By Hammam Abdul Maboud, IOL Cairo Staff

CAIRO, April 9 (IslamOnline.net) - It is not permissible for any Muslim to accept or deal in any way with any foreign governor set up by the Anglo-U.S. invading troops in post-war Iraq, Egypt’s Mufti Ahmad Al-Tayyib said Wednesday, April 9.

“The Anglo-U.S. aggression on Iraq is null and void since it is an aggression on an independent and sovereign country. It is a flagrant violation of international legitimacy because it left hundreds killed and thousands of children and women wounded,” Tayyib told IslamOnline.net.

Citing the Islamic rule “whatever is based on an unlawful grounds it is unlawful,” the Egyptian Mufti said the anointment of any foreign ruler on Iraq “is not permissible by Islam; therefore, it is not permissible for any Muslim to deal with or accept such a ruler.”

For his part, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohammed Sayeed Tantawi reiterated that it was haram (not permissible) for nay Arab or Muslim country to assist the U.S.-led troops in Iraq.

Sheikh Tantawi also said that it was not also permissible for any Arab or Muslim country to harness its territories for the use of the United States or any other country to be as a launching pad for striking Iraq or to provide logistical facilities to hem.

Tantawi further urged the leader of all Arab and Muslim countries not to assist the U.S.-led war on Iraq, asserting that this kind of support “is a crime and a stigma on all Muslims.”