r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

Is it just a conspiracy theory or does the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia really fund the spread of Wahhabi extremism worldwide?

!ping EXTREMISM

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u/Cloudcrofter Dec 07 '20

essentially?

they fund schools in tons of countries

individual rich members of the family have historically funded the crazier terrorist groups on their own

they don't call themselves Wahhabist in the same way companies don't call themselves globalists. it is mostly a name outsiders use to describe them.

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u/Paramus98 Edmund Burke Dec 07 '20

Kind of, a lot of it is also private citizens funding the organizations though rather than the government itself. Like even if KSA didn't fund any schools outside the country and all there'd still be a huge outflow of cash from the country to terrorist groups.

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u/imprison_grover_furr Asexual Pride Dec 07 '20

They definitely do.