These statements by the oleaginous Adel al-Jubeir raise so many more questions than they answer. Saudi Arabia continues to pose as a foe of jihad terror while remaining one of its principal sponsors, so his words about ending the financing of terrorism ring hollow. Meanwhile, how did thousands of “extremist imams” come to be employed in Saudi mosques in the first place? Their “extremism” must not have been very detectable to the people around them, or in the mosques themselves. What exactly do the Saudis regard as “extremist,” in light of the fact that Saudi textbooks still contain such statements as the “Hour” will come after Muslims “kill the Jews”? Do the Saudis dub “extremism” simply opposition to the House of Saud, knowing that ever-credulous mainstream terror analysts in the U.S. will take their fight against “extremism” as a sign of their “moderation”?
“Saudi FM Al-Jubeir: Saudi Arabia ‘has fired thousands’ of extremist imams,” Arab News, September 9, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
MOSCOW: Saudi Arabia has dismissed several thousand imams from mosques for spreading extremism, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told Russian journalists in Moscow on Sunday.
“We will not let anyone spread the ideology of hatred, to finance that kind of ideology or terrorism,” he said.
“Our approach to this problem has been very strict: We … modernize our educational system in order to rule out the possibility of misinterpretation of texts.”
Al-Jubeir said Riyadh would cooperate with Moscow in the fight against terrorism, and many militants from both countries were fighting with Daesh….
“We are convinced that there are certain principles that all countries must stick to: Say ‘no’ to terrorism, the financing of terrorism, extremism and propaganda of hatred, and attempts to interfere in the domestic affairs of other states,” he said.
I wonder about leftists says
It will be 1400 years or more to trust any of the Arabic countries or Muslims. They blew it , may be for good. Time will tell. Stay vigilante, they give a bit when they notice that people wake up a bit. And then all of a sudden, they take it all or more then the last time Careful !!!!!!
mortimer says
Right. They’re playing another crafty game with words. They got rid of some political enemies of the Royal Family and declared victory.
Gary says
This reminds me of some of their other statements.. ” We promise well will not use these armoured vehicals on our own people Trudeau…good enough for me “wink wink, or , ” Thats right, we have taken in thousands upon thousands of refugees. We just chose to do it quietly, we do not tell the world everything…Why are the tents empty…they just look empty really..”
Oh and Canada promised to take in another half million this year … Kind of like if you bye our oil, that has human and enviromental abuse all over it, you can have some more refugees to…
mortimer says
Yes, Gary, and the voters remain uninformed because of Canadian Pravda Corporation (CBC)
Ciudadano says
Islam is the “religion of peace”, how come there are thousands of extremists imams? Now they will have to migrate to Europe to look for a job.
mortimer says
Exactly. Maybe Soddy Barbaria is actually sending them out as missionaries of jihad.
Guy Forester says
So, now that these guys are “fixed”, does that mean they sing soprano?
🙂
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
The linked-to article is only nine sentences long and contains nothing about how the fired imams are misinterpreting Islamic scripture. No Quran or hadith text is quoted. A very information-sparse article, more resembling advertising than news reporting.
mortimer says
Mark, the fired imams are misinterpreting the right of the House of Saud to rule in perpetuity.
Westman says
Saudi definition of extremist Imam – any Imam who criticizes Saudi Arabia. Simple enough.
mortimer says
Precisely. The mullahs who cry for the extermination of Jews or the destruction of the kufaar? Normal, orthodox, government-approved.
jewdog says
That’s great news. I think that we should appoint this guy head of Homeland Security.
steve brown says
When Jews have temples in Mecca and Medina than I will start a dialogue with the Saudis.
mortimer says
How do they decide who is ‘RADICAL’ and who isn’t when they are all taught from the same SALAFIST hymn book?
This idea that there are Saudi mullahs who are ‘EXTREME’ and others who are ‘MODERATE’ seems to be mere window dressing.
The Rationalvoice says
We were told that the obvious immorality of selling high tech weaponry to the Saudis was justified because it kept British workers in jobs but now we hear of large scale redundancies at British Aerospace anyway !.
Whats the excuse now guys ? To keep the board living like Saudi royalty I suspect !!!
MFritz says
And the “moderate” imams still preach jihad against the Western civilisation and that women are inferior?
Saipan Sam says
The Saudis are simply freeing up Jihadis for work overseas
gravenimage says
Saudi Arabia claims to have fired “thousands” of “extremist” imams
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Yeah–*that* sounds plausible.
What they probably mean is that they are going after Imams who want to oust the Saudis themselves–not those who want to impose brutal Shari’ah law or slaughter the Infidels.
Troll says
Islam is peace and flower. Imams are not Muslims. Imams have nothing to do with Islam.
John Forbes says
LIES FROM THE KEEPERS OF THE HOLY PLACES AGAIN !
THE PRINCES FUND TERRORISM AS WELL AS THE BROTHERHOOD & LIKE PAKISTAN PLAY BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCES.
VERY DANGEROUS TO BELIEVE ANY OF THIS NONSENSE !
SAUDI HAS FUNDED ALL OF THE EXTREMIST MOSQUES IN THE UK & STILL DOES.
Tom says
Well, Well, caught with our hand in the cookie jar were we, Saudi Arabia?
The Rusdians know how to deal with radical Islam and some in the west are finally waking up to the fact that Saudi Arabia is a major financial sponsor of terror
A channel 4 in the UK documentary way back when found that mosques were being financially sponsored by Saudi Arabia on the condition that only their Imam’s would preach in them. Of course the Imam’s were very radical Wahabbi preachers.
The only way to mitigate the mosques from being radicalization centres is, as Switzerland has done, insist that ALL preaching and communications are done in the language of the host country.
mileaway says
hahaha!! There is but one fact about a Muslim that we all know, they lie. They lie about anything and everything that will advance their Islamic agenda. Fired the Immas? hahahaha! More like relocated the training camp!