Saudi Clerics Wants Saudi Citizens to Shun Terrorists

"Aggressions against Muslims and occupation of land ... cannot be a justification for explosions, denouncing other Muslims as infidels and disobeying the Muslim social consensus,". But aggressions against non-muslims is fine. Reuters

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's top religious official warned on Thursday Saudis and foreigners living in the kingdom to not hide information about militants in the world's largest oil exporter.

The statement from Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh follows a government announcement last week that it is holding 520 suspects, arrested since January, who planned car bomb attacks against oil and security installations.

"I warn citizens and residents from concealing them and giving them shelter, this would be a great sin," the statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency said.

His comments form part of an ongoing publicity campaign against militant ideology in the kingdom.

You reap what you sow....

They say the announcements are partly preventative to remind Saudis to be vigilant since radical Islamist ideology remains prevalent in society. Many Saudis have gone to fight in Iraq.

This week state television showed two former militant supporters who confessed over how they organized the Internet operations of al Qaeda's campaign.