A key al-Qaeda leader is calling for Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah to be killed after the King held an interfaith dialogue earlier this month in Spain.
“Hurrying to kill this wanton tyrant (King Abdullah) who has announced himself to be a leader of atheism would be among the most pious acts,” Abu Yahya al-Libi said in a video posted on Monday on Islamist websites often used by al Qaeda supporters.
The message follows the groundbreaking Saudi-sponsored interfaith conference in which King Abdullah called on followers of the world’s major faiths to turn away from extremism and seek reconciliation.
“The call for a rapprochement of religions issued by the (Saudi) tyrant … is an integral part of the overt Crusader war against Islam and Muslims,” Libi said. He likened King Abdullah to a “corrupting fountainhead” that had to be buried.
“This in fact is a call to turn one’s back on Islam and … to look for commonalities with Judaism and Christianity so whatever the three agree on would become the new modern religion which would be allowed to be propagated,” Libi said.
Abu Yahia al-Libi, who escaped from Afghanistan’s Bagram prison in 2005, says “bringing religions together…means renouncing Islam.”
The Madrid gathering aimed to draw Muslims, Jews and Christians – as well as leaders of other faiths - closer together and isolate those who use religion to justify violence or intolerance. It was the first time Saudi Arabia, where non-Muslims cannot practice their faith openly, had invited Jews to such a meeting.
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