Lebanese Muslim Sheikh Omar Baki said on television, "There are two types of terrorism, blessed and deplorable. In an interview translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), he explained that "America represents the camp of Western terrorism, and there is another camp of terrorism within Islam…. America's violence is meant to take lives, and so its terrorism is deplorable, whereas the violence the mujahideen use for defense and retaliation is meant to protect lives and defend honor. Their terrorism is blessed. Not all terrorism is deplorable.
"Why do people say that Islam is being distorted today, when these are jihad operations against an enemy occupying Muslim lands? What's the difference between America in Iraq and Israel in Palestine?"