Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology

As some of you might know, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been building Mosques here in the USA for Muslims to use. Nice gesture and all that. What is not as well known is the virulent form of Wahhabism being practiced at these Mosques -- sermons and literature. The Center for Religious Freedom spent one year collecting documents from these Mosques and have published a 89-page report (PDF format) on their content. bq. The 89-page report, �Saudi Publications on Hate Ideology Fill American Mosques,� is based on a year-long study of over two hundred original documents, all disseminated, published or otherwise generated by the government of Saudi Arabia and collected from more than a dozen mosques in the United States. bq. The propagation of hate ideology by Saudi Arabia is known to be worldwide, but its occurrence within the United States has received scant attention until now. Within worldwide Sunni Islam, followers of Saudi Arabia�s extremist Wahhabi ideology are a distinct minority, as is evident by the millions of Muslims who have chosen to make America their home and are upstanding, law-abiding citizens and neighbors. And some of the findings: bq. Among the key findings of the report: bq. Various Saudi government publications gathered for this study, most of which are in Arabic, assert that it is a religious obligation for Muslims to hate Christians and Jews and warn against imitating, befriending, or helping them in any way, or taking part in their festivities and celebrations; bq. The documents promote contempt for the United States because it is ruled by legislated civil law rather than by totalitarian Wahhabi-style Islamic law. They condemn democracy as un-Islamic; bq. One insidious aspect of the Saudi propaganda examined is its aim to replace traditional and moderate interpretations of Islam with extremist Wahhabism, the officially-established religion of Saudi Arabia. In these documents, other Muslims, especially those who advocate tolerance, are condemned as infidels. The opening fatwa in one Saudi embassy-distributed book, published by the Saudi Air Force, responds to a question about a Muslim preacher in a European mosque who taught that it is not right to condemn Jews and Christians as infidels. The Saudi state cleric�s reply rebukes the Muslim cleric: �He who casts doubts about their infidelity leaves no doubt about his.� Since, under Saudi law, �apostates� from Islam can be sentenced to death, this is an implied death threat against the tolerant Muslim imam, as well as an incitement to vigilante violence; bq. Sufi and Shiite Muslims are viciously condemned; bq. For a Muslim who fails to uphold the Saudi Wahhabi sect�s sexual mores (i.e. through homosexual activity or heterosexual activity outside of marriage), the edicts published by the Saudi government�s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, and found in American mosques advise, �it would be lawful for Muslims to spill his blood and to take his money;� bq. Regarding those who convert out of Islam, the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs explicitly asserts, they �should be killed;� These are just a few of the items. The full report (PDF format) can be downloaded from here (right-click and save as) Sick stuff... Hat tip Charles at LGF