KUWAIT CITY, 19 December 2002 — Saudi Arabia has deported several members of the Muslim Brotherhood which is trying to destabilize the Kingdom, Interior Minister Prince Naif said in an interview published yesterday.
Prince Naif told Arab Times that the group has been working to undermine the Saudi leadership. "They have politicized Islam to serve their motives and many of them exploited Islam as a cover to destabilize and disintegrate the nation," he told the Kuwait-based daily.
"Saudi Arabia recently deported some movement members to their countries after they tried to harm the Kingdom, both secretly and openly," Prince Naif said.
It was the second time in several weeks that Prince Naif has lashed out against the Muslim Brotherhood, which has branches across the Islamic world and advocates the creation of an Islamic state through peaceful means. He said last month: "All our problems come from the Muslim Brotherhood. We have given too much support to this group ... The Muslim Brotherhood has destroyed the Arab world."
Among the Muslim Brotherhood’s branches are Jordan’s main parliamentary opposition group, the Islamic Action Front and Hamas. It is also the main opposition force in Egyptian politics, but is officially banned there. (AFP).
