Saudi top cleric blasts Al-Qaeda, Islamic State as 'enemy No 1' of Islam
'The ideas of extremism, radicalism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam', said top cleric
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-19 17:12 GMT
Riyadh: Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh on Tuesday blasted Al-Qaeda and Islamic State jihadists as "enemy number one" of Islam, in a statement issued in Riyadh.
"The ideas of extremism, radicalism and terrorism ... have nothing to do with Islam and (their proponents) are the enemy number one of Islam," the kingdom's top cleric said.
He cited jihadists from the Islamic State, which has declared a "caliphate" straddling parts of Iraq and Syria, and the global Al-Qaeda terror network.