A report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which quoted Lebanese press, said the Kingdom responded to the escalating crisis by offering to construct the equivalent of one mosque per every 100 refugees who crossed into the country over the weekend.
Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Gulf states have been criticised for their response to the increasingly stark humanitarian crisis across the Middle East, with Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned for not letting refugees in.
Dawkins, a staunch atheist known for his controversial views on religion, blasted Saudi Arabia for only pledging something he claimed would not directly benefit the welfare of refugees arriving in Germany, branding it "either a sick joke or sick insult to German generosity”.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly accepted half a million Syrian people since civil war broke out four years ago, but as workers, not refugees.
Independent