# ISIS, Saudi Arabia and the Risks of Using Religion in Politics

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2112352249368248677
- Source account: [@hoopoe_79](https://x.com/hoopoe_79)
- Source language: Arabic
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:22
- Published: 2026-10-20
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics) Let me get back to داعش. You say I told you people interpret your writings to mean that Saudi Arabia is operating in Iraq to counter Iran, and so on.

[0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=10) In other words, this leads us to say that داعش is a creation, a creation of Saudi intelligence or a Saudi creation.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=18) All that is possible because politics is a game, and everyone uses the cards they hold in this game.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=26) I swear, if I found داعش useful today, I might use it, and I have the right, as a state, to do so. But what I always say is to warn of the consequences afterward. For example, when we cite an example, we cite Afghanistan.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=42) Afghanistan, al-Qaeda. Who created it in the beginning? Al-Qaeda's ideology.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=45) Osama bin Laden. Who created him in the beginning? The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, quite simply.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=51) Why? Because it was the Cold War at that time.

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=54) The Soviet Union was there. So there were political cards in play.

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=58) The question is not whether you have the right or not to play the political card, but You must think about what comes after playing this card.

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/1QOGMXd69fYS/en/isis-saudi-arabia-and-the-risks-of-using-religion-in-politics?t=68) The religion card is a powerful political card, but it is a double-edged sword. You can use it, and it can be used against you, so you must think about getting out before getting in. That makes sense.