Most of the funding for madrassas all over the world including in the United States comes from Saudi Arabia.
They are spreading the most virulent form of Islam, Wahhabi.
Most of the funding for madrassas all over the world including in the United States comes from Saudi Arabia.
They are spreading the most virulent form of Islam, Wahhabi.
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Didn’t the Saudis finance 9/11? They are the enemy, for that alone.
THOUSANDS of Americans STILL live and work there since the country doesn't produce the engineers that it needs to do the drilling and refining needed.
American oil workers have been making TONS of money in the KSA since the founding of ARAMCO in the 1920's. The "28-28" American men work THERE, off/on shore for 28 days, then get to go home (usually Texas) for 28 days.
The IRS gives Americans working in the Kingdom for Saudi Aramco a deal: NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX ON THE FIRST $80,000.00 made. Now THAT is a carrot!
And, the Saudis DO trade with Israel. They always have. When Lebanon's civil war HALTED all trade from there, Israel was THERE to fill the vacuum and ready to trade. They ALWAYS did because business people WILL continue to work with each other across borders REGARDLESS of political realities.
It's always been that way in the middle east.
We COULD have traveled to and from Israel--NO PROBLEM. Both countries DEAL with each other. They always have and probably always will.
THAT is the middle east way of life: LEARN TO DEAL with each other.
Since the USA is MOST dependent on Saudi petroleum and natural gas, the two countries continue to work together as partners.
In fact, ARAMCO used to BURN OFF the natural gas that always comes up WITH the petroleum. Then, some bright petroleum engineer decided that the natural gas COULD be collected, liquified, bottled and exported. Thus the FIRST lng (liquified natural gas) plant began in the early 1980's. More petrodollars!
**TRUE STORY: We couldn't get COCA COLA there because there was a COCA COLA bottling plant in Israel. So Israel produced "Kaki-Kola." It WAS Coca Cola.
EVERYONE was happy.
*The Israelis sold their "Muslim" Coca Cola to the Saudis under the name of "Kaki-Kola."
*The Americans in Saudi Arabia got to drink their beloved Coca Cola.
*The Saudi politicians were happy because there was NO Coca Cola in the kingdom.
**And the American media were DELIGHTED to bash the Kingdom yet again. Then, they all got into their gas guzzlers and drove home with refined Saudi gasoline.
You really can't be blamed for your attitude. It's the only attitude you will read about or hear on our media.
The five years there made me REALLY appreciate this wonderful, God-blessed country.
Oh, and by the way, there ARE Christian holy men there too. I went to 9:00 A.M. Mass in Ras Tanura on Sundays, a work day. My Muslim boss had told me: "God is number one. There is always time for God. "cloudmountain" can go to pray whenever she wants to."
My Catholic Indian co-worker said that I should go to Mass only on Fridays when the rest of the Christians went to their once-a-week service. Since Catholics have DAILY Mass I could go on Sundays, a work day over there.
Anyway, since non-Muslim holy men are FORBIDDEN in the Kingdom, the Saudi government merely RENAMED them "special teachers." Our "special teacher" priest was a Dominican. I continue to go to daily Mass here at home.
There WAS only ONE Protestant minister, a Lutheran minister and his lovely wife, and he ministered to all other Christian denominations.
There was also an English vicar, but only one since there were so few Anglicans in the Kingdom.