With its indoor swimming pool, sun-splashed patios and uniformed staff, the Saudi complex looks like nothing less than a five-star resort. But it’s actually a rehab centre – for violent jihadists. But the rehab facility, founded in 2004, is one of the centrepieces of Saudi Arabia’s strategy to expunge violent extremism at home. Those who refuse to reform after a minimum stay of three months at the centre are returned to “the judicial process”, Abu Maghayed explains. Abu Maghayed displays one early painting, which he says depicts a gloomy “Guantanamo mentality” – with splashes of orange, the colour of jumpsuits at the infamous prison.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 29, 2017 18:57 UTC