Khatami says 9/11 attackers will not go to heaven

Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has condemned the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and said those who carried them out will never go to heaven.
"During the calamity of September 11, two crimes were committed: one was the killing of innocent people and the second was making this crime in the name of Islam," said the former president, who is on a speaking tour of the United States.
"We, Muslims, should condemn this atrocity even more strongly," Khatami told the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"Terrorism, which means killing civilians in whatever name or title, lacks morality, and nobody who lacks such principle will go to heaven," Khatami continued. "Those who kill others and commit acts of terror, if they identify themselves with Islam, they are lying." Americans mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Monday.