Another depressing piece in the New York Times today on Saudi ‘missionary’ work in Indonesia. The form of Islam traditionally practiced in Indonesia (often syncretic and relatively tolerant) is very different from the Wahhabi cult practiced in ‘Saudi’ Arabia and yet there are signs that this local tradition is being overwhelmed by the weight of Saudi money pushing, as always, the Saudi agenda of fanaticism and cruelty. If wealthy American Christian evangelicals had used their dollars to evangelize their agenda in this way there would be outrage from the Left. Instead, there is, for the most part, indifference.

One small detail about this Saudi-funded ‘education’ says all that you need to know about its values:

“At Al Irysad, the daily newspapers are displayed on a notice board with all photographs of human faces scratched out – an effort to present the news to the male students without the distraction of pictures, a teacher said.”

Human faces “a distraction”? Human faces “scratched out”? If you want to know how terrorists are created that’s a pretty good place to start.

Disgusting.