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The Monster in the Backyard: Why Saudi-funded extremism in Southeast Asia will eventually turn on the Saudi Royals.

The Core Idea:

For the last 30 years, Saudi Arabia spent billions of dollars "buying" the hearts and minds of people in Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Malaysia). They wanted to replace the local, relaxed version of Islam with their own strict, "Arab-style" version. Now, that plan is backfiring in the most dangerous way possible.

​1. The "Arab Wannabe" Factory

Starting in the 1990s, Saudi money flooded our region. They built schools, printed textbooks, and paid for preachers to teach a very specific, hardline brand of religion. They convinced a whole generation that to be a "good" Muslim, you had to act, dress, and think like someone from the Saudi desert, while abandoning your own local culture.

​2. The Big Switch

While Southeast Asia was getting more radical and strict, Saudi Arabia itself started to change. Under their new leadership, they are now trying to modernize. They are opening cinemas, hosting concerts, and moving away from the very same hardline rules they forced on everyone else for decades.

​3. The Student Becomes the Judge

Here is where it gets messy. The people in Southeast Asia who were "brainwashed" by the old Saudi funding now see the current Saudi Royals as traitors.

​To a radicalized person in Indonesia or Malaysia, the Saudis aren't "holy" anymore—they look like "sell-outs" who are abandoning the religion.

​The people who were taught to be "more Arab than the Arabs" now believe they are the true protectors of the faith, and they see the Saudi Royal family as the enemy.

​4. The Circle of Revenge

History shows us that when you teach people to be extremists, you can’t control them forever. Saudi Arabia funded the very people who now want to dethrone them.

​The Saudi Royals claimed they were the leaders of the Muslim world because they were the "purest."

​Now, the radical groups they created are using that same "purity test" against them. They want to "purify" the holy cities of Mecca and Medina from the very family that funded their schools.

​The Conclusion:

Saudi Arabia spent billions to create a global army of followers, but they ended up creating a global army of critics. The "Arabized" radicals in our region are now a loaded gun pointed back at the people who bought the bullets.

​History is repeating itself: the person who pays for the fire eventually gets burned by it.

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u/e_acc_ — 4 days ago

The Rafah crossing has basically turned into a massive shakedown operation where human desperation is a gold mine. If you want to get out of Gaza alive, you’ve got to pay a "coordination fee" that’s basically a bribe on steroids.

u/e_acc_ — 6 days ago

because maling muhammad was a sex maniac (as per hadith below) and our culture bodoh implement FGM our people forgot we have our own "kamasutra"

Assmaragama and Dharma Sanggama

enjoy ladies, there is no shame, it is natural

for a man to have sex with 11 women in 1 night, that's crazy AF and unnatural

Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 268 (Chapter on Ghusl).

Arabic Matan (Text)

>حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدُورُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ، وَهُنَّ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ أَوَكَانَ يُطِيقُهُ قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّهُ أُعْطِيَ قُوَّةَ ثَلاَثِينَ

Terjemahan Bahasa Malaysia

>"Bahawa Nabi SAW pernah mempergilirkan (mendatangi) isteri-isterinya dalam satu waktu pada waktu malam dan siang, sedangkan jumlah mereka adalah sebelas orang."

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u/e_acc_ — 7 days ago

Tl;Dr: sports wear as per picture not suitable for sports and tropical climate

Cognitive dissonance

Nudity is natural

Smoking cigarette is unnatural

Make it make sense

Bahasa Arab (Matan):

صِنْفَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ لَمْ أَرَهُمَا... وَنِسَاءٌ كَاسِيَاتٌ عَارِيَاتٌ مُمِيلاَتٌ مَائِلاَتٌ رُءُوسُهُنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْمَائِلَةِ لاَ يَدْخُلْنَ الْجَنَّةَ وَلاَ يَجِدْنَ رِيحَهَا

(Sahih Muslim, 2128)

Bahasa Malaysia:

"Ada dua golongan ahli neraka yang belum pernah aku lihat... (salah satunya) wanita-wanita yang berpakaian tetapi telanjang, yang berjalan berlenggok-lenggok dan cenderung kepada maksiat. Kepala mereka seperti punuk unta yang senget. Mereka tidak akan masuk syurga dan tidak akan mencium baunya."

