Questioning the 'Islamic' credentials of Saudi Arabia
B ook: Zionist Conspiracies in the Citadel of Islam Author: Syed Zubair Ahmad Pages: 375 Price: Rs 200 Publisher: Impact Books, Delhi Distributor: New Crescent Publishing Company, Delhi By Amnah Khalid, TwoCircles.net, The role and expectation of Muslims from Saudi Arabia in the current Syrian crisis and the Arab uprising has puzzled many, particularly because the ‘higher status’ it enjoys for being the “Custodians of the two holy Mosques”. The sharp differences between the ‘expected’ role and the one actually being executed were observed by the author of the book under review, while working in the Kingdom, that became the driving force for writing the book in Urdu, which English translation in also now out. Although a personal account, Zionist Conspiracies in the Citadel of Islam by Syed Zubair Ahmed clearly identifies the “clash and conflict” of Islamic values, the use of political Islam, Westernization in the Islamic state against the claim of Custodian of the holy mosqu