Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki tells AP that authorities there have received no indication Tashfeen Malik was radicalized in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Turki said Saudi records show she was not a resident of Saudi Arabia and had been to the kingdom only twice in her life. On both trips, she came to visit her family, once in 2008 for several weeks and the second time in 2013 for four months.
Malik and her American-born husband were killed Wednesday in a shootout with police hours after the couple opened fire on a gathering of Syed Rizwan Farook’s colleagues from the San Bernardino County public health department. Fourteen people were killed, dozens were injured.
The Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed Sunday to AP that Malik’s father — Gulzar Ahmed Malik — has been a resident in the kingdom since the early 1980s. However, Saudi laws do not permit authorities to release further details about him since he is not a suspect.
Al-Turki says millions of foreigners work and live in Saudi Arabia, with many enrolling their children in schools in the kingdom. He said he has not heard of any cases of them being radicalized
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No radicals here, we exported them all.
The Wahabis are the dominant sect in Saudi Arabia since an alliance between the mullahs of that sect and the royal family greased the way for the House of Saud to the Kingship. Wahabis are in no way “liberal” or moderate but rather adhere to an austere fundamentalist version of Islam. Many there with money have contributed to terrorist outfits.
This report completely disagrees with other information I have read, such as this story in the NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/world/asia/tashfeen-malik-suspect-in-california-attack-remains-mystery-to-relatives.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
They state she moved to Saudi Arabia as a young child and only returned to Pakistan to go to university. That’s confirmed by relatives in Pakistan. Also, when she got her fiance visa, they had police reports from both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which wouldn’t have been necessary unless she had lived in both countries.
I don’t trust the Saudis as far as I can throw them.
I’m not convinced the Saudi’s are a true ally of the US since they are in fact providing financial support to Isis…so, I don’t think this spokesman statement has any credibility at all.
Nothing matters until President Trump speaks.