Title:
VIOLENT NON STATE ACTORS: COMPARISON BETWEEN EGYPT AND SAUDI ARABIA

Authors:
Omar Khalfan , Egypt

Abstract:
Both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, [KSA] and the Arab Republic of Egypt, [ARE] are known to have a portion of their societies, although minority, they are very vibrant in Islamic religious thinking and preach to spread their radical approach. This paper is set to highlight violent nonstate actors in both countries [KSA-ARE]. There is a number of Shia and Sunni Muslims who have endorsed ‘’radical’’ political Islam ideology rather than liberal views which they consider a Western thinking style, and thus unwelcome in their societies. Islam as other religions, teaches peace and reconciliation among people(s); but there are a number of people(s) in Muslim societies who endorsed radical Islam among Wahhabi, Salafist, Sunni and Shia Muslims; and this started in early stages in some of the Quranic schools ‘’Madrasah2 ’’ in which kids are taught about Islam with radical approach by interpreting Islamic studies with traditionalist views. Both Egypt and Saudi Arab work to counter this Islamic radical approach; but sometimes with a method that abuses human rights