Bin Laden and those types, Al Qaeda, didn't like the USA on their soil.
Top cleric 'detained by Saudi authorities'
Sheikh Safar al-Hawali had been a prominent critic of American influence in Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Safar al-Hawali (Yemeni Press Agency)
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Saudi Arabia has detained a prominent Islamic scholar, activists said Thursday, in a widening crackdown on dissent in the ultra-conservative kingdom, which is undergoing sweeping economic and social reforms.
Rights campaigners and online activists said Sheikh Safar al-Hawali, a Sunni Islamist scholar and leading figure in Saudi Arabia's Islamic Sahwa reformist movement, had been taken into custody.
They did not give further details about the case of the scholar, who has pushed a line of anti-Americanism and Islamic rule.
Read more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/top-islamist-cleric-detained-saudi-authorities-1156314858
Looks radical indeed.
