Saudi Arabia Is Fearing A Syrian Jihadi Blowback

Saudis Fearing Syrian Blowback Expand Rehab Care For Jihadis -- Bloomberg

After a month in Saudi Arabia’s rehabilitation center for would-be jihadis, Bader al-Anazi says he’s still angry at the killing of Sunni Muslims in Syria. He just doesn’t feel driven to join the war himself.

“I had a very radical ideology, I saw what was happening to Muslims,” said the 28-year-old, who also served five months in prison for involvement in websites that Saudi authorities say promote terrorism. Now he runs his own building and consumer-finance companies, set up with government help.

That’s part of the service offered by the rehab program, a frontline in the oil-rich nation’s fight against al-Qaeda and one that’s set to expand. Housed in an inconspicuous complex of brown buildings on the outskirts of Riyadh, it uses art and sport as well as theology and psychology to channel the kind of religious anger that has rebounded on Saudi leaders in the past.

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Update: Jihadi rehab offered in Saudi Arabia amid Syria anger -- Sydney Morning Herald

My Comment: These concerns are justified .... you reap what you sow.