December 28, 2003	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 4, 1424

RIYADH, Dec 27: A Saudi religious scholar has condemned the recent recantations by several former militant scholars, according to a report carried by the Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat and reported by the Saudi Gazette.

Abullah Nasser Al-Rashid, on the wanted list of the Saudi authorities, in his recently published book, Shattered Recantations has criticized the utterances of scholars Ali Al Khudair, Nasser Al Fahad and Hmoud Al Khalidi.

Since the Nov 9 Al Mohayya compound bombing, these scholars have withdrawn their earlier religious decrees