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Saudis: Claiming Success Against Terrorism, But a Dubious Appointment Raises DoubtsBy Andrew Cochran
As I commented when posting a news link yesterday, with the Saudis, it's always one or two steps forward and one or two back. Yes, they have changed some practices with respect to charities, but not all. They promised to establish a FInancial Intelligence Unit in consultation with the FBI and U.S. regulators, but haven't done it. Now they have appointed the former head of the Muslim World League, which is under investigation in the U.S. for terrorist ties, as education minister. Today's WSJ quotes Nina Shea, a leading official at Freedom House, as saying, "That's a step backwards," and calling MWL "one of the chief world propagators of hate ideology." More from the WSJ story today, quoted with permission by the reporter, Glenn Simpson: "Mr. Obeid was secretary general of MWL from 1995 to 2002, a period when the huge Saudi government-funded organization fell under intense scrutiny from Asia to North America for spending tens of millions of dollars to finance the spread of Saudi Arabia's austere brand of fundamentalist Islam. In an essay on terrorism that is part of a 2002 book on Islam the Saudis distributed to media members at the conference, Mr. Obeid blamed 'some mass media centers that are managed and run by Jews in the West' for reports linking terrorism and Islam. Under his leadership, Mr. Obeid added, the Muslim World League organized symposiums to explain that Palestinian attacks on Israelis 'are conducted in self-defense and they are lawful and approved by all religious standards, international treaties, norms and announcements.' He made no distinction between attacks on civilians and soldiers. The MWL is the parent of the International Islamic Relief Organization, a charity that current and former U.S. officials say the Treasury Department has proposed for designation as a terrorist entity. It hasn't been so designated, though. No one could be reached at the IIRO office in Mecca yesterday." Comment: A definite step backwards.
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