Hariri Says bin Laden 'Black Mark' on Islam
Caretaker premier Saad Hariri on Monday said Osama bin Laden was "a black mark" on Islam's history, putting the religion "in hostile situations" with other faiths and cultures.
"The damage he has done to Islam's image and Arab causes is not less than the damage done by enemies of Muslims and Arabs worldwide," he said in a statement.
"The history of our nationalism and Islam will never forgive that man who was a black mark for two decades, filling the minds of youngsters with ideas about terrorism, murder and destruction."
Hariri, the most popular Sunni Muslim leader in Lebanon, said bin Laden "did not only harm the United States and the West. He has spread evil and division in the Muslim and Arab worlds."
“Any Arab or Muslim who chooses terror as his path … will meet the same fate as Osama bin Laden,” the caretaker PM stressed.
World leaders on Monday welcomed the death of bin Laden but warned that the long war against terrorism is far from over and that al-Qaida could strike back with renewed force.
Source: Agence France Presse
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