"Why did they hit France and not the Vatican? The Pope represents Western Christianity, why do they not attack a church? "To utter these words, reached by Al Jazeera, Abu Hafs al-Mauritani, former religious advisor to Osama bin Laden.
The man, who condemns the recent attacks in Paris, was one of the most important figures of al-Qaeda. To call it a sort of ideological and tactical terrorist would not be a mistake. A war veteran in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, he then created a religious school, the Institute of Islamic Studies in Kandahar in the 90 years. School he directed until the arrival of the Americans in the 2001. Al-Walid was head of the al-Qaeda shura council.
We were saying tactical terrorist. Al-Mauritani, poet and ideologue, in a heartfelt appeal written to Bin Laden, opposed the September 11 attacks, warning the then number one of the terrorist organization of ordering this action. Deep connoisseur of the Koran and skilled speaker for the mujaheddin on Afghan training camps, he is still held in high regard by Zawahiri for his role as a promoter of pan-Islamic peace.
"ISIS has misunderstood Islam, just as people in the West might misunderstand Christianity. Islam prohibits the killing of innocent people, regardless of whether they are Muslim or not. Killing civilians and innocents is unacceptable and has nothing to do with jihad ".
Considered dead in two different circumstances (never confirmed), after the September 11 attacks, al-Mauritani flees to Iran (his positions were in stark contrast to those of Bin Laden) where he is arrested in the 2003. He leaves the prison in April of 2012 to be extradited to Mauritania.
Al-Mauritani continues. "Those corrupt Arab regimes that do nothing but help Israel. They too were responsible for spreading the Islamic state. Baghdadi will never be the leader of Muslims. Does not meet the conditions and requirements of a caliphate. It is a product of US-led occupation of Iraq ”.
