Human rights activists projected "Daesh Bank" on the Saudi Embassy in Berlin in a stunt aimed at highlighting reported financial support for the terrorist organization ISIS from the kingdom.
Pixel Helper, a guerrilla force for "generating moral facts, political art and humanitarian generosity," aimed at serving humanity, posted a Facebook album on Friday with the following caption:
"Saudi Arabia remains one of the largest financial supporters of Al-Qaida, the Taliban, and other terror groups, according to the former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009. 15 of the 19 attackers from September 11, 2001 were from Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, it is estimated from different government agencies that 3,000 to 4,000 young Saudis in Syria are on the path to holy war, most of whom are in the ranks of the black commandos of the Islamic State."
The caption continues, "the United States and the European Union have known for a long time that the crowned leaders of Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia are turning a blind eye when wealthy citizens, Salifist foundations, and mosques finance Sunni holy wars, so that they can fight against Bashar al-Assad in Syria and Nuri al-Maliki in Iraq.
"Both Arab regimes have long been opponents of the Sunni emirs and kings in the Gulf because they are dominated by Shiites and maintain close contact with the arch-enemy Iran."
Organized by artist Oliver Bienkowski, the "guerrilla light project" also called for the release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was first arrested in 2012 for “insulting Islam through electronic channels” on his website, Saudi Free Liberals Forum. He received a sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes.
It is not the first time Saudi Arabia has been accused of being involved with ISIS. Back in 2013, BBC asked if Saudi Arabia was to blame for the rise of ISIS, and had five experts give their opinion on the matter.
Saudi Arabia has long fought these accusations.
In 2015, the country announced an Islamic anti-terrorism coalition, which will coordinate efforts to fight against extremists in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan, according to the BBC .