. This is the outcome of Bin Laden’s corruption and mischief, and Allah said in the Holy Quran, “The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, an a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter.” Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Former Chief of Intelligence, Asharq Al-Awsat
