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Saudi poll to reveal public’s level of sympathy for IS
The Sakina Campaign plans to carry out a scientific survey to determine the position of the Saudi public on the “caliphate” announced by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. This comes after the results of an opinion poll of Saudis were released on social networking sites, claiming that 92% of the target group believes that “IS conforms to the values of Islam and Islamic law.” Observers believe that in the current period, it is most important to “focus on the roots of extremism and to address and fight it.”

The Saudi Sakina campaign plans to conduct a survey to determine the extent to which the Saudi public sympathizes with the Islamic State and its recent declaration of a caliphate.

Author Abdullah al-Duhailan, Rahma Thiab, Shaden al-Hayek
July 22, 2014, Al-Hayat

Translator(s) Tyler Huffman

Original Article اقرا المقال الأصلي باللغة العربية

Meanwhile, Saudi families refused to hold mourning gatherings for their sons who were killed in troubled places outside of the kingdom. The “confusion” that was sparked by IS’ recent expansion saw the proliferation of websites selling shirts carrying slogans that called for jihad and glorified IS. Advisory Committee member Sheikh Abdullah al-Suwailem refused to classify those affiliated with terrorist groups as “criminals,” claiming that pressure had led them to join these groups in the absence of guidance.

Some of the families of those killed fighting outside of Saudi Arabia expressed their “joy,” refusing to show grief over the deaths of their sons. Preachers and sheikhs considered this ideology “the reason for terrorism,” saying, “It harms the reputation of the Islamic religion.” They stressed that those who go to these places of conflict are in violation of the religious authority, which must be followed. They therefore concluded that their deaths are not a form of martyrdom, as their families think. The families are overcome with emotion and distribute sweets and refuse to mourn, show sadness or cry, considering those killed to be martyrs.

Abdul Moneim al-Mushawwah, the director of the Sakina Campaign, which operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da’wah and Guidance in Saudi Arabia, told Al-Hayat: “In the coming period, the campaign plans to work on a manual survey, through which we can determine the extent to which the Saudi public sympathizes with what happened recently in Iraq, namely the declaration of the caliphate.” He added: “This survey will target a specific segment in a particular time period, ranging between one and two months. It will be supervised by an academic to meet the required conditions.”

In a related context, Sheikh Abdullah al-Suwailem, another Advisory Committee member, refused to classify those affiliated with terrorist groups such as IS and Jahbat al-Nusra as criminals. Suwailem told Al-Hayat: “The youth are languishing under various pressures, including some that are legitimate and brave. And excess and pressure are realities experienced by the youth, with little direction.” He added: “We do not classify the youth affiliated with these groups as criminals. If we do this, we prejudice them and make them our adversaries.”

“We must confront arguments with arguments, evidence with evidence. [We should] provide our youth with correct guidance, not criminalize them, so as to not further inflame the issue,” he noted.

On the other hand, shirts with phrases calling for jihad and photos glorifying IS and extremist currents and calling for fighting were promoted on Internet sites and on the social media pages of terrorist organizations. The spokesman for Saudi customs, Issa al-Issa, said: “The importation of clothing requires a commercial registration that lists the activity of clothing trade. As for controls on clothing imports, [any imports] must conform to adopted standards. The customs authority takes a sample and sends it to registered laboratories to report on the extent to which it complies with specifications. Another stipulation is that [the clothing] does not have inappropriate phrases or images that contradict Islamic law.”
 
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Saudis have the most screwed up understanding of their own religion

This poll is political/religious. The opening paragraph is misleading since it asks of their opinion on current developments in Iraq and result was so and so believe IS conforms to Islamic Law. As far as Islamic Law goes, their criteria is rarely any different. It's their approach/political ideology which renders their judgings invalid.
 
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Saudi has been going around teaching Islam to others. Its About time someone else teaches them how to practise Islam.:toast_sign:


I like it. The chickens come home to roost.
 
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92 % of target group ? What kind of group is it ? Impossible to have this very high number to describe all population...

I want to know what kind of targeted group it is and the questions of the survey..... sometime the survey is misleading like rape survey conducted in Indonesia, and later published by BBC...who use question like " forcing a wife to have sex" as a rape

@Arabian Legend @JUBA
 
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Thank you. After this don't blame anyone for being 'Islamophobic'(whatever that means).

Why do you need to be 'Islamophobic'? Their religious criteria when it comes to Muslims is similar framework. Their implementation/interpretation is another thing. When it comes to political/fighting ideology, that is strictly a political/fighting ideology. You don't need any religion to form that.
 
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Why do you need to be 'Islamophobic'? You don't need any religion to form that.
I don't need. True. But maybe you do. The IS sure does. They have cleared the doubts over and over again that it is an Islamic Khilafat they are fighting for. If you don't understand(or wish to do so) I am sorry, you can be considered a slow learner.

No offense intended here mate.
 
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I would be more than happy to tell you, "now sit back guys, and enjoy the show of west harvesting the fruits of their double standards" but that's no way even near the actual case here.
That's an extraordinary planned system, indeed a system inside the system. Now they are gonna sit back and enjoy the show where the poor people of middle east would be subjected to the misery of the long time west's double standards.
That's a get busy living, or get busy dying.
 
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