/ 5 November 2000

PILGRIMS ‘MUST MARCH ON JERUSALEM’

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has called for Muslim pilgrims to Mecca to “march on al-Quds,” the Arabic name for Jerusalem. “There should be one million or two million pilgrims at Mecca. They must march on al-Quds,” Kadhafi said in an interview with the satellite channel Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). “Instead of walking around the Kaaba, they should sweep towards al-Quds,” he said. “The Arab world includes 300 million people. What’s the matter if one million die? What is needed is a popular revolution from Mecca to al-Quds. This is what is Jihad (holy struggle), this is what is paradise,” he added. – AFP