RIYADH: The family of Osama Bin Laden in the Kingdom has renounced him and the country has nothing to do with him because it had revoked his citizenship a long time ago, said Prince Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Minister of Interior, who is also Honorary President of the Saudi Alzheimer Disease Association. The Prince made these remarks in a press statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) after attending a meeting of the association's General Assembly Tuesday night. In reply to a question about the body of the late Al-Qaeda leader, the Prince said: “I have no official information in this matter. Osama Bin Laden has not been a Saudi for a long time. We are not concerned directly about this matter. His family is in the Kingdom. They are the ones suffering from what he has done. The family has renounced him and his works.” Asked whether there was an Al-Qaeda presence in the Kingdom, Prince Ahmad said: “According to … our information, we do not have an Al-Qaeda presence. As I said evil is receding, I do not think that anyone who says there is no God but Allah and Muhammad (peace be upon him) is His Messenger, desires evil for people in this country, which is the country of Islam. If the country of Islam, its Muslim people and the Holy Mosque is a target of terrorists who claim to be Muslims, then they deviate from Islam.” He added that suicide bombers were destined to end up in Hell. Earlier Prince Ahmad said that the ministry was working to tackle evil in the country. “One of the tasks of the Ministry of the Interior is to ward off evil, whatever its source might be; and terrorism is no doubt a great evil that must be resisted. We see that terrorism has been receding greatly. We hope that young deviants will renounce evil because those who kill innocents will reside in Hell in the Hereafter. All efforts have been exerted to fight anything detrimental to the security and peace of society.” Meanwhile, Prince Ahmad expressed his pride in the government's efforts to tackle diseases and the establishment of health facilities and charities. He said King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was leading these initiatives.
