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Moroccan Clerics Encouraging 'Electronic Jihad'

A number of Moroccan clerics, including Sheikh Bensalem Ba Hisham and 'Abd Al-Bari Al-Zamzami, have said that hacking Israeli websites is a positive act and considered part of jihad.

Since the beginning of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, many Israeli websites have been hacked, some by Moroccans.

Source: Alarabiya.net, January 9, 2009

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