Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 114
Murder in the Name of Allah under a religious guise. As it enjoys the unique advantage of being the custodian of the two holiest cities in Islam, Mecca and Medina, it is certainly in a position to exploit this situation to its best advantage. . The religious philosophy of the Saudis emanates from Wahabism, which draws its inspiration from the non-tolerant world of medieval. Islam rather than from the more understanding and benign Islam of the time of the Holy Prophets. The spread of Saudi influence is aided by. Saudi petro-dollars and the colossal size of Saudi bank balances in major banks throughout the world. It is to the credit of Saudi Arabia that part of the interest accruing from these colossal investments is being used to form channels of aid from Saudi Arabian coffers to the poorer Muslim nations with sizeable Muslim populations. More often than not, this aid is provided not to boost their ailing economies, but to build mosques, training schools and institutes producing scholars of a Saudi brand. . Hence, wherever you follow the flow of Saudi aid, you will also observe a rapid increase in the narrow, non-tolerant attitudes of Muslim 'clergy'. No doubt, when the Christian world hears these voices roundly condemning all non-Islamic values and preaching jihad (that is, holy war), against non-Islamic governments, they are led to believe that the talk of this holy war will readily be translated into actual belligerency. . What is happening is in fact completely different. . The Muslim 'clergy' talk loudly about holy wars and the utter destruction of non-Islamic forces. What they actually mean by nonIslamic forces is not Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, or atheist forces. . According to their view, all Muslim sects other than their own are either non-Muslim in their character or hold to doctrines that render them liable to earn the wrath of Allah and His true servants. The real enemies of Islam, as they discern them, are not non-Muslims but some sects of Islam within the world of Islam. The awakening militant tendencies are much more directed by Muslims of one sect against. Muslims of another sect than against non-Muslims. This is why so much stress is laid by them on capital punishment for apostasy. That is their weapon against Muslims who differ on some doctrinal issues from the majority sect of a country. These sects are, in fact, dealt the death blow in two steps - first, their doctrines are declared to be nonIslamic, which earns them the title of apostates; and second, the doctrine of death being the penalty for apostasy, they are considered liable to be executed. 114