If my reader would like….they can file this under…….FYI
The above quote has been uttered by the likes of Obama, Kerry and a whole host of White House big shots….even McCain finds them as such…….
I realize that many Americans want to hate Muslims for the actions of ISIS and AQ…..and that is a shame for they are hating the wrong group……but that bit of information does not stop the fear mongers and the haters……maybe I can help in some small way…..
The big hoop-tee-doo is ISIS…..we Americans are determined to defeat these beasts sent from the pits of Hell…..I know a little melodramatic….but hey everyone else is doing it….thought I would give it a try…..(pause)…..nope .did NOTHING to explain anything…..
When the US put together its Coalition it was with the hopes that Saudi Arabia would be front and center as the pal we pretend they are……
We have heard all the horror stories of the acts that ISIS is capable of doing….like the oppression of women, oppression of minorities, beheadings, religious police, etc, etc, etc…….yes they are religious extremist…….they follow a religious belief known as wahhabi Islamic ideology….The attraction is that Wahhabism and its larger Salafi tradition are in a way surprisingly modern. They offer young urbanites clear boundaries, classifications and, most important, a blueprint for changing the self and the world through action. One cannot get more modern than that. Wahhabi insistence on fixing meaning and resorting to authentic texts offers an antidote to diluted values, hybridity and all the postmodern pastiches characteristic of contemporary life. The majority of Salafi Muslims seek comfort in personal struggles, a form of jihad, to live up to Wahhabi prescriptions amid the prohibited temptations of today’s world. It is only a small minority that is attracted to the branch of Wahhabism that advocates violent struggle, also a kind of jihad, to create a new Muslim first and then a state in which to live according to the strictest interpretations of Islam. Herein lies the appeal of IS and nostalgia for the caliphate and application of Sharia.
I believe charges have been made that the Saudis are indeed funding ISIS at some level, so there is that.
Has it been proven,,,I have heard rumblings…..still I ask why they are in this coalition….other than they are “valued allies”….
Yes, big hypocrisy with Saudi Arabia…didn’t someone get beheaded recently for some kind of drug offense?
Yep and a blogger gets 1000 lashes and a woman was stone to death for adultery…..sounds like the play book for ISIS to me….
Yep, crazy stuff.
Sad that Americans do not hear much about this stuff…..
In no way am I excusing my fellow americans for admitted lackadaisicalness in tracking what’s hot or not in the mid-east, but the Sunni and Shia split is reverse-K enough without the baseball box scoring of which sect commits the most errors…when I mention, What about wahhabi in the madrasah, most people just roll their eyes, and you can tell that they could give a Saudi.
Which in no way limits the importance of your post. In fact I’m in agreement with your conclusions. But I think the average Joe and Jane, while repulsed by the horrors of ISIS or ISIL, want to hit the pause button on thinking about the hellhole in the desert, and ponder the coming potholes of spring….if that season ever comes.
Regards,
It is easier to hate if you are ignorant……Americans seem to want everything dumb down for them…..so it is far easier to hate.