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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/opinion/15HATT.html
Homegrown Fanatics
(New York Times) Sulaiman al-Hattlan - Saudis have become hostages of the backward agenda of a small minority of bin Laden supporters who in effect have hijacked our society. What happened in Riyadh must wake us up to the reality that fanatics and terrorists live among us. Suicide bombers are attacking Muslims, too. Because of the dominance of Wahhabism, Saudi society has been exposed to only one school of thought, one that teaches hatred of Jews, Christians and certain Muslims, like Shiites and liberal and moderate Sunnis. It is time to stop blaming the outside world for the deadly fanaticism in Saudi Arabia. The writer is a columnist for the Saudi daily Al Watan and is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.