Syria

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How Did the "An Economic Crisis Is Coming" Remark Enter the Indictment?

A crisis warning from one of his sermons was placed in the indictment of the 30 January 2018 file with the question "how did he know this"; Kuytul explains that this was not a prophecy but a sentence about consequences.

The claim that he supports armed organisations

The claim is older than the 2018 operation: the same question was put and answered on 15 February 2014, and in a record of activity spanning more than thirty years, all of it public, not a single piece of evidence of support has emerged.

Unfounded

The Claim that He "Supported America in the Afrin Operation"

A single sentence was cut out of a twelve-minute speech made on 19 January 2018, before the operation had even begun; the speech as a whole is not support for America but a warning against it.

Distorted

Kuytul's assessment of the downing of the Russian plane

The full text of the talk that was put into circulation in cropped form: the possibility of retaliation, 5.7 billion dollars of exports, dependence on natural gas, NATO's position in December 2015 and the rules of engagement.

The "Pro-Russian" Claim

Three or four seconds were cut out of a long answer; the sentence "we would all fight against Russia together" comes immediately after the point of the cut.

Distorted

The claim that "he criticises the government only because of his own grievance"

The conference cancellations began in 2014; yet he had objected to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and to Syria policy in 2011 — that is, eleven years before the event the claim counts as the cause.

Unfounded

The claim that "a religious teacher should not get involved in politics"

He does not deny that he speaks on political matters. But what he speaks on is not party politics; he supports no party. The field the objection calls "politics" and the field he speaks in are not the same thing.

Partly true

The claim that he is "on the side of a party or the opposition"

He says openly that he supports no party; his measure is not a party but fiqh, and by that same measure he has said he would defend the party he criticises when it is wronged.

Unfounded

The claim that he is "of the Shia school"

The claim is levelled at a Hanafi who has for years rejected, with evidence, the Shia positions on the twelve imams, the infallibility of the imams and temporary marriage.

Unfounded

How Did the "An Economic Crisis Is Coming" Remark Enter the Indictment?

The claim that he supports armed organisations

The Claim that He "Supported America in the Afrin Operation"

Kuytul's assessment of the downing of the Russian plane

The "Pro-Russian" Claim

The claim that "he criticises the government only because of his own grievance"

The claim that "a religious teacher should not get involved in politics"

The claim that he is "on the side of a party or the opposition"

The claim that he is "of the Shia school"

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