Incitement to Jihad on Saudi Government-Controlled TV

From MEMRI

In response to my earlier post Saudi Arabia's amnesty sounds familiar
One of my readers posted a comment which stated in part "...that the [Saudi] authorities here are doing everything they can to stamp this [terrorism] out."

Does this sound like the Saudis are the least bit interested in stopping terrorism anywhere except in their own country?

As part of MEMRI's TV Monitoring Project, Saudi government controlled television channels including TV1, TV2 and satellite channels such as Iqraa TV, are continually monitored.(1) These channels include shows with leading Saudi religious figures, professors, members of the royal family, government leaders and intellectuals. Constant themes within Saudi television shows include: calls for the annihilation of Christians and Jews, rampant anti-Americanism and antisemitism, support for Jihad, incitement against U.S. troops in Iraq, and the coming Islamic conquest of the U.S. Segments from these TV shows can be found at www.memriTV.org.

Here are just a few of the topics recently covered on Saudi television.

Saudi Professor: Allah Permits Annihilating Christians and Jews
Former Saudi Embassy Official on 'Big Explosion' Coming
Prominent Saudi Professor: Allah Willing, the U.S. Will Collapse
The Coming Islamic Takeover of the U.S.
Prominent Saudi Professor: America is on It's Way to Destruction

And who does Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah blame for the terrorism in Saudi Arabia?

In reaction to the May 1, 2004 terrorist shooting in the offices of an oil contractor in Yunbu', Saudi Arabia, in which seven people, among them two Americans, were killed, Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah ibn Abd Al-'Aziz stated at a gathering of Saudi dignitaries, including top Muslim clerics and preachers, that "the Zionists" were to blame. The statement was made at a May 2 gathering of the royal family, which aired on Saudi TV 1: "Be assured that the Zionist are behind everything. This is certain. I don't say this with 100% [confidence], but with 95%."

All of which proves the point in my original post that the commenter is objecting to, that the Saudis actually support terrorism; they just don't like it in their country.

And to answer this question from the commenter, "is yor [sic] propoganda message serving any useful purpose."

Yes, exposing Saudi propaganda.
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