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2010-09-27 Africa North

Morocco fights Islamist extremism with Sufism

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Posted by Fred 2010-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 good on them. same can be done in somalia

Posted by anon1 2010-09-27 03:17|| 2010-09-27 03:17|| Front Page Top

#2 This will upset the Saudis!

Posted by Paul2 2010-09-27 07:12|| 2010-09-27 07:12|| Front Page Top

#3 It's a definite step away from the jihadi drive of Saudi Arabia's Wahhabis and Pakistan's Deobandis. However, Sufism is not necessarily a kindlier, gentler form of Islam -- it's just the mystical form versus the puritanical legalistic form the other two favour. Whenever Sufis have been in charge they were just as hard on the kufr in their midst as the legalistic forms have been.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-27 16:42|| 2010-09-27 16:42|| Front Page Top

#4 This pre-supposes that Sufis are somehow less F-ed up than the rest of those wild-eyed squirrel heads.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-09-27 18:34|| 2010-09-27 18:34|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm seeing a really bad case of "Not Muslim Enough" in Morocco's future...and it could get ugly.

Posted by tu3031 2010-09-27 19:52|| 2010-09-27 19:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Big Winnah!1! in the "let's set ourselves back a couple centuries" contest? Come on down!

Posted by Frank G 2010-09-27 19:59|| 2010-09-27 19:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Morocco has a distinct advantage in the "more Muslim than thou" contest: the king claims a direct line of descent from Mohammed himself. Which didn't keep them from being white slaving pirates back when America was still toddling about in baby dresses.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-27 20:47|| 2010-09-27 20:47|| Front Page Top

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