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Scholars to be sued over jihad call

London: The father of a young Saudi fighter who died in Fallujah is planning to sue religious scholars who have called for jihad against the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, a Saudi newspaper reported on Sunday. He was launching his legal action to make a stand against preachers who tried to ``corrupt the minds of young men'', the newspaper Al-Madina said. The father, Majid Shabib al-Otaibi, blamed 26 Saudi scholars who this month signed a statement saying that ``jihad against the occupiers is a duty for all who are able''. —

Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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