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The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series, and Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor.

• Reactions in Arab Press to Eilat Attacks Part II - Majority of Writers Continue to Blame Israel, U.S.; Egyptian Daily: 'We Cannot Rule Out that the Attack in Eilat Was Carried Out by Israel'
• Senior Salafi-Jihadi Cleric Rules Against Providing Protection To Chairman Of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil
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Special Dispatch No. 4095—Inter-Arab Relation/Palestinians/Egypt/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World/Iran/Syria/Hamas

Reactions in Arab Press to Eilat Attacks Part II - Majority of Writers Continue to Blame Israel, U.S.; Egyptian Daily: 'We Cannot Rule Out that the Attack in Eilat Was Carried Out by Israel'

Israel's military response to the attacks near Eilat sparked an uproar in the Arab press. Articles published in the Arab dailies two days after the attacks claimed that Israel, supported by the U.S., was responsible for the attacks, and that even if it was not responsible, it was the one who had benefited from them. There were also those who blamed Syria, Iran, and Hamas, claiming that they had hoped to distract public attention from the crisis in Syria.

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5590.htm.

To view Part I, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5585.htm.

Senior Salafi-Jihadi Cleric Rules Against Providing Protection To Chairman Of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil

In August, 2011, the Salafi-jihadi website Minbar Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad published a fatwa by Sheikh Abu Muslim Al-Jazairi, in response to a question submitted to the website by someone calling himself "Abu Sahl." "Abu Sahl" asked about the religious ruling to "some of the brothers who protected Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the Libyan [National] Transitional Council, during his speech in the city of Darnah [Libya]." "Abu Sahl" says that the Transitional Council has repeatedly called to implement democracy in Libya and to fight terrorism and Al-Qaeda as well. "Abu Sahl" argues that those assigned to protecting Abdul Jalil relied on three Islamic concepts to justify their action: weighing the benefit vs. the harm (meaning, the consequences to protecting Abdul Jalil vs. leaving him exposed to danger, i.e. assassination), protecting other Muslims attending Abdul Jalil's speech, and relying on the idea that protection of Abdul Jalil is considered a Talab Jiwar (the idea of a Muslim protecting a polytheist in order to expose him to Islam).

To read the full report, visit http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=5359&param=JT.

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