When he says, “They do not realise that these calls aim to destabilise societies through movements and parties that aim to create schism to divide Muslims,” King Abdullah is clearly referring to the Islamic State. And he claims that it “does not relate to Islam by any means” — while the Islamic State has just issued a lengthy document grounding its claim to establish a new caliphate in numerous citations of the Qur’an and Islamic jurists. Is any Muslim in the West going to address the Islamic argument made in that document? Probably not. They will just smear as “Islamophobic” anyone who cites it.
Meanwhile, will the Saudis go to war against the Islamic State, or force their lackey Obama to do so? We shall see.
“Riyadh pledges to confront misuse of religion,” by Habib Toumi, Gulf News, June 29, 2014:
Manama: King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz said that Saudi Arabia would not allow “a handful of terrorists, misusing religion to serve their own interests, to terrorise Muslims or harm the nation”.
“We hereby declare that we will continue to confront and fight all forms of this menace that does not relate to Islam by any means. With determination, solidarity and cooperation of the sons of this great nation, we will eradicate this abrasion from its roots,” the King said in an address to the Saudi nation and Muslims as they welcomed Ramadan.
“Some people have been fooled by bogus calls that are not in any way related to Islam. These people have become confused and can no longer discern reform from terrorism. They do not realise that these calls aim to destabilise societies through movements and parties that aim to create schism to divide Muslims. They have forgotten that the purpose of this great religion is to create a Muslim society that reflects solidarity, forgiveness and tolerance,” the king said, quoted by Saudi Press Agency.
shrugger says
WOW!!! What a friggin hypocrite. Wonder if it’s the centuries of inbreeding.
jewdog says
Solidarity, tolerance and forgiveness for the right kind of Sunni Muslim, otherwise we slice you up good, infidel.
Guy Macher says
The Saudi kings have always been off the reservation when it comes to Islam. That, the inbreeding, and the retardation caused by syphilis, leads to the stupid stuff he just said. Hmmm, I’d better scrap plans to holiday in Riyadh this year.
John C. Barile says
Saudi Arabia is schizoid.
Jaladhi says
Ha, ha, .. what a hypocrite – he knows damn well what his religion teaches. Saudi Arabia is responsible for spreading Islam and Islamic terror in the present times by using the petro dollar earned from the West.
This how deceptive and disingenuous Muslims are!! Worse than that the Western leaders and media are clueless!!
Simon says
The US and Saudis are indeed strange bedfellows. The US dollar would collapse were it not for OPEC and the Saudis continuing to demand payment for their oil in US dollars. Don’t get me wrong, the world needs a strong US – but not at the cost of the leverage over US government policies that the Saudis and OPEC have.
Angemon says
“King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz said that Saudi Arabia would not allow “a handful of terrorists, misusing religion to serve their own interests, to terrorise Muslims or harm the nation”
Of course he says that. What’s the alternative, stop being the king and start kissing caliph ass?
Anyway, if king Ali Baba decides to fight the “terrorists” who are “misusing” islam, he should be on the lookout for possible “workplace violence incidents”.
Peter Buckley says
Saudi is the “HQ” of Islam-the “mothership”. For decades it has been funding Islamic jihad in the form of mega mosques and Islamic “dawa” bodies, on the proviso of “not in my backyard”.
Unless this is some form of “double taqiyya” , and the Saudis are TRULY worried, this is yet more proof that Islam is collapsing.
mortimer says
You wrote: “…this is yet more proof that Islam is collapsing.”
INDEED! (Shouts of ‘hurrah’ from the entire forum)
Islam_Macht_Frei says
The entire basis of power of Saudi fascism and world-class oppression (shared only with North Korea) is Islam, aka “the misuse of religion.”
Usman says
but he can allow and support these Takfiri fanatics against others!
Flying fish says
What he really wanted to say is that he won’t allow it IN saudí arabia, but he will promote it in other countries, particularly, in non muslim countries or in muslim countries that haven’t become saudis’ puppets yet.
Brian Massie says
Great news, but he will be judged on his actions not his words. I am very skeptical that the “moderate”muslims will attack the ISIS terrorists. How much help has Saudi Arabia given the US in defeating terrorism?
Lakshmanan says
He is the first International Criminal of the highest order. The ISIS trouble should reach Saudi Arabia. Only then the Rowdy Royals of Arabia knew what havoc they caused the world over since late seventies when the petrol prices went up.
Gary Mullennix says
The Saudi’s are Wahabbists. There is great conflict with the Islamic State idea. But, there is a direct threat to any ruler in the Shiite tradition. Death and Islam go together like ham and cheese…forget it, not ham. Never. Eating ham will destroy you. Beating or killing your wife and daughters make a man, a man.
mortimer says
HA! HA!
The House of Saud rode into town on the violent WAHHABI ideology and now this very ideology vows to SWEEP THEM FROM THE EARTH!
The amazing IRONY of history! Now the House of Saud must kill the Frankenstein’s Monster they themselves created and nurtured!
kafeer boy says
Ssshhhh….the King just started to joke.
sidney penny says
If there was an axis of evil it is Pakistan (actual) supported by its mother Saudi Arabia (stealth).
” we will eradicate this abrasion from its roots,”
The King has not done it yet,maybe he wants Obama to do it for him.
CogitoErgoSum says
King Abdullah, please note that you are now up against THE Islamic State. That’s right, these guys are thinking one Caliph and one and ONLY one true and legitimate Islamic State….. for the entire world. The Caliph of the entire world can’t have other rogue Islamic states out there not under his control, can he? And how can THE Islamic State not be in control of Mecca? Why, that’s just not going to be allowed to go on for very much longer, is it? I mean, isn’t a king lower in the pecking order than a Caliph? You had better get your house in order, King, because I’m sure the Caliph is going to want to talk to you…..and will probably make you an offer you can’t refuse. SUBMISSION…….that’s the name of the religion.
London Jim says
I would exclaim ”OUCH !!” loudly, C.E.S, but I’m an infidel pauper so am totally unsympathetic to the king’s plight too.
shortfattexan says
For decades, Saudi Arabia has had an unspoken agreement with the terrorists (Islamists in general, not just Al Qaeda): the terrorists don’t carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia, and the SA government leaves them alone. And just as important, the SA government doesn’t stop its citizens from funding them.
Once in a while, a terrorist group will violate the agreement, and when they do, the SA government comes down on them like the angry fist of Allah. Which ironically, gives the Saudis some cred with Western governments because they can (sort of) truthfully say they are “fighting Islamic terrorists”.
Joseph Botic says
Love it!
The one thing that The Saudis decided to forget about Islam is that there are no Kingdoms in Islam, only the Khalifah.
Wonder if ISIS has just killed its support network, or if its ready to turn on its masters?
I really wonder how seriously rank and file Muslims will take this. This announcement is either the beginning of the end for ISIS, or the start of something truly epic… And not in a good way. We don’t want to go back to the days of the Umayyads or Abassids where the civilized world hangs in the balance.
BC says
10,000 bloodthirsty jahadists is a pretty large handful!
Rossbro says
Forgiveness and tolerance??? Oh, really? I heard no outcry from Muslims when people were beheaded or prisoners thrown off roofs.
John Stefan Obeda says
Let’s remember that it is the devil himself who is the father of lies and the author of murder. And it is the devil that is in control of Islam. What Jesus told the Jews that rejected Him in His day, He can very well tell the Islamists beginning right from the day of Mohammad: “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44)