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To: rmlew
Which form of Islam? Shitte or Sunni?
201 posted on 12/17/2002 2:49:45 PM PST by droberts
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To: droberts
Correction: "Shiite"
202 posted on 12/17/2002 2:50:22 PM PST by droberts
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To: droberts
Which form of Islam? Shitte or Sunni?

There are Islamists from both the Shi'ite (think Iran) and Sunni sects.

Bin Laden's Islamism is derived from an offshoot of Sunni Islam, called Wahabbism after its founder Ibn Abdul Wahab.
Wahabbism is the official religion of Saudi Arabia.
204 posted on 12/17/2002 2:57:24 PM PST by rmlew
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