Full text of the communique issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry on proscribed organisations

09 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor

 Full text of the communique issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry:

As per Royal Decree number A / 44 dated 3/4/1435H which orders in paragraph four the formation of a committee composed of representatives of the Ministry of Interior; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wah & Guidance; the Ministry of Justice; the Court for Grievances; and the Department of Investigations and Public Prosecution, whose task would be to prepare a list, to be updated regularly, of the currents and groups referred to in paragraph 2 (1) of the decree, to be submitted for approval, the Ministry of Interior would like to explain that the said committee has met, deliberated the matter and submitted to his Majesty its proposal that the list should include any Saudi national or non-Saudi resident of the kingdom who perpetrates any of the following:

1) Preaching any atheistic thought in whatever form or casting doubt on the unchangeable principles of Islam upon which this country has been founded;

2) Whoever rebels against the covenant he pledged to the rulers of this country or whoever pledges homage to any party or organisation or current or group or individual whether local or foreign;

3) Participating in or calling for or inciting combat in any conflict zone in other countries or whoever issues a fatwa to that effect;

4) Whoever supports organisations or groups or currents or groupings or parties, or whoever manifests affiliation to any of these or expresses sympathy with any of them or promotes any of them or convenes meetings under their umbrella whether inside or outside the Kingdom. This includes participating in all forms of media, whether audio or print or video, and in social media networks of all forms and types, audio, print and video, and in internet websites by reporting or re-transmitting any of their contents in whatever format, or the use of the slogans or emblems of these groups and currents or the use of any such symbols that my express support for them or sympathy with them;

5) Donating to or supporting financially or materially the organisations or currents or terrorist or extremist groups or providing shelter for someone affiliated to them or promoting them inside or outside the kingdom;

6) Contacting or communicating with any of the groups, currents or individuals deemed hostile to the Kingdom;

7) Loyalty to a foreign country or associating with it or communicating with it with the objective of undermining the unity, stability or security of the Kingdom or its people;

8) Seeking to destabilise the social matrix and national unity, or calling for or participating in or promoting or inciting people to take part in protests or demonstrations or assemblies or joint statements under whatever pretext and in whatever format or in whatever means that undermines the unity and stability of the Kingdom;

9) Attending conferences or symposia or assemblies whether locally or internationally that target the security or stability of the country and stir up sedition within society;

10) Abuse of other states and their leaders;

11) Inciting other states or associations or international organisations against the Kingdom;

The Ministry of Interior would like to point out that His Majesty has approved these proposals and that Royal Decree number 16820 dated 5/5/1435H has been issued endorsing them. The implementation of these rules will begin as of Sunday 8/5/1435H which corresponds to the 9th of March 2014 CE. Whoever violates these rulings in whatever form or shape as of this date will be prosecuted and punished for all his past and present violations. His Majesty instructed that whoever is taking part in combat activities outside the Kingdom in whatever form will be given a 15 days ultimatum starting from the date of the communique to reconsider and return soon to their homeland. We pray that God may guide them back to their senses.
The Ministry of Interior attaches to this first list of parties, groups and currents covered by this communique those that call themselves any of the following: Alqaeda Organisation, Alqaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Organisation, Alqaeda Organisation in Yemen, Alqaeda Organisation in Iraq, Daesh (The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant), Al-Nusrah Front, Hezbollah inside the Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia), The Muslim Brotherhood Group, Al-Huthy Group. It should be known that this would apply to any organisation that is similar to any of these organisations in thought, discourse or action and to all the groups or currents listed in UN Security Council and other international organisations terrorism list or known to have been involved in terrorism and the use of violence.

The Ministry will update this list regularly in accordance with the Royal decree. All are urged to adhere fully to this. The Ministry would like to stress, in the meantime, that there would be no tolerance shown toward any person committing any of the above mentioned violations.

We pray to God Almighty to guide everyone. We would like to remind that God Almighty says: "God is forgiving for those who repent and do well after having been wrong."

First and foremost, it is God that is the provider of success.

Link:   https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/10189-full-text-of-the-communique-issued-by-the-saudi-interior-ministry-on-proscribed-organisations.