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Olde Tyme Religion
Sunni and Shia Blocs Emerge
2011-08-14
Plenty of food for thought, as we expect from Barry Rubin.

Moved to Opinion: Old Tyme Religion. Posters, please check your categories in the drop-down menus at the top fo the page when you submit articles. Thanking you kindly for the Management,

Your obed't servant,
trailing wife at 10:28 a.m. EDT
Posted by:Bernardz

#3  BHARAT RAKSHAK > SAUDIS [covertly]FUND ISLAMIC TERROR IN INDIA, ee both Direct + Indirect
$$$ routes + networks, from PAK-BASED/SUPPOR GROUPS TO NON-PAK, INDIA-BASED LOCAL MUSLIM = JIHADI ORGS, MADRASSAS + CHARITIES.

ARTIC = IIUC, the KSA argues they have an ISLAM-BASED MORAL-ETHICAL RIGHT TO $$$ SUPPORT ANY + ALL MUSLIM GROUPS + INTERESTS IRREGARDLESS OF ANY DOMESTIC SUPPORT FOR TERROR.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-08-14 22:41  

#2  I'm not so sure that the Shi'a hate equally as the Sunnis. There's quite a group of more moderate Shi'a -- the 'Najaf school' -- compared to the hardline 'Qom school'. Let the former gain dominance and the Shi'a might, for the most part, behave themselves and work to modernize their countries' economics.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-08-14 13:31  

#1  "Make no mistake. Both Islamist blocs hate the West and want to expel its influence from the Middle East and expand their own power by overthrowing additional regimes. Both Islamist blocs hate Israel and want to wipe it off the map. Neither group will be moderate in any way. "

As a non-Muslim, 6000 miles away, I would treat both Sunni and Shia equally, and I would whack both with a baseball bat with equal force...
Posted by: Shakey Steve   2011-08-14 09:03  

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