There is a flaw in this thinking. Attacking Mecca would be viewed as a serious strike at the Islamic Religion, not Arabs. At least 2 Billion Muslims of all Nationalities, both Shiite and Suni, would see that as an attack on their religion … not a political strategy. It would be seen as equal to bombing Abraham to stop the Monotheistic religions that sprang from his existence.
When you say ‘Saudi Wahabis’ have given the OK for OBL to use weapons of mass destruction to attack America, I have some reservations. What Saudi Wahabis have done this? Like Sistani who speaks for most of the Shiite Muslims, there are Suni Scholars who would be listened to by most of the Suni Muslims. These persons, or person, might also be a Wahabi. The location of such a person would be in Mecca. The spokesperson would be an Imam of a Meccan Mosque. However, there are Wahabi scholars on every corner of every village in Saudi Arabia.
I have been concerned that we have not heard a very vocal condemnation of Al-Quaida activities coming out of Mecca, so I don’t have a clear picture on what all this means. If this ‘Fatwa’ has come from Mecca, we should be demanding to know who it came from and what the more revered scholars, if they exist, have to say about it.
Saudi is corrupt and the King regularly imprisons scholars who give a Fatwa that threatens him. Such a Fatwa would threaten his stability. However, he is in a precarious position these days, trying to keep the lid from flying off of the boiling kettle of fundamentalism in Saudi. |
