Spread of Wahhabism was done at request of West during Cold War – Saudi crown prince

[Mian]

The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Washington Post.

Speaking to the paper, bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia's Western allies urged the country to invest in mosques and madrassas overseas during the Cold War, in an effort to prevent encroachment in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union.

https://www.rt.com/news/422563-saudi-wahhabism-western-countries/

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Washington Post.

Speaking to the paper, bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia's Western allies urged the country to invest in mosques and madrassas overseas during the Cold War, in an effort to prevent encroachment in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union.

https://www.rt.com/news/422563-saudi-wahhabism-western-countries/

No doubt the proxy war in Yemen is also then being done at the behest of the West seeing as that would tie in with the current US offensive against Iran. Although how this reflects on Saudi Arabia I'm not sure since that would seem to be an admission they are there to serve western interests at the expense of all those countries where they have spread the Wahabi doctrine.

 

[Hermoine Green]

"Hemphrey" is an answer to this.

 

[barah_admi]

Unusual coming from BIn "Reformer" Salman. Won't this make his American masters slightly peeved off?

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

LOL

As if there were any doubts about it.

 

[KingKhanWC]

What he fails to mention they are also used to ruin the middle east.

USA are OPENLY arming terrorists in Syria. They dont openly admit to arming ISIS but many of the weapons in their hands come from the same groups.

9/11 was the start of their new deceptive campaign to ruin the middle east and to use proxies against Russian influence.

 

[Bhaijaan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1835261751337648448

 

[DeadlyVenom]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1835261751337648448

People still dress in traditional dress. Perhaps more so than burka. Who is this guy?

 

[Stewie]

they weaponized the extremist elements and tried to promote them as much as they could. I am not saying the muslim countries and their leadership is beyond reproach here but the west definitely had a hand in it and were the originates of the idea to fight the soviets.

 

[Bhaijaan]

they weaponized the extremist elements and tried to promote them as much as they could. I am not saying the muslim countries and their leadership is beyond reproach here but the west definitely had a hand in it and were the originates of the idea to fight the soviets.

Agreed.
I have a very strong dislike for America and Europe. Historically they have messed up the world politically speaking and much of the regional conflicts have some contribution from them.