Saudi Arabia Continues Its War Against Islam and Its Scholars

Saudi Arabia Continues Its War Against Islam and Its Scholars by Osama bin Laden, translated by Combating Terrorism Center

Following Eid al-Fitr observance, the Saudi regime detained a new group of scholars, preachers and reformists following a surprise raid on houses and Mosques.

Among those detained were Shaykh Muhammad bin Sa'id al-Qahtani, Dr. Sa'id bin Zuhayr and Dr. Bashar al-Bashar. These arrests, which became a normal procedure for the al-Saud regime, have a profound meaning. It confirms that these aggressive activities conducted by the regime against scholars and preachers is a new chapter of an open war against Islam and those calling for the implementation of its teachings. It is a response to a strategy planned by international infidel countries that work very hard to eliminate Islam and its preachers. These new arrests explain previous arrests, such as of Shaykh Safar al-Hawali and Shaykh Salman Fahd al-'Awdah, as well as preachers. It became evident that these detainees shared the same charges and accusations, which was their belief in Allah, speaking out the truth, indicating what is right and forbidding what is wrong. They called for applying Islamic laws and disavowing the regime's approval of positive laws permitting what is forbidden and vice versa. They called for media reforms and removing immoral programs. They also called for the respect of people's religious rights as well as administrative reforms. They warned against the country's future economic conditions caused by interest-bearing loans and the regime's family members' lavish spending. They uncovered the detioriating social programs and called for reform. In addition, they noted the military's poor conditions while calling for its reorganization. On the other hand, they noted the judicial system and how it changed most of its religious laws into laws imposed by the regime.

Scholars and preachers spoke out against the government's foreign policy, which consisted of supporting infidels against Muslims. For example, the Saudi regime supported the apostasy and infidel regime in Algeria and communists in Yemen.

These demands were included in The Advice Memorandum, which led to their detention and expulsion from work.

The Saudi regime has many reasons for detaining Shaykhs:

1) Its personal hostility against Islam and Muslims, to make sure that these types of Shaykhs are stopped from conducting Dawah. The regime thinks that by doing so, it will facilitiate its objective of getting rid of Islamic Dawah, whose positive outcome has started to emerge.

2) Its adherence to implementing the infidels' plans to destroy Islamic Dawah and preachers. The Shaykhs, Salman and Safar, were detained after the US delegation. Visited the country with the intent to realise peace with the Jews.

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