Original: Saudi influence Although the Saudi involvement in mosques around the world can be traced back to the 1960s , it was not until later in the twentieth century that the government of Saudi Arabia became a large influence in foreign mosques .
Simplified: Saudi influence Saudi involvement in building mosques around the world only goes back to the 1960s . In the 1980s , the Saudi Arabian government began to pay for the building of mosques in countries around the world .