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Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror

Containing Islamist terror will be impossible without containing the ideology that drives it: Wahhabism, a jihad-extolling form of Sunni fundamentalism whose spread has been bankrolled by oil-rich sheikhdoms, especially Saudi Arabia. That is why the Kingdom's new anti-terror coalition should be viewed with profound skepticism.

BERLIN – Containing the scourge of Islamist terror will be impossible without containing the ideology that drives it: Wahhabism, a messianic, jihad-extolling form of Sunni fundamentalism whose international expansion has been bankrolled by oil-rich sheikhdoms, especially Saudi Arabia. That is why the newly announced Saudi-led anti-terror coalition, the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, should be viewed with profound skepticism.

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