Almotamar.net - A number of Yemeni religious scholars affirmed Thursday that the Islamic religion categorically taboos attacking tourists and foreign nationals who have entered the country in peace and pledge by authorities.

They have stressed that attacking the peaceful foreigners in Muslim countries is an act unacceptable by any religion or norm or reason and the one committing that is someone surrendering his mind and control to those leading him to abyss.

One of the leading religious sheikhs in Hadramout governorate the Scholar Saleh Abdullah Bajarsh says attacking tourists and foreigners is illegitimate in the Islamic law, clarifying that such acts are not approved by religion or norm and not accepted by brilliant mind. He said such acts are committed by someone whose ignorance has control on his thinking and he is hostile. He added that the faithful Yemenis do not recognize this act.

For his part the scholar Sheikh Abu Al-Hassan Mustafa bin Ismael al-Sulaimani aid the criminal acts targeting tourist groups and their companions and foreign nationals is an act unacceptable by religion or norm nor a sound reason. He added the one committing such crimes he has committed othe crimes as well. First he has caused the killing of other faithful persons even if they were not religious. The second matter is that the one who does this is killing tourists who entered the country in pledge and safety provided by the country�s authorities. The third matter, in Sheikh al-Sulaimani view, is that the perpetrator of those crimes aims at creating corruption on earth and destabilizing security and stability and agitating others to do likewise or to revenge against him or against others for their victims in the incident. He said it is time for those to reconsider their thoughts and to hold themselves accountable.

Moreover, the nation�s scholars are unanimous on the great guilt of those who mislead the youth and encourage them to indulge I suicide acts against foreign national in the Islamic countries, considering that as prohibited according to the Islamic law that taboos the killing.