Saudis Release 1,500 Terrorists Because They “Repented”
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, waging a crackdown on Islamist militants that has lasted for more than four years, has released some 1,500 jailed suspects after they “repented,” a newspaper said on Sunday. The 1,500 were among about 3,200 militants with whom representatives of a government-appointed “advice committee” met around 5,000 times since it was formed three years ago, Al-Watan said, quoting committee member Mohammad al-Nujaimi.
The paper did not clarify if the remaining 1,700 detainees had refused to renounce the ideology of “taqfir” - branding other Muslims as apostates or infidels in order to legitimize violence against them.
The ideology is espoused by some militants who advocate the use of force to overthrow regimes deemed corrupt or unrepresentative and to establish a single Islamic state.
Nujaimi said the 1,500 militants who changed their views had renounced Saudi-born Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s call on his followers to “cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of polytheists.”
The advice committee is comprised of more than 100 Islamic scholars, preachers and experts in Sharia law, in addition to 30 psychologists and social workers, the paper said.
Saudi Arabia has cracked down on suspected Al-Qaeda militants since they launched a series of deadly bombings and shootings in the oil-rich kingdom in May 2003.
(Daily Star)
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What a crock.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:15 amSaudi Arabia has never been our friend. They have played on both sides of the fence in order for that corrupt Royal Family to stay in power! If they knew that we can be defeated they will turn on us in a heart beep! The only true friend we have left in the Middle East is Israel and we treat that country like a red headed step child! Like the old poem of yester years from the Greek Mythology “Beware of Saudis baring gifts to you….”
November 26th, 2007 at 9:36 amDeath Row is filled with individuals who have repented, but they are still held accountable in order to deter others and give the victim’s family a sense of closure. These bastards will be back in business in no time.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:03 amThe Saudis hate us but they love our money when we buy their oil..the fu*k us every chance they get though. its time to tell the Saudis where to go
November 26th, 2007 at 10:03 am[…] Saudi’s release 1,500 terrorists because they “repented” […]
November 26th, 2007 at 12:15 pmThis is a clear sign the Saudis are at war with the USA
November 26th, 2007 at 12:39 pmSaudi Arabia can go to hell.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:44 pmWell when we build the base that has been rumored to go in the middle of Iraq, we won’t need their sorry wahabi asses any more!! Then they are on their own.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:35 pmThis makes perfect sense…. they need to clear out the prisons to make room for female rape victims to whom these barbarians sentence to 90 lashes for being in the car with non-related males; 200 lashes if she complains about the sentence. Smile now, House of Saud, soon you will be but simple goat herders in a sea of worthless sand.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:52 pmif you guys want to understand the lives of the house of saud (saudi royalty ) i suggest you read the trilogy of books by jean sasson called princess. I read the first and the way boys are raised in their families helps you to understand why things as mentioned above happen. “women are like domestic animals” as tabari notes, and they can be used as men please. which includes buying poor peoples children to rape, and releasing the rapist from any liability.
this story is of no surprise to me.
November 26th, 2007 at 9:15 pmGuys I smell informants being released…sometimes it’s not what you think…
November 28th, 2007 at 3:25 pm