Senior clerics across the Arab world have issued fatwas stating that jihad
against the Syrian regime is a duty incumbent upon every Muslim, and even
permitting to kill Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Some of the clerics also
called to support the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which is fighting Assad's regime.
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