Fatwa against Hezbollah

[MODU]

"Leading Saudi Sheik Pronounces Fatwa Against Hezbollah"

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.

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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The only reason for this is that Hezbollah are Shiite.

[Colin]

The only reason for this is that Hezbollah are Shiite.

For once I completely agree with you BRTD.

[J. J.]

The only reason for this is that Hezbollah are Shiite.

For once I completely agree with you BRTD.

Thet didn't do it in the past, which marks it as an improvement.

[ag]

The only reason for this is that Hezbollah are Shiite.

For once I completely agree with you BRTD.

Thet didn't do it in the past, which marks it as an improvement.

Shiites weren't in the lead of the events in the past either.  And, most definitely, they weren't  taking over the allegiances of some of the Sunnis, which they seem to be successfully doing now (look at the Hamas/Hezbullah cooperation). Saudi clerics do, probably, feel threatened.

What seems might be happening is, the pendulum might start going back from the religious movement to a nationalist movement (which it was until fairly recently). Pan-arabism has been on the decline, but that might have been halted.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

The only reason for this is that Hezbollah are Shiite.

For once I completely agree with you BRTD.

Thet didn't do it in the past, which marks it as an improvement.

Indeed. For once they're *not* doing a fatwa against something non-western oriented/US related.

[dazzleman]

It's clear that the Saudis fear the growing power of Iran in the region, and see Hezbollah as an Iranian puppet.  It was shocking to hear the Saudis condemn Hezbollah and not Israel for this war, and that's something they've never done before that I can remember, even though the sectarian divide has always been there.

[phk]

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LOL.

[Angel of Death]

The only reason for this is that Hezbollah are Shiite.

No, that is not the only reason. Hezbollah is seen as a general threat to the surrounding authoritarian non-fundamentalist regimes.