Word: wahhabi
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...Bush Administration was reluctant to acknowledge these developments for reasons that were understandable and, perhaps, for others that were not. The understandable reluctance had to do with local Iraqi politics. Al-Sistani doesn't want to appear to be negotiating with the U.S.-especially since Wahhabi extremists across the Islamic world are now whispering that there is a secret regional alliance between the Shi'ites and the U.S. Furthermore, the U.S. doesn't want to appear to be letting the Shi'ites set the ground rules - especially since delicate negotiations are under way with prominent Sunni tribal leaders to secure...
...Bush Administration was reluctant to acknowledge these developments for reasons that were understandable and, perhaps, for others that were not. The understandable reluctance had to do with local Iraqi politics. Al-Sistani doesn't want to appear to be negotiating with the U.S.--especially since Wahhabi extremists across the Islamic world are now whispering that there is a secret regional alliance between the Shi'ites and the U.S. Furthermore, the U.S. doesn't want to appear to be letting the Shi'ites set the ground rules--especially since delicate negotiations are under way with prominent Sunni tribal leaders to secure...
...radicals affiliated with al-Qaeda, some of whom slipped across the border from their hideaway in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge after the Georgians shut down a base there last year. Much of the worst damage, though, is inflicted by young local radicals whose leaders were strongly influenced by Wahhabi preachers...
...Wahhabi outreach goes beyond the Muslim world. In March 2002 Ain al-Yaqeen, an official Saudi magazine, wrote that the royal family wholly or partly funded some 210 Islamic centers, 1,500 mosques, 202 colleges and 2,000 schools in countries without Muslim majorities. Cambodia is one such place. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, Cambodia's Muslims, who make up 5% of the population, turned to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to help rebuild their mosques and schools. Accompanying the aid were teachers from those countries, with the result that today 10% to 15% of Cambodian Muslims...
...have] nothing to do with that at all. Our understanding is for our own country. These people who are asking for help, we never ask them to practice Islam according to our understanding." Foreign Minister Saud says it's possible there are individual Saudis who have contributed money to Wahhabi schools abroad. "But if there are," he says, "we want the information. The man will go to prison. These are the new regulations" He adds, "The next time somebody comes and asks us to finance anything in their country, we will obviously refuse...