No elected party in Bangladesh has confronted Saudi Arabia or resisted its questionable funding and breeding of terrorism for fear of the Saudi government’s expulsion of Bangladeshi migrant workers. Bangladesh has millions of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, who play a vital role in that country’s economy with billions of dollars returning to Bangladesh.

“To be sure, Saudi Arabia cannot be held directly liable for much of the expression of supremacism, intolerance, and anti-pluralism in the Muslim world,” Asia commentator Dr. James M. Dorsey said in a recent piece at Modern Diplomacy. “Yet, by the same token there is little doubt that Saudi propagation of ultra-conservatism frequently contributed to an enabling environment.”