Takfirism, lets kill everybody who disagrees
Aha, getting to the actual roots of the issue, Takfir and the legitimizing of others deaths based on doctrinal disagreements. AFP follows up on the assassination attempt on Prince Naif.
“We need to restructure Islamic teaching at schools,” said Hezam, arguing that the fight has been confined to the security front and did not address the real threat.
Another Saudi analyst, who did not wish to be named, said the “roots of the problem have so far not been addressed,” insisting that the Takfiri discourse, which accuses opponents of being apostates, continues to flourish in Saudi Arabia.
“People who promote Takfiri thoughts are not held accountable unless they start to form a danger to the government,” he told AFP. “There has not been a serious strategy to combat this ideology.”
Khsheiban argued that AL-Qaeda ideology in Saudi Arabia should be tackled by allowing more space for moderates.
“The best way to combat the extremist ideology is not just through military confrontation, but also through strengthening the moderate discourse… It is there, but it needs the support of society and the state,” he said.
“The open religious discourse in Saudi Arabia is moderate, but the danger is in the extremist discourse… This creates extremist elements and nourishes terrorism,” he added.
But hope of seeing a change appears dim, said Hezam.
“Nothing will change in Saudi Arabia in the next 30 years. Even if change (strategy) starts right now, it would take at least 15 years to start seeing results,” he said.
