Posted on 07/20/2006 5:07:20 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Leading Saudi Sheik Pronounces Fatwa Against Hezbollah
BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun July 20, 2006 URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/36373
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.
The profound division between the most violent Muslim enemies of America and Israel may be one reason Arab capitals have not yet exploded in rage about Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. The White House has already pointed to Jordanian, Egyptian, and Saudi government condemnation of Hezbollah.
The latest Arab Israeli war presents a conundrum for many Sunni Jihadists. On the one hand, a chance to join in the resistance against the Jewish state presents a rare opportunity for zealots who revere the Palestinian Arab martyrs that have sacrificed their lives to kill Jewish civilians.
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And nothing makes things more clear than Shiite's having a nuke.
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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.
It's not that surprising. The "ascetic Wahhabi sects" are bought and paid for by the House of Saud, who realize Iran has designs on both their oilfields and the Kabaa concession stands, while "activists" such as the Muslim Brotherhood see other terrorist groups as having a common goal: overthrowing regimes and destoying Israel.
The shiites see Iran leading them to glorious blood-soaked revenge for centuries of Sunni persecution to prepare the way of that Mahdi in the well.
Too bad we can't just sic them all on each other, without the threat of nuclear radiation.
Holy moly. This is cool.
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Posted on 07/20/2006 5:45:24 AM PDT by kellynla
In other news, Coke says Pepsi sucks.
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AP ^ | 78/19/06 | BARRY SCHWEID
Posted on 07/20/2006 5:50:47 AM PDT by Valin
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Posted on 07/20/2006 5:53:57 AM PDT by SJackson
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'Hezbollah Hillary' Took Thousands From Arafat Crony (blast from the past 2000)
Thanks for the ping. I'm cautiously, guardedly, pleased with this news.
I think a large number of Americans don't understand this concept. And, it doesn't help when articles like this downplay it so well!
Iran wants to bee the "ruler" of the Middle East because they know thay can choke the US through control of the crude. They believe they can achieve this with a plea to the "Arab street" using a common ideology (Islam).
From what we've seen of the "Arab street", they are positioned to make huge advances toward this end. Palestine, Syria and Lebanon (by proxy) are Iran's Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
The terrorists are turning on each other, just as W predicted.
One of the physicians in my practice is a Lebanese muslim. Today he was talking with a group of people about why the Lebanese population loves Hezbollah - as an example, he told us about how his brother, an ophthalmologist in Lebanon, was run out of business when Hezbollah opened up a free clinic next door from his (it's hard to compete with free).
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