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CLANDESTINE RADIO WATCH
December 9, 2002

Saudi Arabia: Voice of Reform Launches
By Nick Grace, CRW Washington

[Dec 9] Saudi Arabia returned to the target list of clandestine
broadcasting on Saturday, according to BBC Monitoring, by a London-based
Islamist opposition group called the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia
(MIRA). The station identifies as Sawt al-Islah and broadcasts on
satellite with a simulcast on 7590 kHz between 1900 and 2100 GMT.

Headed by Dr. Saad al-Faqih, MIRA seeks to promote pro-democratic reforms
and freedom of speech in Saudi Arabia. It broke off with another Saudi
opposition organization, the Committee for the Defense of Legimate Rights,
in the late 1990's when al-Faqih sought to keep his group's focus on Saudi
Arabia and not to promote the burgeoning pan-Islam movement, which is
extremely popular among the Saudi populace. MIRA is well known for taking
advantage of modern technology to get its message out, including anonymous
faxes, Web sites that frequently change addresses to keep one step ahead of
Saudi censors, and now a radio program. Al-Faqih speaks frequently to the
Western press about the Middle East, bin Laden and the War on Terrorism.

Sawt al-Islah (Voice of Reform)
MIRA, BM Box: MIRA, London WC1N 3XX, UK
http://www.miraserve.com
*1900-2100* 7590 kHz

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