Highest Ranking Saudi Mufti: "Destroy All Churches"

And of course you've heard about this, I'm certain, from the DEM/MSM, have you not?

Covered day and night by our thoroughly-efficient 24/7 news providers in America?

From The Washington Times Op-Ed:

If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of deep concern, and rioters in the Middle East would kill each other in their grief. But when the most influential leader in the Muslim world issues a fatwa to destroy Christian churches, the silence is deafening.

On March 12, Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the grand mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.” The ruling came in response to a query from a Kuwaiti delegation over proposed legislation to prevent construction of churches in the emirate. The mufti based his decision on a story that on his deathbed, Muhammad declared, “There are not to be two religions in the [Arabian] Peninsula.” This passage has long been used to justify intolerance in the kingdom. Churches have always been banned in Saudi Arabia, and until recently Jews were not even allowed in the country. Those wishing to worship in the manner of their choosing must do so hidden away in private, and even then the morality police have been known to show up unexpectedly and halt proceedings.

I ask you:

• Has the US State Department weighed in?
• Secretary of State Clinton?
• Did I miss a press conference with Jay Carney?
• Has Mr Obama condemned this violent fatwa against all of Christianity?

In a word: no. And please read the rest of the editorial here.

The fatwa "does not just create a religious obligation for those over whom the mufti has direct authority; it is also a signal to others in the Muslim world that destroying churches is not only permitted but mandatory." [My emphasis. -BZ]

News-flash to Mr Obama: if you try to ignore Islamists, they won't simply go away.

Ignoring them doesn't work.

Ask William Jefferson Clinton.

"Islam is as Islam does."

BZ

P.S.
Isn't it comforting to know that Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah is on Facebook? You can like him or pike him or friend him or bend him or whatever it is you do on Facebook. And don't look now, but isn't that our president with AABA in the photograph above?