You reap what you sow. Saudi Arabia promoted extremism in societies across the world through wahhabism. Today their own fanboys are turning on them.
It is not against KSA or the people but the rulers. Nor is it "Wahhabis" but many uniformed Muslims across the world regardless of sect. It has nothing to do with any sect but the fact that those same individuals think that KSA's resources are the resources of the entire Muslim World and that they are entitled to those riches because they happen to be Muslim.
Hejaz is the most beloved region of Muslims outside of possibly their own countries. As are Makkah, Madinah and numerous other Islamic sites in KSA. Vast majority of Muslims don't have any hatred for Saudi Arabians or KSA either, rather the opposite.
I disagree with that. Only an small percentage of said help was taken advantage of by extremists. No where in "Wahhabism" (Hanbali Sunni Islam) does it say that terrorism, suicide bombings etc. is lawful or encouraged.
KSA built 10.000's of mosques across the entire Muslim and non-Muslim world from Suriname in South America to Indonesia. All with the blessing of local Muslim communities and local governments.
10.000's of Muslim scholars from across the entire world, West and non-West have been educated in Islamic universities in KSA.
Now if you put all this together, the amount of extremists does probably not even make up 0,1%.
Oh, and by that token we (Pakistan) are guilty of said same extremism. Ever heard Afghan, Indian, Bangladeshi etc. complaints?
This extremism began with US countering of the USSR in Afghanistan. It was born in Afghanistan, not KSA. Or if you want to go further back to Egypt (Qutbism).
en.wikipedia.org
Having said that, KSA had some retarded clerics and laws on some fronts that emerged after 1979 (Sahwa era as a movement due to events next door in Iran = "Islamic revolution") which was not the case prior but hopefully this started to be removed 10-15 years ago and now it is no longer present and leaders and clerics within KSA are openly shunning such people and views and they are no longer tolerated.
Everyone has skeletons in their closet and KSA is not perfect, but the moronic/one-sided/simplistic view of KSA = being at fault for all the indigenous/local troubles in Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and what not, is just that, ridiculous or agenda driven propaganda. Or using "Wahhabism" as the escape goat for everything, lol.
I suggest reading those statements from MbS:
Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman emphasized the Kingdom’s position with regard to Wahhabism as well as its tolerant and flexible approach toward both its Sunni and Shiite population.
saudigazette.com.sa
And most importantly, Hanbalis were/are a minority within KSA. KSA, as the cradle of Islam, is home to every Muslim sect indigenously. You have the oldest Sunni (Shafi'i Hanbali, Maliki, Hanafi), Shia (Twelver, Zaydi, Ismaili), Sufism etc. communities in the world.
Nah, very very few incident like this
I have been to Mecca and Madinah, doing Umrah, and also many of my families, even my mother visited there several times, and all are pretty save
Many in my families have undergone Hajj as well and nothing happened like what you said.
Nonsense post indeed. Also I am pretty sure such behavior is not the work of locals. Such behavior is extremely frowned upon in KSA and everyone is aware of the harsh punishments. There is a reason why you can have you car keys in your car and leave it open and 99.99% of the time, you know that nobody will break into your car or steal anything. Similarly with your house. Saudi Arabia is one of the most secure and low-crime rate countries in the world. People respect the law by large.
Well, I have to admit that Saudi still wear their traditional dress even in the street
Being practical like what you said for Indonesians to wear modern Western cloth. I wear it as well.
But we also have Batik
Usually in Wedding the bride using traditional dress and the men will wear Batik. For women as we already know many of them wear Hijab.
Batik can be used for meeting or working as well
Very beautiful dresses indeed and a lot of it has to to with practical clothing. Which is probably why you don't see such colorful traditional Saudi Arabian clothing being warn by many on a daily basis but mostly just the uniform traditional dresses that are more practical.
Indonesia is a very diverse nation with many ethnic groups. The climate is tropical all year round so you can practically use the same clothing all-year round. In KSA they have winter and summer clothing as it can get really cold during winter.
