Writing in the London-based al-Hayat newspaper, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to London, Ghazi Algosaibi, called for a holy war against Israel and glorified Palestinian suicide bombers as ?martyrs.? Employing poetry, the Saudi ambassador wrote, ?May Allah witness that you are martyrs? the Prophet and holy men witness that you died to glorify the word of my God in the land that was glorified?? Of the 18 year old suicide bomber who killed herself and two Israelis, and injuring 28, outside a Jerusalem supermarket, Algosaibi wrote that she is ?the bride of heaven.?
The poem also criticizes those Arabs failing to commit murder/suicide in the struggle against the Jewish State. ?Did you commit suicide?? Algosaibi asks rhetorically. ?We are those who committed suicide,? he answers, ?in a life whose dead are living.? In fact, anyone who rejects the jihad against Israel on religious grounds also earns the Saudi diplomat?s scorn: ?When the call comes for Jihad, there is no need for a referendum or a fatwa [Islamic religious ruling ? Ed.]??
In short, the Saudi ambassador to Britain wrote, ?The day of the Jihad is the day of blood.?
The poem also criticizes those Arabs failing to commit murder/suicide in the struggle against the Jewish State. ?Did you commit suicide?? Algosaibi asks rhetorically. ?We are those who committed suicide,? he answers, ?in a life whose dead are living.? In fact, anyone who rejects the jihad against Israel on religious grounds also earns the Saudi diplomat?s scorn: ?When the call comes for Jihad, there is no need for a referendum or a fatwa [Islamic religious ruling ? Ed.]??
In short, the Saudi ambassador to Britain wrote, ?The day of the Jihad is the day of blood.?