Bahasa Arab (Matan):

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِالنِّسَاءِ، وَالْمُتَشَبِّهَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِالرِّجَالِ

(Sahih Bukhari, 5885)

Bahasa Malaysia:

"Rasulullah ﷺ melaknat lelaki yang menyerupai wanita dan wanita yang menyerupai lelaki."

u/e_acc_ — 8 days ago

unbelievable, it is not about believing anymore, i am experiencing it, it is happening "the law of accelerating return" as i am typing right now agents are doing my assignment/task/work

i dont even have to blink

i dont know if any of you murtads are living in May 2026 and this is not even cuttting edge, this is stable and in production

i think the government will try to ban this, i think kerja kerajaan 90% no longer needed but of course kerajaan will not allow that to happen

that is due to social stability and money

but to enforce islamic doctrine... i dont think this will last (trying to force islamic worldview into muslim where things change weekly - currently and soon daily)

fatwas will be reactive and what the ustaz and mufti talks about today will need to change next week or next month, this pattern will keep repeating and eventually muslim realize it is just men made shit as islam is not able to keep up

in indonesia, there is a huge hijrah movement but underneath of those noise, so many youth notice it is all men made

they just do it for performative reasons

maybe budak-budak murtad celik akai tangni kenai apa angpa kata

curhat aja doang

u/e_acc_ — 9 days ago

TL;DR: Kalau krisis atau perang kat Selat Hormuz berpanjangan, imej dan soft power Arab Teluk akan makin turun, dan orang akan nampak yang Iran ni bukan model yang sama macam negara Arab Gulf. orang akan nampak iran/parsi superior dari arab. bila orang melayu jadi syiah kau boleh spin kata syiah haram dan akan ada chaos dan ruang untuk kekeliruan so peluang murtad akan lebih naik secara rasmi

Trump buat silap besar bila dia anggap Iran dengan dunia Arab tu semua benda sama. Padahal memang tak sama langsung. Ramai orang pun buat silap ni, termasuk orang dalam family aku sendiri. Bila dengar “Middle East” atau “Islamic Golden Age”, terus ingat itu semua kejayaan Arab. Tapi bagi aku, sejarah dia lagi complicated dari tu.

Pandangan aku simple je: zaman kegemilangan Islam tu bukan digerakkan oleh Arab saja, malah bukan semestinya majoritinya Arab dari segi bangsa pun. Memang betul bahasa utama masa tu ialah Arabic, dan Islam jadi rangka bersama, tapi ramai pemikir besar, saintis, dan pentadbir penting datang dari latar belakang Parsi dan Asia Tengah.

Sebab tu banyak benda zaman tu dilabel “Arabic” walaupun ramai tokoh besarnya bukan Arab asal pun. Arabic jadi bahasa ilmu, bahasa kerajaan, dan bahasa agama. So kalau kau nak naik, nak ada nama, nak pengaruh, memang kau kena masuk sistem tu dan guna bahasa tu. Maksudnya, muka depan dia Arabic, tapi idea dan otak belakang tabir tu tak semestinya Arab.

Kalau tengok nama-nama besar, ramai datang dari dunia Parsi dan Asia Tengah. Al-Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, Al-Razi — semua ni contoh besar. Malah Sibawayh, tokoh penting dalam tatabahasa Arab pun, orang Parsi. Kerajaan Abbasiyah pun banyak bergantung pada cara pentadbiran Parsi dan keluarga macam Barmakid.

Sebab tu Baghdad jadi pusat besar. Empayar tu mungkin bermula dengan penaklukan dan peluasan kuasa Arab, tapi untuk betul-betul urus negara, bina ilmu, dan jalankan sistem dengan kemas, mereka banyak pinjam dan guna asas yang lebih lama dari tamadun Parsi.

Bagi aku, pattern ni masih relevan sampai hari ni. Negara Gulf macam Dubai dan Saudi memang ada duit, glamour, bangunan moden, dan nama besar. Tapi banyak kejayaan mereka bergantung pada tenaga kerja import, kepakaran luar, consultant asing, dan talent luar negara. Mereka memang kuat dari segi duit dan presentation, tapi itu tak sama dengan ada kapasiti ilmu dan teknikal yang betul-betul dibina dari dalam negara sendiri.

Iran lain sikit. Tak kisahlah orang suka atau tak suka kerajaan dia, negara tu ada asas tamadun yang jauh lebih lama, dan ada tradisi ilmu, engineering, dan kesinambungan negara yang lebih dalam. Dia ada depth dalaman yang ramai orang luar tak nampak atau tak nak akui.

So point aku senang je: jangan samakan semua benda dalam Middle East macam satu model yang sama. Negara Arab, monarki Gulf, Iran, dan dunia Parsi ni semua datang dari sejarah, struktur, dan kekuatan yang berbeza. Cerita biasa yang kata Islamic Golden Age tu mainly sebab “Arab greatness” semata-mata memang terlalu simple.

Pendek kata, muka luar dia mungkin Arabic, tapi banyak foundation intelektual yang lebih dalam tu datang dari tempat lain. Dan beza ni masih penting sampai sekarang — especially bila krisis macam Selat Hormuz buat orang nampak siapa ada real internal strength, dan siapa cuma nampak kuat sebab duit dan branding.

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u/e_acc_ — 12 days ago