SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN MEDINA
The suicide bombings in Medina,
the second holiest shrine of Islam, on 4th of July has indeed brought the spectra
of radical Islam full circle for the SAUDIS.
Having spawned Islamic radicalism
and funded terrorists for more than two decades now, it was but a matter of
time that the radicals bit the very hand that fed them.
The SAUDIS have been doing a balancing act
for far too long to be able to sustain it endlessly- maintaining a close
relationship with the US on one hand, and secretly funding the jihadist on the
other, was always mutually incompatible. It has become even more so, with the Islamic state taking their fight to altogether
new levels of barbarianism.
The attack was also meant to
direct two significant missives at the world. One, the attack was planned in
the holy month of Ramadan, and two, it was carried out on the 4th of July.
Coinciding
with the AMERICAN Independence Day, it was evidently symbolic of the Islamic
state’s fight against the global hegemon. That it was done during Ramadan was
clearly a challenge to traditional Islam’s view of a month of spirituality and
penance by the IS, trying to superimpose its own
interpretation of the scriptures, portraying Ramadan as a month of plunder and
conquest.
Despite all the best efforts of
the countries aligned against the IS, there is yet much of a palpable fight
left. Equally, for the SAUDIS, the proverbial chickens have come
home to roost.
BY VISHAKHA AMITABH HOSKOTE via Eurasia Review
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