Zawahiri asks Bush to embrace Islam

Published February 1, 2006

DUBAI, Jan 31: Al Qaeda’s number two Ayman al Zawahiri has called on US President George Bush to convert to Islam, according to a video broadcast on Monday on the Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera.

“Ayman Zawahiri called on President George Bush to covert to Islam in the video recording received by Al Jazeera,” said the channel’s presenter.

“If you obey, you will be a brother in religion and God will pardon the past,” she cited

Mr Zawahiri as saying in the tape.

Al Jazeera did not broadcast excerpts of this passage from the tape, but said the full recording would be made available on its website.—AFP

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