He provides a fascinating account of how exiled members of the Shia minority, long persecuted as infidels and agents of Iran, negotiated with King Fahd to come in from the cold.
It's hard for advocates of political Islam to recognize the rights of their political adversaries because they believe that those who disagree with them oppose their religion: they are either infidels, sinners, agents of the West or of Zionism, or, at the very least, degenerates trying to spread abominations among the faithful.
The group declared the targets legitimate because they housed what it called "infidels, lawmakers, foreign intelligence agents and security companies, and poisonous and hostile media outlets".
PAGE B3 Two New Challenges To Saudi Royal Family A taped voice on an Islamist Web site, seemingly Osama bin Laden's, accused the al-Saud dynasty of being the "agents of infidels," and a London-based Saudi opposition figure called for protests against the monarchy in Riyadh, the capital, and in Jidda, the commercial hub.
A1 Tape Criticizes Saudis In an audiotape on an Islamist Web site, Osama bin Laden appeared to turn his attention to his Saudi homeland, accusing the ruling al-Saud dynasty of being the "agents of infidels" and applauding an attack against the United States Consulate in Jidda.
Those running as candidates in the presidential and provincial elections are "foreign agents" and the "loudspeakers" of the infidel forces.
After Mr. Jawad wrote that all life was equally worth preserving, part of the man's response was, "Don't you think an agent of Arab nationality deserves to be killed?" Mr. Jawad wrote back in part, "It seems to me that many people are quick to offer judgments based on political views so those who oppose them are always agents and infidels.
INFIDEL, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
