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2006-08-27 Arabia

The Politics of US Ties to Sunni Arab Regimes

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Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I should have clarified a point on Muslim unity. Hadith references to future strife among Muslims is taken as permission to form sects, but the issue of apostasy is to be decided by war at the "end of days." Saudis permit enemy Shiites to participate in Haj. Al-Sadr attended last year, and accepted an invitation to a personal meeting with the Saudi king. If clerics at Qom, Islamic University (Medina) and al-Azhar (Cairo) fatwah on unity, then a common missile placement strategy will put Israel in peril.

Within the article posted, the author claims that the "50,000" Americans who reside in the Arab countries is the largest expatriate community. That figure is distorted by Shiite Americans who reside in Lebanon, and use American citizenship for convenience. Mexican states of Baja (both), Sonora and Sinaloa alone have more Americans than live in Arabia. Over 15,000 Americans live in a tight community around Lake Chapala in Jalisco. Thousands more live in Colima and elsewhere.

As for putting morality over economics, Jimmy Carter tried that with predictible results.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-27 00:41|| 2006-08-27 00:41|| Front Page Top

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