By IINA,
Makkah : Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance Saleh Alu Al Sheikh said that mosque imams and preachers do not deal with the topic of terror and extremism in their speeches unless ordered to by the ministry. “Preachers only speak about the need to shun misguided ideologies and terrorism when they receive instructions from the ministry. They do not discuss the subject until another instruction is issued,” said Al Sheikh.
“This is not the right method. A preacher should know that it is his religious duty to speak out against terror and misguided ideologies as he is aware of what the Shariah says on the matter,” he said.
“Their attitude is wrong. Preachers should be spurred by their conscience and act with a sense of responsibility without waiting for a circular from the ministry to discuss the issue,” he said.
“When a preacher believes in what he is saying and is in the need of uprooting extremist ideologies his words will be sincere and strongly influence the people,” he added.