Background screening
King Salman, Saudi Arabia’s newly crowned monarch, has a controversial
history of helping to fund radical terror groups and has maintained ties with
several anti-Semitic Muslim clerics known for advocating radical positions,
according to reports and regional experts.
Salman, previously the country’s defense minister and deputy prime
minister, was crowned king last week after his half-brother King Abdullah died
at the age of 90.
While Abdullah served as a close U.S. ally and was considered a reformer by
many, Saudi Arabia has long been criticized by human rights activists for its
treatment of women and its enforcement of a strict interpretation of Islamic
law.
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