Does the Saudi Arabian Government support terrorism?

Much debate has been generated about Saudi Arabia supporting terrorism.
What is the Saudi Arabian Government stance on terrorism?

Please keep the discussion civil, polite and on topic using facts and evidences.

Reply 1

wyp87

OP

Here are some news articles to ponder on, before you start posting.

Saudi attitudes towards ISIS
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/774366
http://www.arabnews.com/news/838846

Saudi action on ISIS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3111857/Caught-camera-Moment-hero-security-guard-pushed-suicide-bomber-away-mosque-entrance-seconds-device-explodes-leaving-four-dead.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3166343/Saudi-Arabia-arrests-431-suspected-ISIS-members-planning-attacks-mosques-security-forces-diplomatic-mission.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/isis-declare-war-saudi-arabia-7027822
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/798596
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/08/06/Timeline-Al-Qaeda-and-ISIS-attacks-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

The Clerical Views on ISIS.
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/813421
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/831791

Some might question the source of news, but you can find these news stories can be found from multiple media outlets if they bothered to cover them.

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Reply 2

Aj12

18

They do a similar thing to Pakistan. Use terror groups as an instrument of foreign policy, whilst trying to target those same groups at something other than Saudi. Although it is always worth remembering that groups like al Qaeda and ISIS vehemently hate the Saudi monarchy.

Reply 3

Zimz

8

Idk but I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

Reply 4

Frank Underwood

5

Original post by wyp87

Here are some news articles to ponder on, before you start posting.

Saudi attitudes towards ISIS
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/774366
http://www.arabnews.com/news/838846

Saudi action on ISIS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3111857/Caught-camera-Moment-hero-security-guard-pushed-suicide-bomber-away-mosque-entrance-seconds-device-explodes-leaving-four-dead.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3166343/Saudi-Arabia-arrests-431-suspected-ISIS-members-planning-attacks-mosques-security-forces-diplomatic-mission.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/isis-declare-war-saudi-arabia-7027822
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/798596
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/08/06/Timeline-Al-Qaeda-and-ISIS-attacks-in-Saudi-Arabia.html

The Clerical Views on ISIS.
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/813421
http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/831791

Some might question the source of news, but you can find these news stories can be found from multiple media outlets if they bothered to cover them.

Please don't quote the Daily Mail, half of their articles on Middle Eastern politics and conflict are either incorrect or exaggerated.

Of course.

Yes.

Former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca (Sheikh Adel al-Kalbani):

“We follow the same thought [as IS] but apply it in a refined way,” he said. “They draw their ideas from what is written in our own books, from our own principles.”

The cleric said that “we do not criticise the thought on which it (IS) is based”.

Source.

This is just one source. There are countless more.

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