Saeed Al-Suraihi
Okaz
NONE of our children would have thrown themselves into destruction if it was not for these organized campaigns by preachers who have deviated from the right path and in the process brainwashed our youth to fight.
Our young children left for these troubled areas thinking that they were going for jihad and to give aid and protect the oppressed while these preachers remained where they are, enjoying a comfortable life with their children and grandchildren.
They did not allow their children and grandchildren to fight in these war-torn areas and none of them died in the fields of jihad. They stood behind microphones giving lectures from five-star hotels and flying first class to convince others to fight.
None of our children would have gone to these war-torn areas if there were no gangs in that country to receive them and then introduce them to death. Our country is sad to see our youth leaving the peaceful life in this country and fighting in battles without knowing who started them.
They are fighting a battle in which they are totally ignorant about its target and goals. When their hands are stained with blood, the world and even the countries they were fighting to liberate its people consider them terrorists.
Those who left our country to fight in conflict areas have no excuse and they should be accountable for their actions because God gave them a brain to think.
They should have discovered that the call for jihad in that country was fake.
Those who left for these areas should understand what their fathers, mothers and families felt when they left. They should have done jihad toward their parents by providing them with comfortable living.
It was very important to punish preachers who are calling on our youth to fight battles in foreign lands. These punishments will give them a chance to think and to discover how fake these preachers and the gangs that lead them to death are.
If they cannot realize this, then staying in prison is safer and better than following the illusion of these preachers.
