“Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths.” PeopleWantStatesLeaderCriminalsAlsAttackingSaudisPsychopathAttacking Us Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?” MeanDoeMembersShoes Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“It seems people don't read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken. We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism. Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?” PeopleWorldWantFirstsHas BeensCountrySeemsFightingAwarenessMediaTerrorismCampaignsObjectivesIdeologyScholarExtremismOutspoken Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this.” PeopleShouldCodePenaltiesDeath PenaltyArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisLegal System Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system. You cannot impose your values on us, otherwise the world will become the law of the jungle. Every society decides what its laws are, and it's the people who make decisions with regards to these laws.” PeopleWorldShouldLawValuesDecisionRegardJungleLegal System Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you're willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.” PeopleThinkingValuesAcceptingWillingLecturesImposingValue Systems Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time. We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has capital punishment. Iran hangs people and leaves their bodies hanging on cranes. Iran put to death more than a thousand people last year. I don't see EU reporting on it.” PeopleYearsBodyHappensLastsAmericaThousandPunishmentIranLast YearCapital PunishmentLegal SystemHanging OnCranes Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country. It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force. Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence? So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.” ShouldWarCountryGovernmentHappensWantedForceSupportAirHugeWeaponsPossessionHeavyRadicalIranAlsRequestMissilesCoalitionsAir ForceMilitiaDoorstepHezbollahYemenLegitimate Government Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.” InterestSeeingUnstableDevastatedYemen Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development. But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them. The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.” WorldWantShouldHas BeensCountryWholeProblemAbleStepsFocusSecurityDevelopmentWhole WorldRegionsResolveStabilityStep Up Author:Adel al-Jubeir