Saudi Reformists Struggle To ‘Halt Violence’
Al-Muhaya bombings made the initiative a must
By Abdel Rehim Ali, IOL Cairo Staff
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Prior to this explosion, there had been violent confrontations between security agencies in Saudi Arabia and a number of armed youths. Two armed men blew themselves up in Makkah to evade capture Thursday, November 6. Some analysts considered such events serious indicators of the gravity of the crisis in Saudi Arabia.
Commenting of the latest violent explosion, Hawaly told IslamOnline.net, "These are acts of barbarism."
On the initiative, Hawaly said, "we have constant contacts with all parties to activate this initiative," adding that the al-Muhaya incident emphasized the necessity of taking this step in order to stop all forms of violence.
Al-Hawaly addressed the armed youths through IslamOnline.net saying, "our problem, as Muslims, is with those who want to destroy our religion and they are quite known."
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