Approaching the West — Page 84
A pproaching the West—84 suspicion by the Muslim radicals. The holy cities of Mecca and Medina are located in Saudi Arabia. The US armed forces’ presence in Saudi Arabia to protect the Saudi monarchy and its oil fields provides fuel to the fire to the radical Muslim agitators. The fact which is not well known to most of the Americans is that the Saudis profess a radical form of Isl ā m known as Wahh ā bism, and the Saudi Kingdom most generously funds the theological schools known as madrasas all over the world. We should know that these madrasas are the breeding incubators of radicalism in Isl ā m. In these madrasas, orphan and poor boys are admitted and trained to become Muj ā hid ī n. They are trained to make explosives and other weapons, and how to use them. Also, the students are brainwashed to become suicidal bombers. The Wahh ā b ī Saudis also provide training to the im ā ms (religious leaders) from all over the world—including the United States. These im ā ms, trained in Saudi Arabia, come to the Western countries and lead Muslim congregations teaching and preaching radicalism to the young Muslims attending their mosques. The documentary “OBSESSION” was released in 2006, but it fails to show the response of the West against radical Muslims. It is completely silent to the fact that a global war against terrorism has been leashed out by the West and is still going on with full force. Within hours of September 11 attacks, Muslim leaders worldwide, including all major Islamic organizations in the United States denounced the attacks as sinful and illegal acts from Islamic perspective. The majority of Muslims all over the world believed that the 9/11 attacks could not be acts of