Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ukama hweSaudi Arabia neWestern hwakatanga kukonzera kunetseka kuri kukura pakati pevamwe ve ulema uye vadzidzi vemutemo weSharia uye yaive imwe yenyaya dzakatungamira mukuwedzera kwehugandanga hweIslam muSaudi Arabia, pamwe nekurwiswa kwehugandanga hweIslam munyika dzekuMadokero nevagari veSaudi. Osama bin Laden akanga ari mugari weSaudi (kusvikira abviswa mugari wenyika muna 1994) uye akanga ane mhaka ye 1998 US embassy bombings muEast Africa uye 2000
USS Cole inoputika pedyo nechiteshi chengarava cheAden, Yemen. Vapanduki 15 pa19 vakabatanidzwa mukurwiswa kwaSeptember 11 muNew York City, Washington, D.C., uye pedyo neShanksville, Pennsylvania vaiva zvizvarwa zveSaudi Arabia. VaSaudi vazhinji vakanga vasingatsigiri magandanga echiIslam vakanga vachiri vasingafari zvikuru nemitemo yehurumende.