Top Bin Laden Deputy Criticizes French Headscarf Ban

[rodbarnett]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An audiotape purported to be from Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri that aired on an Arabic television channel Tuesday criticized France's decision to ban Islamic headscarves in schools as part of the West's campaign against Islam.
"The decision of the French president to issue a law to prevent Muslim girls from covering their heads in schools is another example of the Crusader envy that the Westerners have against Muslims," the voice said in the tape broadcast on the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya satellite channel.

The Dubai-based al-Arabiya identified the voice on the tape as that of al-Zawahri. An official at the station, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the tape was received Tuesday, "just minutes before taking it to air."

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The voice on the tape said the headscarf decision was part of the ongoing campaign against Islam.

"Banning the headscarves in France is in line with burning villages with its inhabitants in Afghanistan, bringing houses down on the heads of sleeping Palestinians, with killing children in Iraq and robbing their oil using false pretexts ... (and) torturing them (Muslims) in the cells of Guantanamo," the tape said

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[burrowowl]

1. Yes of course

al-Zawahri would rather see them in burkas and not in school.

[Flagg]

2. he's a funny guy

he didn't mention that the ban also concerned christian crosses and jewish skullcaps

how convenient