Sudanese Scholar: "Apostate" Obama "Must Be Executed", "The Path of Osama Bin Laden Is Our Path"

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Translated from the original Arabic by MEMRI

Following are excerpts from a statement by Sheikh 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id, a member of the Sudanese Islamic Scholars Association, at a rally. The statement was posted on the Internet on May 5, 2011:

Sheikh 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id: "May Allah have mercy on Osama bin Laden. May Allah place him along with the righteous and the martyrs, 'on whom there shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.' He sought not this world, but the world to come."

[…]

Crowds: "Down, down, USA.

"Down, down, USA.

"Down, down, USA.

"Down, down, USA.

"We are coming…

"We are coming…

"We are the Muslims…

"We are the Muslims…

Sheik 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id: "Allah Akbar. In the past century and in the century that has begun, we have sacrificed more than 100 martyrs for the sake of the da'wa.

[…]

"Oh Muslims, we will march on, for the sake of Allah."

Crowds: "Allah Akbar."

Sheik 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id: "We will wage jihad for the sake of Allah."

Crowds: "Allah Akbar."

Sheikh 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id: "We will establish the Islamic state."

Crowds: "Allah Akbar."

Sheik 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id: "By Allah, the state of Islam will be established upon the land, whether the infidels like it or not, whether the Jews like it or not, whether that apostate… What's his name… The one from America… Obama!

"Obama is a Muslim who has left the fold of Islam. Hence, Allah, the angels, and all the people curse him. He is a real apostate. Obama is an apostate. Obama is an apostate. He left the fold of Islam… "

Crowds: "The apostate must be executed.

"The apostate must be executed.

"The apostate must be executed.

"The apostate must be executed.

Sheikh 'Atiyya Muhammad Sa'id: "Oh Muslims, oh youth of Islam, the path of Osama bin Laden is our path."

Crowds: "Allah Akbar." […]