German Official: Saudis Should Stop Funding Fundamentalist Mosques

Germany's vice chancellor says Saudi Arabia runs the risk of alienating its Western allies because the Saudis continue to support fundamentalist mosques around the world. He says such mosques serve as breeding grounds for extremism. Sigmar Gabriel, in an interview published Sunday in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, said "From Saudi Arabia, Wahhabi mosques are financed throughout the world," referring to a strict form of Sunni Islam. "In Germany, many Islamists...

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