From CDHR
January 31, 2008
Extremists Back in the Streets
By Ali Alyami
When the Saudi authorities capture potential suicide bombers, they place them in lush residential villas and re-indoctrinate them to focus their attention on the enemies of Islam. Contrary to the Saudi educational officials and senior members of the royal family, who control what is being taught in schools, mosques, and on the street, these young men learn their violent religious values in Saudi institutions. When these extremists are captured by Americans in Afghanistan, they are sent to Guantanamo Bay for interrogation, then released to Saudi authorities. When they are caught by Saudi police before or after they commit heinous crimes, they go to Saudi prison for interrogation by the notorious Ministry of Interior officials. The extremists are then placed in comfortable living accommodations to be re-programmed by the same religious men who trained them to be extremists in the first place.
The training program consists of heavy doses of prayers, re-memorization of the Quran, Sh ariah and Hadith, as well as intense lessons on how to be subservient to the Wali Almer, the King, and his family. The end goal is to convince young Saudi religious extremists not to commit crimes against the royal family and its infrastructure, but against the enemies of Islam, a phrase frequently used by the king, his senior brothers, and the religious establishment in their speeches, greetings, and meetings with their voiceless subjects. If the Saudi government is serious about eradicating religious hatred, incitements, and exportation of its deadly Wahhabi ideology, it should start a process of reinterpreting the Quran, the Hadith, and the Shariah law which most Muslims, especially women, seculars, and religious minorities, would like to see happen, especially if they could participate in the process. The alternative is a worldwide work program under a non-religious trainer who would inculcate human values, as well as sanctity of life regardless of race, gender, religion or nationality. The following article does not shed light on the whole story.