Naib Canselor Jerman dan Menteri Ekonomi
Sigmar Gabriel (German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel) ©
Stefanie Loos/Reuters
nUSANTARa - Jerman
telah secara terbuka memberi amaran kepada Arab Saudi terhadap pembiayaan banyak
radikal agama di peringkat global. Permintaan Jerman Naib Canselor Sigmar
Gabriel untuk mengurangkan wang mengalir ke Wahabi datang sebagai beberapa ahli
parlimen adalah menjadi lesu masjid radikal yang dibiayai Arab Saudi.
Gabriel
menegaskan bahawa rejim Saudi telah membiayai masjid terkenal dengan radikal
penduduk Islam, termasuk di pelbagai masyarakat di Eropah.
"Kita
perlu menjelaskan kepada Arab Saudi bahawa masa memalingkan berakhir,"
kata Gabriel, Timbalan Merkel dan ketua Demokrat Sosial (SPD), kepada akhbar
Bild am Sonntag. "Masjid Wahabi di seluruh DUNIA dibiayai oleh Arab Saudi.
Banyak gerakan Islam yang merupakan ancaman kepada keselamatan awam datang dari
komuniti ini di Jerman."
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Fahaman
Wahabi adalah versi ketat Sunni Islam yang merupakan agama rasmi negara
ultra-konservatif Arab Saudi. Ia juga dikatakan berada di belakang Negara Islam
(IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) dan ideologi pelampau Al-Qaeda. Arab Saudi
mempunyai sejarah sentiasa menyokong pembinaan masjid Wahabi di seluruh DUNIA
untuk membantu keuntungan populariti mazhab.
Sebagai
tindak balas, Kedutaan Arab Saudi di Berlin berkata dalam satu kenyataan bahawa
negara mahu melawan radikal daripada golongan belia. "Seperti Germany,
kita adalah sebahagian daripada gabungan Negeri anti-Islam dan memerangi
sebelah menyebelah melawan keganasan," katanya.
Tuduhan
terhadap Arab Saudi telah wujud untuk beberapa waktu, tetapi ia jarang berlaku
bagi seorang ahli politik Barat untuk bersuara menentangnya, sebagai Negara
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‘Time
of looking away over’: Germany warns Saudi Arabia to stop funding radical
Islamists
Germany
has publicly warned Saudi Arabia against further financing religious radicals
globally. German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel’s demand to cut money flowing
to the Wahhabis comes as some lawmakers are growing weary of Saudi-funded
radical mosques.
Gabriel
stressed that the Saudi regime has been funding mosques known for radicalizing
the Muslim population, including in various communities in Europe.
“We have to make clear to the Saudis that the time
of looking away is over,” Mr
Gabriel, Merkel’s deputy and the head of the Social Democrats (SPD), told Bild
am Sonntag newspaper. “Wahhabi
mosques all over the world are financed by Saudi Arabia. Many Islamists who are
a threat to public safety come from these communities in Germany.”
Wahhabism
is a strict version of Sunni Islam that is the official religion of the
ultra-conservative state of Saudi Arabia. It is also said to be behind Islamic
State’s (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Al-Qaeda’s extremist ideologies. The
Saudis have historically always supported the building of Wahhabi mosques
around the world to help the sect gain popularity.
In
response, the Saudi Arabian embassy in Berlin said in a statement that the nation
wants to fight the radicalization of youths. “Like Germany, we are part of the anti-Islamic State coalition and
fighting side by side against terror,” it said.
The
allegations against Saudi Arabia have been around for some time, but it is rare
for a Western politician to speak out against it, as the Gulf State remains a
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Media
Jerman telah dikritik Saudi Raja Salman untuk mencadangkan bahawa 200 masjid
dibina untuk pelarian Syria datang ke Jerman. Isu ini mendapat lebih
pengiktirafan sebagai Arab Saudi telah menolak untuk menerima mana-mana
pelarian dari Syria.
Penolakan
menghairankan terbuka dasar-dasar Arab datang selepas agensi perisikan asing
(BND) laporan Jerman mendakwa bahawa hubungan luar Riyadh ini boleh menjadi
satu kuasa yang menggugat kestabilan utama di dunia Arab.
