The Role of Community Institutions and Universities in Combating Terrorism

Question:
Perhaps this is our last question, Your Excellency the Shaykh. This questioner asks: This blessed state, with all its sectors, plays a major role in combating terrorism, especially those working in the security and military sectors. What role can community institutions and universities, in particular, play toward this category that is dear to our hearts?

Answer:
There is no doubt that every Muslim is a security officer, as His Highness Prince Nayif (may Allah have mercy on him) said: every believer is a security officer in this land. So the matter is not limited to the officials. Every person has an obligation toward his brothers, toward his children, and toward his society to be a good, reforming member of this society. And if people’s efforts were to cooperate, and if there were a meeting between neighbors and the people of the town to discuss problems and study solutions for them, it would be in...