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| Saudi Arabia denies funding 'extremist mindset' in Pakistan |
| 2015-02-10 |
| [DAWN] 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... on Monday denied funding of what it called the Lion of Islam mindset through its financial support of religious seminaries in Pakistain. "A section of the media has been propagating a false impression that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is funding the Lion of Islam mindset in Pakistain through its financial support for religious seminaries," a press statement issued by the Saudi embassy said. "Whenever any seminary, mosque or charity organizations request the kingdom for financial assistance, the embassy refers the matter to the Government of Pakistain through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for examining suitability of the applicant," the statement added. It went on to say that only "when the ministry of foreign affairs informs the embassy in writing that the financial assistance is in the interest of public welfare, the assistance is provided to the applicant ... The assistance has always been beyond any sectarian considerations". The Saudi embassy's statement comes weeks after Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Riaz Hussain Pirzada accused the Saudi government of creating instability across the Moslem world by distributing money in order to promote religious extremism. The minister had said that the time had come to stop the influx of Saudi money into Pakistain, which he claimed had a destabilising influence. During Senate session on January 30, Minister of State for Interior Baligur Rehman had informed the House that Middle Eastern countries namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... , Iran and the United Arab Emirates were giving aid to religious seminaries in three provinces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Whenever any seminary, mosque or charity organizations request the kingdom for financial assistance, the embassy refers the matter to the Government of Pakistain through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for examining suitability of the applicant," the statement added. If this is true, it is a recent development. |
| Posted by: Ulique Pelosi8805 2015-02-10 08:46 |