SHEIKH ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDULLAH BIN MOHAMMED AL AL-SHEIKH, SAUDI ARABIA'S GENERAL MUFTI, CHAIRMAN OF SENIOR ULEMA (RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS) COMMISSION AND RELIGIOUS RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AND IFTA, HAS EMPHASIZED THAT WHAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED BY THE DEVIANT GROUP VOWING TO ABIDE BY THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR LEADER IS CONSIDERED A REBELLION AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S RULER AND CONTRARY TO ISLAMIC TRUE FAITH. IN A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FRIDAY ON THE UNVEILING OF A CHAIN OF DEVIANT GROUP CELLS WORKING TO EXECUTE A DISASTROUS PLOT IN THE KINGDOM SOMETIME LATER, THE MUFTI SAID ISLAM HAS COME TO CONDEMN AND RECTIFY PRE-ISLAM EPOCH AND PAGANISM INCLUDING THEIR COMMITMENT TO DIFFERENT AND NUMEROUS RELIGIONS AND THEIR DEFIANCE TO THE RULER. HE SAID ISLAM PROHIBITS GIVING HOMAGE TO ANOTHER LEADER WHILE THE RULER OF THE NATION IS STILL IN OFFICE. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE GIVEN BY THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE AND IN CHARGE TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AS LEADER OF THE NATION MAKES HIS IMAMATE A CORRECT ONE THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY ALL MUSLIMS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE MUFTI SAID. --MORE
