Let's hope the rest of the Middle East - and the entire Muslim world - jumps on this bandwagon
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi state television turned to interviewing everyone from children to intellectuals to try to rally citizens against terrorism as it reported Saturday on the latest outburst of extremist violence in the kingdom.
A recent campaign to denounce terrorism has led to an unprecedented public discussion in Saudi Arabia about whether the austere version of Islam expounded in the
kingdom might contribute to extremist violence.
On Saturday, Saudi television broadcast patriotic anthems and interviewed a number of Saudis and foreigners living here, who all denounced the latest attacks. The citizens called upon the government to deal with the militants firmly, with some calling the perpetrators the “deviant bunch,” one of the labels Saudi
authorities have used to describe militants. The interviews
appeared with the caption “The Street Pulse.”
Children were also interviewed, and many described the attacks as “terrorism.”
On an hour-long talk show aired Saturday, intellectuals called upon the nation to stand up to terrorists.
Hmmmmm. It looks like progress...