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2006-02-14 Europe

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-14 01:40|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wish people would stop referring to the Wahhabi form of Islam as "conservative," when really it's about as radical a departure from traditional, ie truly conservative Islam, as it's possible to be.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-14 07:33|| 2006-02-14 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Go fissure!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-02-14 08:09|| 2006-02-14 08:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The Wahabbis also want into Macedonia because they realize what everybody else has long known: Macedonia is the region's "trigger". Efforts to destabilize Macedonia could potentially result in the whole region going up in flames, which is what the Wahabbis really want.

However, the powerful forces that do not want this to happen have done and continue to do many things to help insure that Macedonia is a peaceful, pleasant place, with no regional army daring to try and snatch it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-14 11:19|| 2006-02-14 11:19|| Front Page Top

#4 pejoratively referred to as Wahhabis

Why is that pejorative? The Wahhabs are real. It's not a nickname or anything.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-02-14 11:24|| 2006-02-14 11:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Wahhabis usually don't refer to themselves as such because it sort of helps to deflate their contention that they are the only true Islamic sects since the Wahhabis were only founded in the 1800s. If our leaders were serious about drawing distinctions between good/bad Muslims, they'd stop using meaningless phrases like "extremist, militant, or the ever-popular Islamist" and start referring to actual sects and ideologies like Wahhabism, Deobandism, Salafism, and Khomeinism. I notice that countries fighting terrorism that actually maintain sizeable Muslim populations (Russia, India) are a lot better about this kind of stuff than are their Western counterparts.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2006-02-14 12:02|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2006-02-14 12:02|| Front Page Top

#6 thamks Dan.

Posted by RD 2006-02-14 12:37|| 2006-02-14 12:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Ibn Wahab was a stone nutter. Even the other nuts at the time couldn't stomach his hateful crap. He even got dissed by Sir Richard Burton, IIRC...

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