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  Updated: May 18, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Journalists, officials criticize Sheikh Kalbani

By: Abdulali

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: The government of Saudi Arabia has so far been silent about the outcry provoked by Grand Mosque of Makkah Sheikh Kalbani’s evil statements.

However, last Saturday, Prince Misha’al bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of Allegiance-Pledge Commission and also the King’s half-brother, reiterated that "all Saudis are Muslims."

"No to racism, not sectarianism!" Prince Misha’al said in a statement to Okaz.

The next day, Turki Al-Sudeiri, the influential managing director of the pro-government Al-Riyadh newspaper, rejected Sheikh Kalbani, deploring the “shameful” Sunni-Shiite rifts.

"I am stunned by the statements of Sheikh Kalbani who damned Shiite clerics," Sudeiri said.

More explicitly, Sheikh Osama Khayat, the imam-preacher of the Grand Mosque, warned in his Friday sermon against "any behaviour harmful to the unity of Muslims and against any verbal excess.”

"I advise Muslims not to publish statements, make declarations or give interviews on various media, which may harm Muslims," Sheikh Osama said in his weekly sermon.


 
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