...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...
has given $100 million for the International Counterterrorism Center at the UN.
Adel Jubeir, the Kingdom's ambassador to the US, and Abdullah Al-Moallami, its permanent representative to the UN, handed over the amount to UN chief
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
Speaking at the event, Jubeir said Saudi Arabia has been supporting countries in the Gulf region and outside to combat terrorism.
"The divine religion of Islam has nothing to do with the activities of terrorists. The Supreme Council of Islamic Scholars in the Kingdom has rejected the takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
ideology," the ambassador said.
He said the donation was given on the desire of King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to strengthen efforts to combat terror.
Al-Moallami reiterated Saudi Arabia's support for combined efforts to fight terror under the auspices of the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
A Saudi specialized court in Riyadh, meanwhile, sentenced a Death Eater to eight years in jail and 10-year travel ban, for issuing religious edicts against Saudi rulers, exploiting Friday sermons to incite sectarianism and trying to create division in the country.
The defendant can appeal against the verdict.