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| Belgian alarm over spread of Saudi-backed hardline Islam |
| 2017-02-09 |
| [EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Belgium's terror monitoring centre has expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... s about the spread of Saudi- and Gulf-backed fundamentalist Islam in the country's mosques, according to an official report published in local media Wednesday. The OCAM national crisis centre said the austere Sunni doctrine of Wahhabism preached in an increasing number of Belgian mosques was getting financial support from Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the Gulf states, according to the report quoted in Phlegmish-language daily De Standaard. Belgium has been on high alert since three jacket wallahs attacked Zaventem Airport and the Brussels metro system in March 2016, killing 32 people. "We believe that a growing number of mosques and Islamic centres in Belgium, like the rest of Europe, are under the influence of Wahhabism, the Salafist missionary apparatus," the centre said. "We also note that the imams of these mosques are regularly being 'salafised' or are already 'salafised'," it added. Saudi Arabia is the cradle of Wahhabism, which has been accused of inspiring holy warrior ideologies across the Moslem world. The Belgian official report said Saudi authorities had set up a "generous" bursary scheme for Moslem students from other countries. "They are strongly encouraged to become imams in their Belgian mosques or be active in proselytising in Belgium or more widely in French-speaking or Dutch-speaking areas," it said, as cited by De Standaard daily. "The Saudi authorities and the Wahhabist establishment have clearly settled on this method to reinforce the influence of the doctrine and practice of Wahhabism in Moslem communities in Europe," it said. Belgium has a long-running problem with radicalisation, producing what officials say is the highest number of jihadists going to fight in Syria and Iraq in proportion to its population of any EU country. |
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