ISIS ideology comes from our own books, our own principles; we follow the same thought—Salafism

Sheikh al-Kilbani says " "IS ideology comes from our own books, our own principles; we follow the same thought—Salafism”. 

By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi, New Age Islam

16 June 2016

It might help the ulema come out of denial if they listened to the confessions of former senior imam of Haram, the Grand Mosque of Mecca,Sheikh Adel al-Kilbani. To our utter surprise, SheikhKilbanihas admitted that the jihadist theology emanates from the same Islamic literature being taught in Saudi Arabia. In a TV appearance, he made unequivocal and explicit remarks on the issue. For instance, he said: "IS ideology comes from our own books, our own principles; we follow the same thought—Salafism”. He even dismissed the prevailing self-serving perception in the Muslim community that 'Islamic State is a creature of the American intelligence agencies' and went on to say that "the ideology behind Daesh is the Salafist thought that many Muslims follow, but the only disagreement is with the way in which that ideology is acted out from a public relations perspective”. These are the words of Sheikh ‘Aadel Al-Kalbani, former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and a Salafi himself, not of any moderate Muslims or Sufi Islamic scholars who keep denouncing Salafism. - See more at:

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