Dissonant voices and Saudi Arabia’s stance

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the United States was crowned with every mark of success. Beyond the agreements he concluded, he succeeded in breaking the constraints that had long bound such agreements on the American side, where Israel’s interests were built into their conditions. He secured a public promise from President Donald Trump that the Kingdom would receive the finest products manufactured by American industry. President Trump also agreed to cooperate with the Crown Prince in establishing a nuclear industry in the Kingdom, given the existence of substantial uranium reserves. As a result, Israel found its preferential status with the US administration diminished, an advantage it had enjoyed for decades. Moreover, Prince Mohammed resisted pressure to normalize relations with Israel and openly insisted that Palestinians must obtain their own state before any normalization can take place. Since then, anyone following events can observe the Zionist mouthpieces aligned with Netanyahu crafting their barking narrative, joined by the buzzing chorus of some Arab friends of Israel, claiming that the Kingdom has begun altering its political course to align with what they call the Islamist extremist path of Qatar, Turkey, and Iran, with some even adding a Muslim Brotherhood orientation to the claim. What bitter irony this noise reveals.

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The Kingdom is the one leading the Islamic world toward the correct doctrinal path, and Prince Mohammed in particular, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The Muslim Brotherhood has been classified by Saudi authorities as a terrorist organization since the era of the late King Abdullah. The same applies to what is called ISIS, a group I described as obscene from the moment it first emerged from beneath the filth that spawned it.

Since the events of September 11, 2001, the Kingdom has led the fight against terrorism and extremist ideology. It proposed the creation of a counterterrorism department at the United Nations, established a rehabilitation and counseling center in Riyadh for those who have sincerely repented from extremist thought, and brought Islamic countries together under a single framework known as the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, headquartered in Riyadh. This coalition includes more than forty countries working together through consultation and the exchange of expertise.

Then Netanyahu comes forward with his repulsive approach aimed at destabilizing the geographic cohesion of Arab states, beginning with Syria, where he claims that he seeks to protect minorities among its people, such as Druze and Christians, while waging a genocidal war against the Palestinian people.

This extends to Somalia through his unilateral recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. The separatist ambitions of Aidarus al-Zoubaidi in southern Yemen may be connected to this path, especially after he declared his readiness to cooperate with Israel.

Since its founding by King Abdulaziz, may God rest his soul, the Kingdom has been pelted with malicious accusations by those who resent its prosperity, stability, and the refinement of its principles rooted in the creed of monotheism: “There is no god but God, and Mohammed is the Messenger of God.”

During the height of Nasserism, the Kingdom was accused of reactionism. By those who deviated from Islam, it was accused of secularism. By certain Western circles, it was accused of terrorism. Yet it continues to walk the straight path, neither Eastern nor Western, as Faisal bin Abdulaziz, may God have mercy on him, once said. Today, our King and Crown Prince continue to deflect the arrows of enemies without fatigue or weariness, leading the Arab and Islamic world with sound judgment and steadfast resolve.

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