Minister of Islamic Affairs makes statement

Riyadh, October 22, SPA -- Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments,
Call and Guidance Sheikh Salih Al Alsheikh has lauded the
comprehensive statement made by Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,
the Interior Minister, to Saudi Press Agency on Monday in which
Prince Naif announced the beginning of the trial of those belonging
to the cells of the Deviant Group.

In the statement, Prince Naif said that in recent years, the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia was a target for an organized terror campaign linked
with people of sedition and corruption abroad; that the campaign
aimed at undermining the country's way of life and economy; that it
advocates chaos and that the campaign has a direct link with the
deviant group which is called 'al-Qaeda'.

In a statement on the occasion, the Minister of Islamic Affairs
hailed Prince Naif's statement which underlined that the unjust
deviant campaign targeted the kingdom which rules by the law of God
and contains the holy sites.

The minister commended efforts by the Ministry of Interior to
confront the deviant group and its destructive acts.