A group of Muslim clerics affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad issued a fatwa against any Arab ruler supporting a U.S. war against Iraq. The ruling declares that any Arab leader who condones an American strike on Iraq “violates Muslim law and will pay a heavy price,” according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz.
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