To the Editor:

Re “ISIS Undermines Saudi State, Remaking Creed as a Weapon” (front page, April 1):

We are five 9/11 widows fighting for the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, legislation that makes clear that no foreign state is entitled to immunity for its involvement in a terrorist attack on American soil, including our claims against Saudi Arabia for its role in the 9/11 attacks. Perhaps it is time for Saudi Arabia to take to heart the proverb “you reap what you sow.”

Saudi Arabia has spread its Wahhabi religion around the world for years. Its funding of madrassas and support of extremist clerics have paid and paved the way for the spread of deadly terrorism. We should know, since our husbands were killed by Saudi hijackers on 9/11. These men were well schooled in the Wahhabi belief of killing the infidels to further the Sunni Islamic cause.

The close of your article mentions that the Saudis have difficulty “trusting” one another. We only wish that members of our own government, including President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, had these same trust issues. We struggle to understand how financing the murder of 3,000 innocent people on 9/11 equates to being “closely allied with the United States.”

The Saudis should not be trusted, nor should they be considered our friends.

KRISTEN BREITWEISER

PATTY CASAZZA