Hezbollah: Riyadh helping Daesh expansion

Saudi Arabia is responsible for the expansion of Daesh terrorist group in the region, a senior Hezbollah official said Saturday.

"The Saudi policies are responsible for the spread of the Daesh terrorist group," Deputy Head of Hezbollah's Executive Council Sheikh Nabil Qaouk said in a seminar at the Islamic Foundation for Education in Beirut, the Daily Star reported.

He further said that the Saudi regime is “supporting the barbarian Takfiri" group and allowing the extremist organization to expand across continents and countries.

Riyadh has reportedly spent $100 billion to nurture Wahhabism throughout the world, which is directly responsible for the rise of such terror networks as the Daesh Takfiri group that have been wreaking havoc in several countries, mainly Iraq and Syria.

Takfirism, or the practice of accusing others of being “infidels,” is a characteristic of Wahhabism, the radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia and freely espoused by the country’s clerics.

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