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| publisher = Abu Aardvark (Marc Lynch's blog)}}</ref> who was among the first to call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref name=Bergen>{{citation | | publisher = Abu Aardvark (Marc Lynch's blog)}}</ref> who was among the first to call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref name=Bergen>{{citation | ||
| author = [[Peter Bergen]] | | author = [[Peter Bergen]] | ||
| title = The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of | | title = The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al-Qaeda's Leader | ||
| publisher = Free Press | year = 2006 | | publisher = Free Press | year = 2006 | ||
| isbn=0743278917 | | isbn=0743278917 |
Revision as of 05:14, 22 February 2024
Salman Awdah is an influential Saudi cleric,[1] who was among the first to call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Saudi Arabia[2] yet has also recently criticized al-Qaeda.[3]
He was imprisoned between 1994 and 1999 for his role in the Sahwa movement - "fiercely critical of the Saudi royal family, infuriated by the American role in the first Gulf War, and one of the pioneers of the Islamist use of cassette sermons."[1] After a 2003 terrorist attack in Riyadh, [4] however, he relented his anti-jihad position and joined in the Saudi campaign against extremist opposition.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marc Lynch (24 March 2006), Putting Salman al-Awda on TV, Abu Aardvark (Marc Lynch's blog)
- ↑ Peter Bergen (2006), The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al-Qaeda's Leader, Free Press, ISBN 0743278917, p. 149
- ↑ "Leading Saudi cleric denounces Bin Laden", Jordan Times, 26 January 2010
- ↑ Toby Jones (13 November 2003), "Violence and the Illusion of Reform in Saudi Arabia", Middle East Report Online