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Two recent excerpts from the expatriate Arab-language press, published by MEMRI, show the uphill battle with radical Islamism, given the extremist ideology being inculcated in Saudi youth. While the Saudi government may be making significant efforts to combat terrorism, little is being done to combat it in the educational and religious spheres.  Children are taught by a Wahhabi system to hate infidels for the sake of Allah, and then we see receive reports that some of them have run off to join Al-Qaeda. Sometimes they run to America, where one of the authors (who lives in America) notes conversations with students who support killing apostates.  Others don’t need to import their views to America with them.  They can get educated in these beliefs right at home, courtesy of curriculum exported to America from the homeland.  It would be unreasonable to assume these views will stay in the classroom, or the headspace of the Arab students who bring them.  Rather, they will likely share the things they believe with others, either informally, or in their own roles as educators in the schools, their homes, and their mosques.  These beliefs may not necessarily lead to terrorism.  But, it's an ominous sign when  one in four American Muslim youth support suicide bombings against civilians some of the time. For the full excerpts, click here and here.