Jihad against Syrian government is a “huge mistake”- Tunisia Mufti

Othman Battik, Tunisia’s senior cleric, has described the calls for jihad against the Syrian government by “huge mistake” that is not allowed under the name of Islam.

“Muslim mustn’t fight a Muslim” under any pretext,” said the Mufti of Tunisia during a press conference.

Battikh stressed that those who went to fight in Syria under the banner of Jihad were “fooled and have been brainwashed.”

His remarks came at a time many of Tunisian youths are being recruited by terrorist networks to go to Syria and fight against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The Tunisian cleric also said he considered what has become known as “sex jihad” a form of prostitution and adultery, where16 Tunisian girls have been so far deceived and sent to Syria to take part in the so-called sex or “marriage jihad”, adding this is a moral depravity.