Jeddawi مراسلہ: 17 دسمبر 2008 Report Share مراسلہ: 17 دسمبر 2008 (ترمیم شدہ) Saudis talking of their experiences with Al-Qaeda Jihadis doing mea-culpa as Riyadh preaches anti-terrorism Saudi authorities seek to deter young nationals from serving as `pawns' on terrorists `chessboard'. By Habib Trabelsi – PARIS Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Wahhabism, centerpiece of anti-communist jihad of the 1980s and which provided the largest contingent of suicide bombers of September 11 2001, now seeks to deter young Saudis from continuing to "serve as pawns on terrorist groups' chessboard." Since early July, the Saudi state television has been broadcasting every Monday evening "confessions" of veterans of Iraq, the "lost" ones who claim to have found the right path and call their former brothers in arms to follow suit. Preachers, academics and experts to the rescue During the broadcast of "houmoumouna" (our concerns) On Channel 1, these repentant jihadists are supported by experts in terrorism, preachers specialising in Sharia (Islamic law), academics, specialists in psychology or sociology, journalists and even fathers of young Saudis, yet "lost" in the Iraqi jungle. The guest of the 9th edition, on August 26, was Sheikh Jamil Al-Thabiti, the father of an activist whose adventure ended in a prison in Syria. The old man, visibly moved, has not ceased vituperating against recruiters of his son and praised the Saudi authorities who have been engaging since May 2003 in a merciless fight against the local branch of Al-Qaeda, responsible for a wave of attacks in the kingdom in recent years. Various reasons ... to die in Iraq "Abou Chahd", a survivor of the Iraqi quagmire has extensively given the reasons for his departure for "Bilad al-Rafidain", and precisely for Al-Anbar, then stronghold of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the reasons for his repulsion towards the terrorist group. "Abou Chahd" was neither influenced by the rigorous of Wahhabism, the strict interpretation of Islam, nor motivated by the pan-Islamic nationalism that inspires many of Saudi jihadists, nor animated by the desire to become a martyr with the prospect to go to paradise. His motives were "personal." "At that time, I was not a devout Muslim. Following a sharp disappointment, I decided to end my life by going to Iraq," says the former fighter, dressed in a brilliant white "thoub" (traditional robe). Brainwashing ... and pocket cleansing "Abou Chahd" then immersed himself in lashing out at terrorist groups with notably Al-Qaeda in mind. He denounced the "brainwashing used by recruiters who paint martyrdom and paradise where 70 houris (nymphes) will be awaiting them in glowing colours for young believers." He condemned "the exploitation of the extreme religiosity of young candidates for martyrdom by coordinators who welcome them in Iraq, rob their passports, their money, their mobile phones and push them to paradise through the shortest path ... the suicide attack with a car bomb or a belt packed with explosives." "Saudi Arabia targeted in its youth ... a cannon fodder" General Khaled Al-Khalioui, deputy director of the King Fahd Academy, which specializes in security studies, comes to the rescue of young Saudis by recommending them "not be cannon fodder of intelligence services of some States and regimes that do not seek the well-being of the kingdom." "Do not fall in the trap of terrorist groups," he said while addressing a score of young Saudis, attentive but impassive, who attended the debate. In a previous issue, General Khalioui had estimated at "45% the rate of Saudi fighters in Iraq" before deploring that "Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, the center of the Islamic world and great economic power, is the target of many enemies …in its youth who are greatly prized by terrorist groups." "Why we are pawns of terrorism?" Academics and journalists, participating in programmes or via local press, have asked themselves thousands of questions and struggled to explain the reasons for the strong involvement of young Saudis in external conflicts. Why Saudis are the main pawns on Salafi terrorist groups' chessboard? Why do they leave a peaceful life of material comfort for an almost certain death in a foreign country? Would Saudis have a greater and deeper sense of pan-Islamic solidarity as the rest of Muslims? In any case, according Fares bin Houzam, an Al-Qaeda expert and editorialist of Al-Riyadh daily, "almost 5,000 Saudis, mostly teenagers, have already visited Iraq and their motivations are not material." The academic and journalist Ali Al-Khachibane and the sociologist al-Hafedh Hafedh agree together: poverty, unemployment and emotional vacuum are the main reasons for this proselytizing jihad. According to Adnan al-Harthy, the head of the department of history and political science at the University of Oum Al-Qoura in Mecca, what pushes the young Saudi to cross the Rubicon is "the feeling of defeat, including military one, of the Muslim nation and the lack of trust in political solutions. This feeling leads to all forms of extremism." That is why the Saudis have formed the largest contingents of foreign fighters and have indulged in terrorist acts in various parts of the world. Wahhabism obliges! However, Hamza Wahid Hashem, political science professor at the University of King Abdel Aziz, said that Wahhabi extremism is inherent in Saudi society. "Since their early childhood, the Saudis are breast-fed and speech steeped in religious extremism. It is incitement to hatred of others that has accumulated throughout several generations, "says Hashem, in an implicit reference to the Wahhabi doctrine which is accused in the West of teaching intolerance and violence against other religious beliefs. One "lost" won… another three gone The debate continues about the rehabilitation of the "lost" who are being held in centers for reeducating terrorists across the kingdom. In November 2007, a member of a commission responsible for making fundamentalists to renounce their ideology announced the release of 1,500 repentant fundamentalists out of 3,200 Islamists. It was not clear whether the others had refused to renounce the "Takfirism", a Salafi doctrine whose followers condemn Muslim leaders as apostates who deviate from the original Islam and advocate the establishment of an Islamic state worldwide. "Indeed, preventive campaigns conducted by the security forces helped topple brains filled with hatred. The rehabilitation programme has yielded some fruit, but not enough," stressed Hashem. He metaphorically added: "A young Saudi returned from Iraq, weeping and shouting: look, I take on a new lease of life! ..." "But on his way back, he met two or three other young Saudis ... bound for death." [Translated from French by Saad Guerraoui, senior editor at Middle East Online]. Some of the Pics of the Blind Wahhabi Mufti of Saudi Shaykh Bin Baz and other Wahhabi Militants on TV Edited 17 دسمبر 2008 by Jeddawi اقتباس Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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