Reforming The Young Foot Soldiers Of Jihad

From International Herald Tribune:

RIYADH: The sunset prayer had just ended, and Sheik Ahmad al-Jilani was already calling his class to order. When the latecomers slipped into the front row, Jilani nodded at them briskly. "Young men," he began, "who can tell me why we do jihad?"

The members of the class were still new and a bit shy. Jilani clasped his hands and smiled encouragingly. Before him, sitting at school desks, were a dozen young Saudi men who had served time in prison for belonging to militant Islamic groups. Now they were inmates in a new rehabilitation center, part of a Saudi government initiative that seeks to deprogram Islamic extremists.

Jilani has been teaching his class, which is called Understandings of Jihad, since the center was established early last year. A stout man who makes constant, self-deprecating references to his weight, the sheik is an avuncular figure, popular with his students. Behind his thick glasses, his eyes shone warmly as he surveyed the classroom

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My Comment: Saudi Arabia still has not reformed their educational system to omit the numerous passages of hate speech against Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslim religions. What they are doing in rehabilitating "Jihadists" is just a drop in the bucket when compared to how they are promoting Jihad in their country, and in other countries.

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