Egypt/Saudi Arabia – Significant Percent View “Duty” to Financially Support Jihad
UPI: “Funding for jihad troubling, scholar says”
– UPI reports: “More than 35 percent of Egyptians and Saudis interviewed in a recent survey considered it their duty to back regional mujahedin financially, a scholar notes.”
– “Private polling of Egyptian and Saudi citizens reveals trends regarding the public sentiment toward jihadi groups like al-Qaida.”
– “Pollock adds that while many of the respondents said they did not support al-Qaida, more than 40 percent said they assumed other Muslim communities did support the group’s militant message.”
– “He notes that while public support for radical Islam is dwindling, the perception that financial assistance is an obligation is troubling.”