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tooblue
07-11-2016, 01:32 PM
A very interesting piece on Islam and Wahhabism:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-islam-wahhabism-religious-police.html?hpw&rref=world&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

SeattleUte
07-11-2016, 03:27 PM
A very interesting piece on Islam and Wahhabism:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-islam-wahhabism-religious-police.html?hpw&rref=world&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well

Religion. Every monotheistic sect has been there: Islam, Christianity and Judaism; it's their natural course unless leavened by secularism or even paganism.

NorthwestUteFan
07-13-2016, 08:30 AM
As I understand it, Wahabbism and Salafism comprise about 2-3% of Islam, but they are responsible for much of the extremism.

Islam isn't exactly a bastion of live-and-let-live liberalism, but it is a very small percentage that is responsible for most of the bad.