veiled4allah: a step in the right direction veiled4allah: a step in the right directionSaudi Arabia has launched a national awareness campaign to mobilise people against militants. The campaign coincides with a counter-terrorism conference taking place in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.That would be this jingle; the song is by African-American Muslim Mustaqiim Sahir and the link is to a Flash presentation by a Canadian Muslim brother named Noaman Ali (he also uses the screen name Malik Shabazz). It's been around on the web since at least early 2002 and I've had it linked in my sidebar here for quite awhile. You can download just the audio here.
Huge posters have been put up around the city and interviews have been broadcast with ex-militants talking about how they abandoned violence.
Saudi Arabia has witnessed a spate of bombings and shootings blamed on al-Qaeda linked militants since 2003.
The House of Saud is worried about the destabilising influence of militants linked to al-Qaeda.
The posters in Riyadh show the destruction in the wake of a suicide attack in the capital.
The slogan in large red letters reads: "Our religion condemns such acts."
Repentant militants talk on television about how happy they are to be on the right path again and a jingle on a programme about Islam asks:
"People of the world, do you know the truth about Islam? Or do you think it is about bombing things and killing innocent people?"
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