Ali Ibrahim, managing editor of Asharq-Alawsat, denounces the suicide bombing attacks on Moscow’s subway systems that occurred earlier this month. The violence of these attacks has come to be commonly associated with Islam, tarnishing Muslims worldwide, despite the disapproval of Muslims towards such actions.

As he denounces the breadth of destruction of these attacks, he points out that the “deviant terrorist ideology” exploits the injustices and grievances of many worldwide.

Ibrahim remarks that these attacks are usually executed by impressionable, angry individuals who are “brainwashed” into carrying them out on someone else’s behalf.

Ibrahim further describes the obvious immorality behind such attacks, as highlights the lack of their political effectiveness in achieving any political or social agenda. The exploitation of what might be a legitimate cause to justify random killings robs people of any legitimacy in having their grievances addressed. Atrocities against civilians are not only immoral, but they engender opposite reactions from those intended by the terrorists, argues Ibrahim.

“While it is true that acts of terrorism result in media attention, this attention is always negative and international public opinion firmly opposes terrorism and killing,” he comments before concluding, “in reality, terrorism only deserves international condemnation and denunciation, as was the case following the Moscow terrorist attack.”

In other news, Al-Arabiya was cited by the Global Times for reporting on a foiled to blast major petroleum facilities in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia arrested 113 individuals believed to have links to Al-Qaeda in Yemen. A 101-strong terrorist network cell as well two six-member cells were dismantled by the Saudi forces, the Dubai-based channel said.