This Is A Good Sign
It seems that Hezbollah and Lebanon did not hear or care about the Arab League condemning them. Now, the Saudis have upped the ante against Hezbollah. Well, at least one Wahhabi sheik has:
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.
While the Gulf's ascetic Wahhabi sects, who are closer to the ethnic fighting between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, have opposed Hezbollah in its stand against Israel's forces, other Sunni fundamentalist groups, such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, have pledged their solidarity. On Friday, the brothers will host a rally in support of Hezbollah at Cairo's most influential mosque, Al-Azhar.
The profound division between the most violent Muslim enemies of America and Israel may be one reason Arab capitals have not yet exploded in rage about Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. The White House has already pointed to Jordanian, Egyptian, and Saudi government condemnation of Hezbollah.
It is about time that the Arabs decided to start coming out against Hezbollah. Today, Israel had a light time; very few missiles and rockets landed in Israel today. Many went off course. Hezbollah is reeling from this fight, and rightly so. It is just about time for Israel to step in, and finish this once and for all.
Marcie
It seems that Hezbollah and Lebanon did not hear or care about the Arab League condemning them. Now, the Saudis have upped the ante against Hezbollah. Well, at least one Wahhabi sheik has:
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.
While the Gulf's ascetic Wahhabi sects, who are closer to the ethnic fighting between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, have opposed Hezbollah in its stand against Israel's forces, other Sunni fundamentalist groups, such as the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, have pledged their solidarity. On Friday, the brothers will host a rally in support of Hezbollah at Cairo's most influential mosque, Al-Azhar.
The profound division between the most violent Muslim enemies of America and Israel may be one reason Arab capitals have not yet exploded in rage about Israel's bombardment of Lebanon. The White House has already pointed to Jordanian, Egyptian, and Saudi government condemnation of Hezbollah.
It is about time that the Arabs decided to start coming out against Hezbollah. Today, Israel had a light time; very few missiles and rockets landed in Israel today. Many went off course. Hezbollah is reeling from this fight, and rightly so. It is just about time for Israel to step in, and finish this once and for all.
Marcie
posted by Syd And Vaughn | 7:38 PM
1 Comments:
Very good point. It's time to stand up and be counted. Either you are for the terrorist and what it stand for or you oppose them. I'm sick and tired of playing games with the terrorist. It's time also for the UN to condemn in the strongest possible language all terrorist activity wherever located but they won't. Rawriter.
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