Hey fellow adventurers! Most days I want to try to keep my posts as upbeat as possible but today, I feel obliged to talk about September 11th, 2001 and terrorism, since fifteen of the nineteen terrorists of that day were Saudi nationals, including the mastermind, Osama Bin Laden.
The terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 were the deadliest attacks on United Stated soil in the history of the country. Terrorism has been a severe issue in Saudi Arabia and the Saudis are currently trying to change that. First, I will briefly go over the founding of al-Qaeda, then I will cover some of the problems that Saudi Arabia is facing, and how the country is trying to correct them.
Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda stems from the Soviet war in Afghanistan that took place between 1979 and 1989. A young Bin Laden used his family’s wealth and influence supplemented by funding from Saudi Arabia and the United States to set up a funding network for the Jihad against the Soviets. Many eager volunteers from Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries helped the organization grow, and assist in pushing the Soviets out of Afghanistan. After the war, he used his influence to set up al-Qaeda. It was this terrorist network that planned and executed the attacks of 9/11.
Saudi Arabia is said to be the world’s largest source of funds and promoter of Salafist Jihadism, which forms the ideological basis of terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS. Throughout the Sunni Muslim world, Saudi Arabia funds schools and Mosques for both young and old. More than 1500 mosques were built and paid for with Saudi funds over the last 50 years and all these schools and mosques are taught using the very strict and conservative Wahhabism or Salafism teachings. These very strict teachings have led to harsh criticisms from many western and Muslim countries for promoting extremism.
Since 2002 Saudi Arabia has started to change the textbooks and methods of their schooling. Although progress is slow due to the conservative nature of the country, real strides are starting to be made in transforming how children are taught in their country. Billions of dollars are being spent in modernizing the institutions to increase literacy rates, produce graduates who can meet the high demands of the job market and perform the technical jobs that are currently being performed by non-Saudis. Education officials maintain that the aim of these reforms is to create “global citizens”. The reforms are also aimed at reducing intolerance and extremism in the country and education officials are making sure that any teachers that espouses intolerant or extremist views will be held accountable. In addition to this, Saudi Arabia is also sending hundreds of teachers of both genders to western universities to learn about modern teaching methods. They are emphasizing critical thinking so they may gain more well-rounded citizens. Although the country still has a long way to go, they are making promising steps in the right direction.
Thank you so much for supporting my blog! I appreciate every single one of you traveling the world with me. And thank you to lovely husband, Ethan, who helped a great deal with this blog post! Until our next adventure!
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