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To: Chispas who wrote (42582)12/11/2005 8:24:48 PM
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Saudis tackle extremism through medium of TV
A ground-breaking television series in which repentant radical Islamists reveal what they call the "deceit of jihad" is captivating Saudi Arabia, the kingdom that produced 15 of the September 11 plane hijackers.

The five-part series, Deceit in the Name of Jihad, is being aired in prime time on Saudi state television and the satellite channel, Al Arabiya. It includes interviews with Saudis who claim to have fought alongside Muslim fanatics in Afghanistan and Iraq before realising they had been "brainwashed" by al-Qaeda recruiters.

The show is the most dramatic example of the about-face by Saudi authorities who, after years of sweeping aside fears over locally bred terrorism, are tackling the issue head-on.
The participation of so many Saudis in the September 11 2001 attacks on America, followed by the kingdom's violent two-year battle with domestic terrorists, has persuaded authorities to bring the campaign against extremism to the television screen.

news.telegraph.co.uk
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