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July 27, 2012 Clip No. 3514

Al-Azhar Cleric Hashem Islam Ali Islam: Suicide Bombings Are a Religious Duty

Following are excerpts from a program featuring Egyptian cleric Hashem Islam Ali Islam, a member of the Fatwa Committee of Al-Azhar, which aired on Al Aqsa TV on July 27, 2012.


I say to people who object to martyrdom operations that martyrdom operations are among the deeds most pleasing to Allah.


They constitute a religious duty in this day and age, in order to strike at the Zionist enemy.


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