Most Middle East Islami
c Sects are not happy with a Shiite Nuclear Bomb!
January 12, 2007
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As Yaakov Lappin indicates in the Ynet News Article, which follows our introduction, many Muslims among the Sunni majority are fearful of what the Shiite Islamic Republic of Iran will do to them when they get a nuclear bomb.
There are some 12 sects among the adherents to the Islamic faith, the vast majority being Sunnis, with the Shiites ranking immediately behind them. The Sunni and most of the other 10 sects are not setting easy with the thought of a “Shiite” bomb, knowing that in the end it could be used against them by this more fanatical Shiite sect of Islam.
In most countries, the mainstream Sunnis are the majority. They also rule in most countries where Shiites are the majority.
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran and Iraq are the only Islamic countries with a Shiite majority, although India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf region have significant minorities. Shiites rule only in Iran.
This could change when Iran gets a nuclear bomb, and eventually cause several Arab countries to become Republics like Iran. It might be helpful to know about the twelve identifiable sects of Islam – They are as follows.
SUNNIS – Sunnis are Muslims who are considered the more “orthodox” believers. Sunnis follow all of the most traditional beliefs and actions.
SHIITES – The term Shi’a is a shortened form of Shi’at Ali, which means “the party of Ali” – and at the time of Ali’s death in 661, that is probably all it was: a party or tendency of people who supported Ali’ s claim
s to the caliphate. Over time, they became the largest non-Sunni sect in Islam.
SUFIS – Sufism is important to the development of Islam because it is in this tradition that the more spiritual and mystical aspects were preserved.
This stands in contrast to the mainstream of Islam which, through its first centuries, was more concerned with the expansion and organization of the general community.
KAHRIJITES – In Arabic, their label means “to go out” – they were, in effect, the first Mulism dissidents and rebels, being present almost from the dawn of Islam. Like later dissidents, they chose to separate themselves from the main body of believers, feeling that the majority of Muslims had lost the “true path.”
WAHHABIS – Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab could be considered the first modern Islamic fundamentalist. He made the central point of his reform movement the idea that absolutely every idea added to Islam after the third century of the Mulsim era was false and should be eliminated.
ISMAILIS – An early Shi’a sect which split from the main group because of a dispute over who should be considered the next Imam.
ZAIDIS – Formed by Zaid, a grandson of Husain, the Zaidis have believed that the true Imam must publicly assert his claim to the title and seek to overthrow the corrupt regime run
by unacceptable rulers.
FRATIMIDS – The Fatimids are a successor movement to the Isma’ilis and are descendants of Fatima and Ali through the line of Isma’il. In the tenth century, those descendants asserted themselves as caliphs in North Africa, and ruled Egypt from 969 to 1171.
NIZARI – This sect is actually very well known around the world, but under a different name: the Assassins.
ALAWIS – Also known as Nusayris, the Alawis are a branch of Isma’ilism which has gone so far along its own path that many Muslims no longer even regard it as a form of Islam. The term Alawis actually just means “followers of Ali,” which is used in some countries to refer to all Shi’a in general.
Some think that they worship Ali as God, but that isn’t entirely accurate.
DRUZE – The Druze comprise another sect which is not widely regarded as being “truly” Muslim. This group diverged from mainstream Islam in the eleventh century when some Isma’ilis started to believe that God became manifest in the personality of a prophet or imam.
BAHAI – Baha’i is another movement which is descended from Islam, but which most Muslims today no longer regard as authentically Islamic.
Begin Ynet News Article
Sunni Muslims Fear “Shiite Bomb”
Yaakov Lappin (Ynet News)
The Iranian nuclear project will never be viewed as the production of an “Islamic bomb,” but rather a “Shiite bomb,” says Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
In the eyes of some Arab leaders, Shiites can’t be loyal to any Arab country, but will always be loyal to Iran, Bar said.
“Iran’s doctrine of exporting its revolution,” as well as its attempt to gain hegemony over the region, was being perceived “by Sunni Muslims as an attack on Arab Sunnis.”
He cited an argument between the late al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the al-Qaeda deputy, Ayman Zawahiri, who debated “at what stage in the jihad we should convert the Shiites or kill them all.”
End Ynet News Article
Trying to put a tiger, a lion, and a leopard in a cage, and telling them they have to learn to get along together, is like trying to put the Kurds, Sunnis, and Shiites inside a country with borders, and telling them they have to learn to get along together. A brutal, heartless animal trainer with a gun, gas, and a whip could control the tiger, lion, and leopard.
A brutal, heartless man trainer like Saddam made them get along, using torture and mass murder to control the three sects. It is not possible to build a lasting democracy in Iraq prior to the Second Advent of Christ.
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