Syrians and Bahrainis are both victims of Saudi state terrorism

The only allowed interpretation of Islam in the Kingdom is Wahhabism. All other interpretations of both Sunni and Shiite Islam are deemed “heretical”. The ideology of Al-Qaida stems from Wahhabism, not from mainstream Sunni or Shiite Islam. 

For years the Saudi regime sponsored terrorism in Iraq killing scores of Muslims considered “heretics” by the Wahhabis and practically eliminating the Christian community. We must not forget that terrorism is part of the teachings of Wahhabism. Ever since the foundation of the sect in the 18th century it has promoted terror against all other Muslims and all other faiths.
The Wahhabi culture and the Wahhabi mentality nurture terrorism. If terrorism was to be removed from Wahhabism it would no longer be Wahhabism! Statistics confirms that majority of suicide bombers captured or killed in Iraq were either Saudi nationals or natives of other countries who had studied in Saudi Arabia or in other ways adopted the Wahhabi world view. 

The Saudi regime has now shifted its focus from Iraq to Syria. It is actively involved in funding and arming terrorist groups in Syria in order to topple the government of Dr Bashar al-Assad. It uses its global religious influence to incite people against the government calling for “jihad”. To the Wahhabis this is a religious war against Muslim “heretics” just like the wars of the founder of the sect, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, in the 18th century. The Syrian people are victims of Wahhabi terrorism. 

The people of Bahrain have experienced a more conventional invasion by Saudi troops while the Syrians are suffering from Saudi terrorism through proxies like the so called “Free Syrian Army”. Car bombings in Damascus and Aleppo serve to intimidate the people. The Iraqi example however, has showed that terrorism doesn’t work. The Saudi regime did not gain anything. A lot of lives were sacrificed for nothing. 

There are several reasons for this Saudi state sponsored terrorism. Plain religious fanaticism is one reason. The Wahhabi factor. Another reason is that Saudi Arabia, as an American client state, does its part in the American policy of undermining the axis of resistance from Beirut to Tehran via Damascus. The Islamic republic of Iran, the leader of this axis, is a Shiite state and Shiism is the main ideological force permeating the axis of resistance. Therefore it is in the interest of the US and Israel to weaken Shiism and its ability to reach out to the wider Sunni world. The official sect of Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, is vehemently hostile to Shiism, which makes it an excellent tool for the Zionists in pursuing their anti-Iran, i.e., anti-resistance policies. So here we have the Wahhabi factor again, as a tool rather than motivator. 

I agree with Al-Jazeera and Western media outlets that there is a “massacre” going on in Syria. But the massacres are committed by Wahhabi terrorists and mercenaries, not by the government. The perpetrators are the same here as in Iraq and in Bahrain. In Bahrain we have a genuine, popular revolution against a tyrannical Zionist puppet. In Syria on the other hand we are witnessing an unpopular counter revolution, orchestrated by Israel, some Western regimes, and the Wahhabi dictatorships of the Persian Gulf. 

Mohamed Omar is a Swedish freelance writer
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