Sejurus
selepas laporan itu dikeluarkan, kerajaan Canselor Jerman Angela Merkel cuba
untuk mencipta beberapa jarak antara analisis BND dan garis dasar luar rasmi.
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Walau
bagaimanapun, komen Gabriel mendedahkan bahawa kerajaan sedang mengambil hasil
laporan itu dengan serius.
"Sudah
tentu kita perlu Arab Saudi untuk menyelesaikan konflik di rantau ini,"
kata Gabriel. "Kami tidak boleh dan tidak boleh mengabaikan negara ini.
Dan ia tidak membantu untuk memasukkannya ke dalam mengumumkan kesalahan setiap
hari, kerana itu tidak akan meningkatkan kesediaannya untuk rundingan serius ke
atas Syria."
Gabriel
dikenali kerana lantang. Ketika melawat Riyadh pada awal tahun ini, beliau
memberi ucapan dalam menyokong Raif Badawi, seorang blogger Saudi, yang dihukum
1000 sebatan kerana menghina Islam. Selain itu, Gabriel bertanggungjawab
menyekat satu perjanjian untuk membina sebuah kilang senjata Jerman di Arab
Saudi.
Kejutan
Iraq lawatan Menteri Luar Jerman itu
Sementara
itu, Menteri Luar Jerman Frank-Walter Steinmeier tiba ke Baghdad awal hari ini
untuk menghadiri mesyuarat dengan kerajaan Iraq, agensi DPA dilaporkan. Lawatan
itu tidak diumumkan kerana "masalah keselamatan."
Steinmeier
berkata bahawa Jerman adalah berdiri di Iraq "pada zaman benar-benar sukar
dan bergelora." Ia dijangka bahawa pegawai itu akan menyatakan sokongan ke
Iraq dalam memerangi Negara Islam (IS).
The
German media has heavily criticized Saudi King Salman for proposing that 200
mosques be built for the Syrian refugees coming to Germany. This issue gained
more traction as Saudi Arabia has refused to accept any refugees from Syria.
The
surprisingly open disapproval of Saudi policies comes after a German foreign intelligence
agency (BND) report claiming that Riyadh’s foreign relations could be a major
destabilizing force in the Arab world.
Immediately
after the report was released, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government
attempted to create some distance between the BND analysis and official foreign
policy line.
However,
Gabriel’s comments reveal that the government is taking the report’s findings
seriously.
“Of course we need Saudi Arabia to solve the
conflicts in the region,” Gabriel
said. “We cannot and must not
ignore the country. And it does not help to put it in the pillory every day,
because that won’t increase its readiness for serious negotiations over Syria.”
Gabriel
is known for being outspoken. When visiting Riyadh earlier this year, he gave a
speech in support of Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger, who was sentenced to 1,000
lashes for insulting Islam. Moreover, Gabriel was responsible for blocking an
agreement to build a German arms factory in Saudi Arabia.
German
foreign minister’s surprise Iraq visit
Meanwhile,
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived to Baghdad early Monday
to a meeting with the Iraqi government, DPA agency reported. The visit had not
been announced because of “security
concerns.”
Steinmeier
said that Germany is standing by Iraq “in truly difficult and stormy times.” It is expected that
the official is going to pledge support to Iraq in the fight against Islamic
State.
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"Kestabilan Iraq adalah sama pentingnya
dengan usaha mencari penyelesaian politik di Syria," kata menteri itu
apabila tiba.
Lawatan itu adalah hari selepas Bundestag Jerman
diluluskan menyertai kempen ketenteraan terhadap IS. Berlin adalah untuk
menghantar jet peninjau, mengisi bahan bakar pesawat, kapal frigat untuk
membantu melindungi pesawat Perancis, dan sehingga 1,200 anggota tentera ke
Syria.
“The stabilization of Iraq is just as important as
the search for a political solution in Syria,” the
minister said upon arriving.
The visit
comes days after Germany’s Bundestag approved joining the military campaign
against IS. Berlin is to send reconnaissance jets, refueling aircraft, a
frigate to help protect the French aircraft carrier, and up to 1,200 military
personnel to Syria.