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ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 274 • Posted: Friday August 9, 2002  

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BBC, Aug. 8, 2002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2181877.stm
By Magdi Abdelhadi
BBC Arab affairs editor

The Saudi press has launched a vitriolic attack on what it describes as Christian fundamentalism in the United States.

One newspaper, al-Watan, said Christian fundamentalism was no less dangerous to international peace and security than other forms of religious extremism.

The newspapers were responding to reports of a Pentagon briefing during which Saudi Arabia was described as the kernel of evil in the Middle East.

Despite the official statements from Washington and Riyadh that relations between the two countries are as good as ever, the anger in the Saudi press reflects a growing unease in Saudi Arabia about the way the kingdom has been portrayed in the United States since the attacks in September last year.
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One newspaper, Watani, said the international media had concentrated only on Muslim fundamentalism, forgetting that Christian fundamentalism was just as dangerous.

The paper said the influence of Christian extremists in America had increased since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon last year.

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