Saudi scholar's fatwa to kill Syrian President

A well known Saudi Islamic scholar Sheikh Ayedh Al Qarni issued a fatwa on Sunday to kill Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.

Al Qarni stressed in his fatwa that killing Bashar Al Assad is more important than killing Israelis, reported 'Al Bayan'.

Meanwhile, Saudi-based 'Sabq' reported that Al Qarni, in an interview on Al Arabia Channel, urged Syrian people to take up arms against Bashar Al Assad's regime.

In his fatwa, Al Qarni said that minorities and all other communities in Syria must enjoy freedom and security after Assad era.

"Bashar is illegitimate and he is a murderer because his hands are blood stained. He killed hundreds of children, destroyed mosques...he is a rogue...," he said.

He called on Syrian army to split and diobey President Bashar Al Assad. "It is not permissible for Syrian army to obey the tyrant...this is  disobedience to the Creator," added Al Qarni.

He called Al Ba’ath Party as a "rogue party".

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