veiled4allah: Saudi scholars condemn violence veiled4allah: Saudi scholars condemn violenceAbout 40 Islamic scholars in Saudi Arabia have condemned those who incite the violence that has plagued their country in the past 20 months. The group said the violence was against Islamic law and went on to specifically mention attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure.
"We reaffirm that such acts are prohibited, and we condemn those who praise these acts and incite [extremists] to target the nation's oil interests and vital installations," a group of academics and public figures from across Saudi Arabia said in a statement on Sunday.
The declaration came a month after Saudi-born fighter Usama bin Ladin, in an audiotape posted on a website, called on his followers to strike oil facilities in the Gulf and Iraq and warned Saudi leaders they risked a popular uprising.
"Incitement and praise of acts of bombings and destruction in the name of religion - and the resulting events - have tarnished the image of Islam," Sunday's statement said.
Thinkers and Muslim scholars must "step up efforts to explain that such acts are prohibited. We also call on those who have espoused destructive ideas to reconsider their attitude and fear God," it said.
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