Their argument is that their actions are predominantly good, but the media focuses on the few bad things done by some of their members.

Let’s take, for example, the claim of one of those members, who stated that 80 percent of Saudis with a scholarship in the UK consumed alcohol.

Since alcohol is the mother of all sins, the conclusion can be made that other sins are committed. Indeed, nothing can prevent a drunken person from committing sins, as his mind is absent. Therefore, students are not studying, and sending students on a scholarship is the mother of all disasters.

Another Haia member claimed that he had received certain news of a Saudi female student on a scholarship accompanied by her brother.

According to him, the brother became a drug addict. Soon after, she also became one. It reached a level where they slept with each other under the influence of drugs. This is an example of news with no evidence or source.

People who come with such news should provide evidence of their claims, or they should remain silent about such nonsense. It is not appropriate for people in such positions to rely on Internet rumors and spread stories without authenticating them first.

These people want to demotivate students from going abroad on scholarships. They do not know that their stories won’t affect students who know that they are overreacting and exaggerating. The best evidence of this is the increasing number of students going on scholarships.