Thursday, May 07, 2015

a Saudi preacher recently called upon God to “destroy” Shiites, Alawites, Christians, and Jews

""Saad bin Ateeq al-Ateeq, a Saudi preacher with long-standing ties to the kingdom’s government, recently called upon God to “destroy” Shiites, Alawites, Christians, and Jews." "Yet these three governments [Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates] have another thing in common — each has provided a platform for the radical preaching of Ateeq, whose toxic incitement against other religions parallels the narrative of terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and al Qaeda." "It’s not like these Persian Gulf states can claim not to know about Ateeq’s hate-filled rhetoric — he has been repeating it for years in prominent, government-affiliated places of worship.""