The clerics who signed the online statement showed strong sectarian and anti-Christian language reflects mounting anger among many Saudis over Russian and Iranian involvement, but not mentioned Saudi and Persian Gulf countries in Syria's war.
Russia last week started airstrikes against Syrian opposition targets that it describes as aimed at weakening ISIS, a move Riyadh has denounced. The clerics' statement compared it to the Soviet Union's 1980 invasion of Afghanistan, which prompted an international jihad. They forgot the invasion of US in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2001 and 2003.
"The holy warriors of Syria are defending the whole Islamic nation. Trust them and support them," the statement said.
Riyadh, along with Turkey and other Persian Gulf states, is a main supporter of terrorists fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad, backed by Iran and Russia, but it is also worried about the rise of terrorist groups such as ISIS among the opposition.
Saudi jets have joined so called airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, while the government has increased its supports of the terrorist groups this year.
source : abna24
