Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh yesterday termed extremist militant groups as “the first enemy of Islam” and stressed that the ideas of extremism and terrorism do not belong to Islam at all.
Referring to the Islamic State Sunni extremist group and Al Qaeda-affiliated groups in a statement titled “Foresight and Remembrance”, the Grand Mufti said more dangerous ideas are those ideas that are being marketed in the name of religion, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
“These foreign groups do not belong to Islam and Muslims adhering to it, but they are an extension of the Kharijites who were the first group that deviated from the religion because they accused Muslims of disbelief due to their sins and allowed killing them and taking their money,” Al al-Sheikh said.
