Time was our main enemy as we couldn’t discuss the whole issues at length and teach the local population and beyond on the role that Saudi Arabia plays in spreading an extremist Wahhabi ideology which is fountain head of global terrorism. I write this article with a strong feeling that it is time for an honest conversation about Wahhabism, specifically the part this Saudi-sponsored ideology plays in radicalising young Muslims both across the Arab and Muslim world, Africa and in the West, where in the UK people are dealing with the aftermath of yet another terrorist attack (London this time) in which innocent civilians were butchered and injured.
The US, British and French governments can no longer credibly claim to be serious about fighting terrorism or religious extremism while cozying up to what is a medieval kleptocracy in Saudi Arabia. Just days prior to the attack in London it was reported by security analysts and media houses that UK government enquiry into the role of Saudi money in funding terrorism is likely to be shelved, due to the sensitive nature of its findings. Professor John Wight says the report was originally commissioned at the behest of the Liberal Democrats, while in coalition government with the Tories back in 2015. It was sanctioned by then Prime Minister David Cameron in return for Lib Dem parliamentary support for British airstrikes in Syria. Given that the British government just signed £3.5 billion worth of arms export licences to Saudi Arabia, the suppression of the report’s findings is a scandal.
