“I have an historical religious source of authority. Islamic history has no term for ‘civilian’ in the Western sense. This is a Western term. In our Islamic rules of war, one can be a ‘combatant,’ a ‘non-combatant,’ or ‘protected by an agreement.’ A person can be a combatant even if he does not carry a weapon. In other words, a person who came to wash and cook for the American soldiers in order to free them to fight – like the Nepalese – such a person is considered a combatant.”“Director of London’s Al-Maqreze Centre for Historical Studies Hani Sibai: There are No ‘Civilians’ in Islamic Law; The Bombing is a Great Victory for Al-Qa’ida, Which ‘Rubbed the Noses of the World’s 8 Most Powerful Countries in the Mud,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, July 12, 2005, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1411.htm.