Posted on 07/20/2006 8:33:49 AM PDT by tessalu
CAIRO, Egypt — One of Saudi Arabia's leading Wahhabi sheiks, Abdullah bin Jabreen has issued a strongly worded religious edict, or fatwa, declaring it unlawful to support, join or pray for Hezbollah, the Shiite militias lobbing missiles into northern Israel. The day after Hezbollah abducted two Israeli soldiers on July 12, Sheik Hamid al-Ali issued an informal statement titled "The Sharia position on what is going on." In it, the Kuwaiti based cleric condemned the imperial ambitions of Iran regarding Hezbollah's cross border raid. The surprising move demonstrates that Sunni Muslim fundamentalists in the Middle East are deeply divided over whether Moslems should support Hezbollah, Iran's Shiite proxies in the war raging in Lebanon. While the Gulf's ascetic Wahhabi sects, who are closer to the ethnic fighting between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, have opposed Hezbollah in its stand against Israel's forces, other Sunni fundamentalist groups, such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, have pledged their solidarity. On Friday, the brothers will host a rally in support of Hezbollah at Cairo's most influential mosque, Al-Azhar.
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Well, considering that Wahhabi Sunni's consider Shiites *worse* than infidels (apostates) and hate them more than they hate us (hard to believe, but true), this isn't exacly a surprise. Not to mention that they're pretty scared of the ascent of Iranian power lately.
That sounds exciting ................................
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Maybe there really is a God that talks to Arabs. And maybe he just whispered in the ears of the "sane" Arabs, that their judgement day was near if they did not start cleaning up their OWN ranks. (wishful thinking)
Great! Dualing fatwas. :)
I seriously doubt some of the negative comments from Middle-Eastern leaders regarding Hamas or Hezbollah would have been made if the U.S. had not taken the actions it did in Iraq, and stayed with it.
So I guess what I am trying to say, is this nice outcome is also Bush's fault.
Don't tell CNN or the New York Times.
This is probably a good thing, but really..... WHO GIVES A SHI'ITE WHAT ANY OF THESE CRAZY RAGHEAD WHACKOS SAY ANYMORE?
Fatwas At Dawn!(?)
Call me racist - they all look the same to me :/
.....or pray for hezbolla........
Well I can still pray for the killing of every member and supporter of hezbolla right ?
What is happening is that Iran is making a bid to become the leader of the Islamic world. The Saudis have a large Shiite population in the eastern part of their country and several thousand members of Hizbollah there. This just happens to be where the majority of the oil fields are located. The Saudis (no fiends of the U.S. and certainly not Israel) realize that the status quo is far better than what could happen if Iran begins to spread its influence into the Arabian Peninsula.
See? You told me so :)
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Actually if someone asked me to give an illustration of the word "fatwa" Helen's face would immediately come to mind. She's more than met her match in Tony Snow.
Well yes, among other things. We'll see how that goes for 'em after Hizb'allah is destroyed.
and commence killing each other on a scale that will shock the world.
Ok, now I'm watching it more closely.
Take care,
Ryan
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