Discussion of the political pressures exerted on Algeria during the Gulf Crisis.

The questioner : Algeria is currently going through a suffocating economic crisis, which has opened several doors for it to take money from France, from America, and even from the Gulf states. The government did not agree to military training, even though it is reassured on this front by the Islamic Salvation Front, so that its position does not become clear to the Americans, to Israel, and to the Western countries, so that the diplomatic or economic stance remains intact. In this context, the Saudi state objected to the stance or to the manner in which the Algerian newspapers wrote, and objected to the demonstrations that the people held in the streets, meaning the public opinion. Then an official message came from the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which it justified the public opinion and justified the journalists' statements, saying that this represents only the public opinion and the opinion of the press, while the government's position will come to you through diplomatic channels. That is, the government as a government did not want to clarify its official position, which is the position adopted by the Islamic Salvation Front, and it is a legitimate position in this context. However, it is reassured, and the stance taken by the Front is in its favor. The government is reassured on this front. This is for clarification only.

The Shaykh : What did Kuwait send to your state?

The questioner : Saudi Arabia.

The Shaykh : Saudi Arabia or Kuwaiti? Saudi Arabia.

The questioner : The Gulf states. There are contracts and financial aid.

The Shaykh : Okay, what is behind this? In your opinion.

The questioner : Behind this is that the Algerian government is very reserved on this matter, and it is between the hammer and the anvil, as they say, between the position of the people, which is a legitimate position, and the political diplomatic position, which is in the grip of global Zionist American diplomacy.

The Shaykh : If you permit me, what I fear is that your state will not allow you to engage in this planning that you are coming to. Therefore, I fear what I fear most is that the execution of this planning related to jihad will be the cause of stirring up fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) between the state and the people.

The questioner : Clarification regarding this matter: previous statements, meaning before the Gulf Crisis, the French Minister of Defense said that the French fleet is ready to intervene in Algeria in the event that the Islamic Salvation Front obtains power in Algeria, on the pretext that it is protecting the French community present there. Also, two days before the outbreak of the Gulf Crisis, an American official stated that after Iraq, it is Algeria's turn. This means that the Algerian people must generally be prepared spiritually and physically to face the external situation, especially because the main enemy is the Western American, French, and British enemy, and not the government, as many believe, because the government does not possess the ability to face the entire people.

The Shaykh : O brothers, we do not disagree on the issue of the obligation of training, but all my concern is that this departure in the hundreds and thousands will put your state in a difficult position regarding the political situation I mentioned. This statement supports our viewpoint that you must limit yourselves to only the material aid that can fall under the category of money, whereas going out in such large groups...
Al-Halabi : Even doctors, this is possible.

The Shaykh : Yes, this is possible. But that something... this cannot be hidden at all, especially from these disbelievers who have come to know, through satellites as you know, the details of every country, perhaps even the people of the country are unaware of them. So it cannot be hidden from these disbelievers this departure of thousands of our Algerian brothers who go to jihad in the land of Iraq. This is without a doubt, especially after I heard this observation, that it will put your state in a difficult position politically. It will be forced either to please the people or to please these states. And I do not think that any Arab state today pleases its people, but rather pleases its masters who control them. Therefore, I mean, I am increasingly confident that the aid should be only financial and medical, and not jihad-related, because this will provoke your government before the disbelieving governments. I do not know how you have prepared to handle this problem that the professor is raising now? ... Do not pray for us, stand in rows and be close together.