October 26, 2001

Interesting article

Posted by Scott at 10:18 AM

Looking through my morning email, I got a link to this article entitled "Ground Zero and the Saudi connection: the extreme Islamic sect that inspires Osama bin Laden as well as all Muslim suicide bombers and is subsidised by Saudi Arabia". Some key points:

The attacks of 11 September are simply not compatible with orthodox Muslim theology.

[When asked] what has driven their global community in this direction, many of them will answer you with one word: Wahhabism. This is a strain of Islam that [...] is violent, it is intolerant, and it is fanatical beyond measure. It originated in Arabia, and it is the official theology of the Gulf states.

Not all Muslims are suicide bombers, but all Muslim suicide bombers are Wahhabis. [...] Wahhabism is the Islamic equivalent of the most extreme Protestant sectarianism. [...] Bin Laden is a Wahhabi. So are the suicide bombers in Israel.

Interesting article for background on the mindset behind those who would commit the acts of September 11th.

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