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| Saudi-funded school in Germany ’linked to terrorist attacks’ |
| 2003-10-24 |
| EFL Explosives and a testament like those written by suicide bombers have been found at the home of a man linked to a Saudi-funded school, German secret service sources said yesterday, intensifying pressure for the institution to be closed. The King Fahd Academy in Bonn was set up eight years ago with £10 million from the Saudi royal family, and was hailed as a "cultural One parent, identified only as Sayed M, 39, an Egyptian, went on trial last month charged with plotting bomb attacks on Jewish sites in Germany. Several houses near the school, including those of some parents, have been raided in recent days, German intelligence said. At the home of one man linked to the school explosives, bomb-making instructions and a statement in the style of suicide bombers’ wills were found. The discoveries have fuelled a simmering row between Berlin and Riyadh, heightened when Chancellor Gerhard Schroder told his hosts during a visit to Saudi Arabia: "This must be stopped." Pupils, including girls in headscarves, were observed continuing with lessons in Arabic and mathematics as normal yesterday, watched at the gates of the gold-domed building by armed guards. Although 40 per cent of the 500 pupils have German citizenship and will probably spend their lives in the country, education officials are concerned that only one to two hours a week are dedicated to learning German. Religious instruction is give eight to nine hours. Textbooks seized last week by police and examined by experts are said to have a "disturbing" content and to present a "very narrow interpretation" of Islam. A teacher at the school was filmed by German television calling for a holy war "in the name of Allah" during prayers at a mosque attached to the institution. The teacher was suspended. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #2 Active "infiltration" by Islamists, I suspect, is minimal. The danger is from what you identify as entities and governments anaesthetised and corrupted by subversive elements from within. Look at France. I'm sure JFM could give a far better analysis than me, but from what I understand the problem runs from the top down and can be summed up in one word - appeasement. The unwillingness to confront aggression from minorites for fear of appearing non-PC and/or setting off embarrassing civil disobedience and upsetting the precious status quo. And this cowardice is bolstered by the anti-American European left-leaning middle class liberal 'elite.' The danger is no doubt as exaggerated by some as it is unjustly dismissed by others. One often hears of imminent "sharia in France, and even "sharia in Britain." I can't see the former happening, frankly, and the latter to me is laughable, but I do expect, like yourself, an almost inevitable increase in violence. Perhaps not all countries will keep on top of it, and perhaps paradoxically, those societies which have not encouraged more than a modicum of integration at the cultural interface, will come off worst. Schroeder tells Saudi Arabia "This must be stopped." It's his job to make it stop, and if asking the Saudis politely doesn't make that happen, he's (or his successor's) going to have to be prepared to get his (or her) hands dirty. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-10-24 7:22:09 AM |
| #1 Saudi Arabia. £10 million. King Fathead Academy. Taught in Arabic. Wahabbi "textbooks", Islamic Jihad / Holy War "Prayers." Explosives. Bomb manuals. So, uh, what evidence do the German authorities think is still lacking to stop them from shutting this snakepit down and rounding up everyone who has ever even been there for intensive interrogation and investigation? Let's see some of that vaunted German efficiency, guys - this is probably a gold mine, if done thoroughly and without delay... Can you say Add Saudi-funded "Mosques" and "Learning Centers" and "Cultural Organizations" and "Spokespersons" and Lobbyists and Imam "Training" Centers and "Foundations" and Sellout Ex-Officials and PC Paranoia and Home-Grown Anti-Whatever Tools, ad infinitum ad nauseum. Repeat, worldwide. Global WoT. Evolving eventually into the truth: Global Sentient Self-Preservation from Izzoid Insanity. Bulldog - I recognize some govts and entities are probably too far gone / infiltrated, thus anesthetized, such as Pfrawnce and Al Guardian, but what's your take? Will the EU, collectively, "get it" in time? Sorry, prolly like asking "How many holes does it take to fill Albert Hall?" I'm wondering the same about our PC Military, Education System, and Press. Sadly, my take is that it will probably take several more 9/11 & Bali sized events - spread liberally across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Fred - Thank you. And thanx to the Internet. It would be incredibly lonely out here without Rantburg. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-24 6:50:32 AM |