.SAUDIS URGE CLERICS TO TRACK AL QAIDA
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia has pressed its clerics to report suspected Al Qaida operatives.
Saudi authorities have convened Islamic clerics in at least one province and urged them to monitor their flock for Al Qaida supporters. The clerics were told that Al Qaida philosophy threatened the regime.
"You should try to spread love, peace and patriotism among the people and encourage them to participate in the development process and protect the country's security and stability," Prince Khaled Al Faisal, governor of the Saudi province of Asir, said.
Al Faisal told a convention of 300 preachers in Abha that Saudi nationals were using Islam to threaten the regime. Officials said this was the first such meeting of imams meant to fight Al Qaida influence in Saudi mosques.
Middle East Newsline
Wow! this looks serious. It must be some kind of fake or ruse or something. I do not see the Saudis admitting in the open that the Kingdom or the regime is at threat.
Saudi authorities have convened Islamic clerics in at least one province and urged them to monitor their flock for Al Qaida supporters. The clerics were told that Al Qaida philosophy threatened the regime.
"You should try to spread love, peace and patriotism among the people and encourage them to participate in the development process and protect the country's security and stability," Prince Khaled Al Faisal, governor of the Saudi province of Asir, said.
Al Faisal told a convention of 300 preachers in Abha that Saudi nationals were using Islam to threaten the regime. Officials said this was the first such meeting of imams meant to fight Al Qaida influence in Saudi mosques.
Middle East Newsline
Wow! this looks serious. It must be some kind of fake or ruse or something. I do not see the Saudis admitting in the open that the Kingdom or the regime is at threat.
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