Bin Laden’s Mentor Condemns Terrorism

Interestingly, while this story has been all over the Arab press, few English papers have picked up on it. Salman al-Oadah, bin Laden’s mentor, wrote a letter recently that harshly condemned the use of violence. He sought to remind bin Laden that Islam does not even condone the killing of a sparrow, let alone “innocent people, regardless of what justification is given.”