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August 8, 2005 Excerpt from Egyptian Professor Abd Al-Sabour Shahin

Source: MEMRI Special Dispatch Series No. 954.  August 10, 2005.

September 9, 2011

Excerpt from Egyptian Professor Abd Al-Sabour Shahin, the head of the Shari’a faculty at Al-Ahzar University, the most prestigious set of learning in Sunni Islam (aired on Saudi Government TV, Channel 1 on August 8)

“Our enemies weave many lies about us, which we are not necessarily aware of.  For example:  One day, we awoke to the crime of 9/11, which hit the tallest buildings in New York, the Empire State Building [sic]. There is no doubt that not a single Arab or Muslim had anything to do with these events. The incident was fabricated as a pretext to attack Islam and Muslims.  The plan was to take over the world’s energy sources, and to achieve and control by force and not by agreement or negotiations, by interests, free trade, or anything like that.  This is what the wanted. …

“These were lies from beginning to end, and we were not used to lying—not in policy, not in our discourse, and not in the media.  Imagine what crisis the Arab and Islam nation finds itself in, in the midst of these peculiar events, which we cannot explain or believe.  All of a sudden, we were framed for an international crime, on the basis of lies. I believe a dirty Zionist hand carried out this act.  Zionism has taken the opportunity to escalate the war in Palestine, killing hundreds of thousands so far, while we watch from the sidelines in astonishment and ask:  What’s going on?”

Source: MEMRI Special Dispatch Series No. 954.  August 10, 2005.

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