They knew nothing of hardship and the comfort of Allah’s blessing. Instead, they took their comfort from palaces, Western whores, and bottles of forbidden liquor that cost more than many of their subjects earned in a year. Islam was just a convenience to them. Like Christianity in the West, it was something to be played at when useful. If there was anything that could surpass the Americans’ thirst for oil, it was the Saudi royalty’s thirst for wealth and power.
