(IPT) An organization aimed at fostering democracy in the Arab world will be dedicated to the slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s memory, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) executive director Nihad Awad announced last weekend in an Al-Jazeera interview.
Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, was brutally murdered in early October inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. U.S. intelligence believes the murder was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“Khashoggi as a Saudi citizen gave his full share to his country, the Arab world, and to the freedom of peoples and the press,” Awad said. “He intended to launch an organization to foster democracy, raise the awareness of the people, interest in freedom of expression and the press, and monitor the performance of democracy by governments and the organizations of civil society.”
