Spain 'appeased Saudis over Muslim terrorists'

The Spanish government deliberately ignored a mosque known for fundamentalist preachings and frequented by suspects in the Madrid train bombings because the facility was financed by Saudi Arabia, according to an academic expert.

Spanish authorities knew for years that the city’s largest mosque, the Islamic Cultural Centre, adhered to the Wahabi fundamentalist movement sponsored by Saudi Arabia, Islam expert Jesus Nunez told a commission investigating the March 11 bombings yesterday.