Saudi Arabia finances fundamentalist mosques abroad accused of breeding extremism

German vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warned against alienating Saudi Arabia, a crucial player in the bid to end the Syrian war, with too much criticism.

German vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warned against alienating Saudi Arabia, a crucial player in the bid to end the Syrian war, with too much criticism.

From Saudi Arabia, Wahhabi mosques are financed throughout the world,” said Gabriel.

“In Germany many extremists considered dangerous persons emerge from these communities,” He added.

Gabriel, head of the Centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), urged decisive steps in Germany against radical mosques associated with Wahhabism.

Wahhabism provided the “complete ideology of Daesh and contributes in other countries to a radicalization of moderate Muslims,” he said, adding that “this is something we don’t need and don’t want in Germany”.