| Committee For The Defense Of Legitimate Rights |
Article Index for Committee For |
Website Links For Committee |
Information AboutCommittee For The Defense Of Legitimate Rights |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS | |
| organisations based in saudi arabia | |
| 1993 establishments | |
|
Founded in Riyadh by six scholars, the Committee protested political policy through an Islamic critique that advocated greater individual rights. The organization was banned, and its members either left Saudi Arabia or went underground. In 1994 , it was reestablished in London , England led by Mohammad Al-Massari , a physics professor. The group used Internet websites to criticize the ruling family and insisted that Islamic teachings should not support the status quo political setup. It is debated, and perhaps intentionally unclear, whether the group is a human rights advocacy group or an extremist Muslim organization. According to the U.S. Department of State's report on human rights in Saudi Arabia in 1997, "Al-Masari expressed the CDLR's 'understanding' of two fatal terrorist bombings of American military facilities In 1995 and 1996 and sympathy for the perpetrators". Although blacklisted in the US and many EU countries, the CDLR is not listed in any US list of terrorist groups. REFERENCE |
|
|