Haaretz: Syria’s Mufti: Islam commands us to protect Judaism
Syria’s foremost Muslim leader declared on Tuesday that Islam commands its followers to protect Judaism, according to Army Radio.
“If the Prophet Mohammed had asked me to deem Christians or Jews heretics, I would have deemed Mohammed himself a heretic,” Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun, the Mufti of Syria, was quoted as telling a delegation of American academics visiting Damascus.
Hassoun, the leader of Syria’s majority Sunni Muslim community, also told the delegates that Islam was a religion of peace, adding: “If Mohammed had commanded us to kill people, I would have told him he was not a prophet.”
Comment: For a Sufi Muslim, Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun sure has a familiar way toward the Prophet of Islam. Then again, he was probably being allegorical, a fact that is lost in Haaretz’s report. If anybody knows better, do opine!
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