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Iraq expels Saudi ambassador for refusing to denounce Islamic State cousin

Sep 8, 2016 5:53 am By Robert Spencer

Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State enforce the same Islamic law. Saudi Arabia has spent uncounted billions spreading around the world the understanding of Islam that the Islamic State teaches. Most Western authorities and counterterror analysts assume that if Muslims are not active members of jihad groups, that they reject jihad violence and are “moderate” Western-oriented pluralists. This is not necessarily so.

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“Iraq expels Saudi ambassador for refusing to denounce cousin who died fighting for Isis,” by Bethan McKernan, Independent, September 7, 2016:

Iraq has expelled its first Saudi Arabian ambassador in a quarter of a century over his refusal to condemn his cousin, who has died while fighting for extremist group Isis.

Abdel-Salaam Al-Subhan was killed two weeks ago in fighting near Mosul, authorities said.

Ambassador Thamer Al-Subhan allegedly refused to denounce the actions of his cousin in joining the terror organisation, which still claims parts of northern Iraq as part of its territory.

Graphic photos allegedly of the body of the dead man appeared on social media, but could not be immediately verified.

The incident, which came on top of apparent claims that Shia militias fighting Isis were causing sectarian divisions in Iraq, and were plotting to assassinate him, led to a formal request from the Iraqi government to Riyadh to remove Al-Subhan from his post.

Al-Sabhan, appointed last year, was the first Saudi ambassador to be posted to Iraq for 25 years. Riyadh closed its embassy in the country in 1990, after former president Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Relations had remained strained since….

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  1. Richard Paulsen says

    Sep 8, 2016 at 7:09 am

    That they dared to? Noone dares to criticize Saudi Arabia without being froced to apologize. Like the Swedish foreign minister.
    Saudi Arabia should be criticized much more than is the case. It is destroying all the west and does not care about poor in the arab world.

    • dyh swami says

      Sep 8, 2016 at 7:44 am

      The Ayatollah in Iran had no problem accusing the Saudi’s of murder at the Hajj…

      • Richard Paulsen says

        Sep 8, 2016 at 10:04 am

        From some 60,000 to 500,000 or more taking part. Been restricted due to security reasons. However the relations could have been better as I understand them.

  2. biff says

    Sep 8, 2016 at 8:57 am

    ISIS = Saudi Arabia = US Govt best friends.

    • Christianblood says

      Sep 8, 2016 at 9:54 am

      biff posted

      (..ISIS = Saudi Arabia = US Govt best friends..)

      Indeed!

  3. Praeceptor Maximus says

    Sep 8, 2016 at 9:32 am

    What Saudi Arabia does covertly, ISIS does openly.

    • mortimer says

      Sep 8, 2016 at 2:36 pm

      Agree.

  4. Christianblood says

    Sep 8, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Islam=ISIS. ISIS=Islam. ISIS=Saudi Arabia=Islam=ISIS

    Watch as the Saudi Arabian top imam calls for the death of the Jews, Shiites and Christians during daily islamic ritual prayer at the biggest and most important mosque in Saudi Arabia and in the islamic world. His prayer is translated into English scripts. Watch the video clip please:

    https://southfront.org/top-saudi-imam-calls-to-kill-christians-jews-shia-muslims-in-prayer-broadcast/

  5. mortimer says

    Sep 8, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Why would Ambassador Al-Sabhan denounce the Sunnite Salafism of ISIS when the identical theology is official in Saudi Arabia.

    The difference between KSA and ISIS is that KSA is an established kingdom with no plans to become a world government. There is absolutely no difference in theology between KSA and ISIS.

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