“Hatred’s Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism” by Dore Gold, published in 2003, is the latest audio book to which David and I chose to listen. I wanted to see if this book provides additional information that supports my theory that the far left is being funded, among others, by the Muslims, and especially by the wealthiest Muslim country, Saudi Arabia.
When I was getting ready to write this blog, one of the headlines in the Wall Street Journal (Sunday, October 7, 2018) said, “Missing Saudi Journalist Was Killed in Consulate, Turkish Police Say.” It went on to say:
- “Saudi authorities say the kingdom had nothing to do with the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, missing since Tuesday (October 2, 2018).
- “Turkish police believe the Saudi journalist gone missing earlier this month was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul and his body removed from the building, Turkish officials said, accusations that could further inflame relations between the two regional powers.
- “Saudi authorities, who have said they had nothing to do with the disappearance of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi – a fierce critic of the Saudi leadership – said Sunday that the allegations were ‘baseless.’”
On October 11, 2018, the WSJ updated the news as follows: “Turkish government has what it describes as audio and video recordings purporting to show that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and has shared the evidence with U.S. officials, according to people familiar with the matter.”
On October 16, 2018, the United Press International published the latest development: “Pompeo meets with Saudi king, prince over reporter’s disappearance.”
Now, let’s get back to “Hatred’s Kingdom.” Rather than draw any conclusions myself, I have chosen to simply list out some of the key quotes from Ms. Gold’s book, especially those that help support my theory that the far left is being funded, in part, by the Saudis. Just to clarify, the far left is the segment of the Democrats that are far left (or hard left) of the liberals. They are those that are pushing the limits to change the cultural norm of this country through indoctrination (primarily through media) and suppression of free speech by using such tactics as shouting down opponents, instantly labeling others who oppose their views in the name of political correctness (for example, “You are an Islamophobe”), and using violence – as opposed to calmly having intellectual debates on issues. It is quite telling that even the staunchest liberal and former Harvard Professor, Alan Dershowitz, considers that the hard left is far greater threat to America’s future than the hard right.
Ms. Gold’s book is packed with so much useful information that I had the most difficult time trimming back the original list. I cannot do justice to the rich content that “Hatred’s Kingdom” provides. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand who and what the real source of the spread of global terrorism is likely to be. My conclusion is simply, “Follow the money.” Doing so would help us get to the bottom of who else, other than George Soros, are funding the brainwashing of the American youth to support the far-left agenda in the U.S.A.
Before listing out the crucial points from “Hatred’s Kingdom,” Wahhabism must be defined. Here is an explanation of it from PBS Frontline: “For more than two centuries, Wahhabism has been Saudi Arabia’s dominant faith. It is an austere form of Islam that insists on a literal interpretation of the Koran. Strict Wahhabis believe that all those who don’t practice their form of Islam are heathens and enemies.” Here is the list:
Audio 04:54:23 ~
- “By 1987, the Muslim World League had been in existence for 25 years, had extensive international experience and connections with 30 offices worldwide. Its Supreme World Council of Mosques had contributed tens of millions of dollars for mosque construction worldwide, the money coming from the Saudi government.
- “The Saudis’ contribution accounted for most of the Muslim World League’s budget. It dispatched nearly a thousand missionaries worldwide, trained and financed Muslim clergy from around the world and paid for about a thousand Muslims every year to make the Hajj to Mecca.
- “As Saudi Arabia countered the Iranian Shiite threat, Wahhabism gained strength again within the Kingdom. Even while King Fahd pushed the modernization and established a closer alliance with the United States, his government seemed to be becoming even more religiously strict.
Audio 05:00:48 ~
- “Chapter 8: “Wahhabism’s Global Reach”
- “Between 1982 and 2002, 1,500 mosques, 210 Islamic Centers, and 2,000 schools to educate Muslim children were established in non-Muslim countries alone. Staggering sums of money were involved. According to internal Muslim World League documents, in just a two-year period in the 1980s, Saudis apparently spent $10 million on mosque construction in the United States.
- “Academic chairs for Islamic studies were donated at Harvard Law School and at the University of California Santa Barbara. The Saudis supported Islamic Research Institutes at American University in Washington, Howard University, Duke University, and Johns Hopkins University. Islamic Academies went up in Moscow and Washington, D.C.
- “A significant opportunity rose to spread the doctrines of Wahhabism on an unprecedented global scale.
Audio 6:02:07 ~
- “To spread Wahhabism in the United States, the Saudis used a tool that had proven very effective in other parts of the world. Money. The North American Islamic Trust, NAIT, safeguarded the assets of the MSA (Muslim Students’ Association) and ISNA (Islamic Society of North America). NAIT also helps Muslim communities build mosques, and in this area, NAIT became highly dependent on Saudi funding. One knowledgeable source familiar with Saudi connections in America estimated that half the mosques and Islamic schools in the United States were built with Saudi money.
- “Of course, the main question that arises from these contributions is whether those who accept Saudi funds feel pressured to adhere to Wahhabism. (You think?)
Audio 6:03:44 ~
- “The chairman of the Michigan-based Islamic Assembly of North America (IANA), which was set up in 1993, admitted to the New York Times in 2001 that half of IANA’s money came from the Saudi Arabian government; the rest, from Saudi private donors. In May 2001, four months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, the IANA’s website featured justifications for martyrdom operations, including crashing an airplane on a crucial enemy target.
- “Additionally, IANA, like the Muslim World League, had active Wahhabi proselytizing programs directed toward America’s prison population. The Muslim World League judges that the number of American prisoners converting to Islam was constantly on the rise.
Audio 8:46:52 ~
- “Saudi government knew exactly what these huge Wahhabi charities were doing.
Audio 9:03:27 ~
- “In Short, the problem was not simply that Wahhabi religious leaders were promulgating anti-Western hatred that motivated new generations of terrorists but that the Saudi regime itself was backing radical and violent Wahhabi organizations.”
There you have it. You can verify for yourself the quotes found in “Hatred’s Kingdom,” not only in the original book itself but through other sources.
I’m disappointed that U.S. government chose not to go after Saudi Arabia as the culprit that instigated the 9/11 attack when the evidence was overwhelming; i.e., 15 out of 19 attackers were Saudis.
The U.S. buys oil from Saudi Arabia. The money paid to Saudi Arabia, in turn, is spent to spread Wahhabism in our country and elsewhere through universities, the majority of media which are left leaning (university graduates work there), and in prisons. No wonder America, the country of my childhood dreams, has been transformed to become what it is today: mean-spirited, angry, deceitful, intolerant, vicious, and violent. Ms. Gold’s book helped me better understand one of the major causes of the cancer metastasizing in the American society today.
Would the death of Jamal Khashoggi help wake up those in the U.S. government to finally see the true colors of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia? Only time will tell.
