Tag Archives: Wahhabism

We will be hearing a lot of women's right and suppression of women in Iran, but women are much free there under the combination of liberal democracy and Shi'ite theocracy and the society is also more open then in Sunni-dominated countries like Saudi Arabia that follow the tenets of Wahhabism. This posts examines how Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman al-Saud may change that. The conclusion is probably not all that much, although any change in a rigid culture like that stands out owing to...

The Saudi-funded spread of Wahhabism began as a result of Western countries asking Riyadh to help counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told the Washington Post.Speaking to the paper, bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia's Western allies urged the country to invest in mosques and madrassas overseas during the Cold War, in an effort to prevent encroachment in Muslim countries by the Soviet Union. Blowback.Note: Some may wonder why the link is to RT...

Backgrounder. "You can't tell the players without a scorecard."EconospeakOn The Relationship Between Wahhabism And Salafism J. Barkley Rosser | Professor of Economics and Business Administration James Madison University See also An account by an orthodox Sunni. As-Sunnah Foundation of America Wahhabism: Understanding The Roots And Role Models Of Islamic Extremism  Zubair Qamar, condensed and edited by ASFA staff Then there is the Sunni-Shi'a divide. Al-Islam.org  — Shiite...

Our guy.Angry Arab News ServiceThis is the vision of Muhammad bin Salman (those posts are not funded by Gulf embassies in DC) Assad Abu Khalil | Professor of Political Science, California State University, Stanislausalso This view is rarely represented in reports by Western correspondents in Beirut "“Israel caricatures Hizbullah as a terrorist organisation,” says Rifaat Nasrallah, the Christian militia’s leader (and no relation of Hassan). “But the resistance is not some external...