 May 2003 attacks in Saudi Arabia led to the liberals' attack against Wahhabi ideas that financially support salafism.Such criticisms were openly expressed through articles published in "Al Watan".Specifically, after a week of intense debate following the bombings of three Riyadh housing complexes in May 2003, an "Al Watan" journalist asked the minister of interior, Nayef, if the attacks meant that the mutaween would be restructured.