Posted on 10/05/2015 9:17:01 AM PDT by marshmallow
Dozens of Islamist Saudi Arabian clerics have called on Arab and Muslim countries to "give all moral, material, political and military" support to what they term a jihad, or holy war, against Syria's government and its Iranian and Russian backers.
Although the clerics who signed the online statement are not affiliated with the government, their strong sectarian and anti-Christian language reflects mounting anger among many Saudis over Russian and Iranian involvement in Syria's civil war.
Russia last week started airstrikes against Syrian opposition targets that it describes as aimed at weakening the jihadist Islamic State group, a move Riyadh has denounced. The clerics' statement compared it to the Soviet Union's 1980 invasion of Afghanistan, which prompted an international jihad.
"The holy warriors of Syria are defending the whole Islamic nation. Trust them and support them … because if they are defeated, God forbid, it will be the turn of one Sunni country after another," the statement said.
Riyadh, along with Turkey and other Gulf states, is a main supporter of rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad, backed by Iran and Russia, but it is also worried about the rise of jihadist groups such as Islamic State among the opposition.
Saudi jets have joined airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, while the government has decreed long prison terms for anyone who supports the group, whose sympathizers have killed dozens in attacks in the kingdom this year.
The bloodshed in Syria, part of a wider struggle for regional supremacy between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shi'ite Iran, has aggravated sectarian anger across the Middle East and drawn religiously motivated foreign fighters to both sides.
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Saudi: “Dangit, we want that natural gas pipeline to Europe and we want it NOW!”
Putin: “Several of our cruise missiles malfunctioned and we send our regrets for the destruction of Mecca”.
Saudi Arabia vs Russia and Iran.....This is what popcorn was invented for.
I love the sell of burning Korans and prayer rugs in the morning.
Saudi’s are not trying to build a Nat Gas Pipeline. They don’t have a surplus of gas.
They will be ruthlessly crushed.
The Afghan jihadis were able to scare Gorbachev and Yeltsin.
They won’t have the same success with Putin.
Can Russia please nuke Mecca now?
I’d vote for that....
Saudi Arabian clerics have called on Arab and Muslim countries to “give all moral, material, political and military................................ LOL, Saudi talk for “You do the fighting for us, we will watch.” ?? The problem Muslims are the Wahhabis, they are from Saudi Arabia.
Yep, that is what it’s all about. Plus the Sunni vs. Shia carp. Let them fight it out, we need to protect Israel and ourselves.
In reality a pox on everyone’s houses...for they will all try to turn on Israel and God will have none of it!
The statement was written by the Bushes.
Yep... somehow they will come together and attack Israel.
Yep... somehow they will come together and attack Israel.
Yep... somehow they will come together and attack Israel.
Yep... somehow they will come together and attack Israel.
Holy Cow... I swear I just hit post once....
LOL...quadruple post. Funny, the Saudis can’t even handle Yemen, and they want to go up against the Rooskies. Vlad should smoke ‘em just for GP!
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