"The Muslim faith disqualifies him from leading the Muslim nation because he is comparable to an infidel"

See! Islam is willing to work with other faiths!

NOT!

Islam is the Master, all others are slaves. At best.

Since Mauritania is now a thugocracy, can they just shoot fools like this? It will be interesting to watch! If they are thugs, Esseman will die soon. If they are just place holders trying to fix their country for a return to democracy, then Esseman will stay in jail. I say they shoot him anyway, and all his followers. Just because the AQ wannabes are dangerous vermin.

Jihad Watch: "The Muslim faith disqualifies him from leading the Muslim nation because he is comparable to an infidel": "The suspected head of Al-Qaeda in Mauritania urged the country's Muslims not to recognise the ruling military junta, calling it an 'infidel regime,' AFP learned Monday.

The denunciation came as the head of the African Union (AU) Commission said he held an 'optimistic' meeting with the junta's leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, aimed at restoring a constitutional government.

In a two-page letter, handwritten in Arabic from prison and signed with his name, El Khadim Ould Esseman wrote that Muslims must not support or recognise the junta that seized power earlier this month.

'Even if (the head of the junta) linked by blood and membership of the same tribal group, the Muslim faith disqualifies him from leading the Muslim nation because he is comparable to an infidel,' the letter said.

'Those who applaud the new government and those who are against it must stop and turn to the strict application of Sharia.' [...]"