Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: tejek who wrote (220870)	2/25/2005 3:05:02 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) of 1573696

Are the Islamists Shia? No, they have to be Sunni and Wahhabi...right? No, Shia and Sunni are the two main "flavors" of Islam, and they separate depending on who you believe is the 4th califf (descendant of the prophet) was. Sunnis say one guy, Shias say another, and thus the religion split. Wahhabi is the puritannical form of Sunni Islam popular in Saudi Arabia. It was a return to puritan roots movement I think started in the 1800s in Saudi, probably because Mr. Wahhabi (or whatever his name was) thought the Saudi population was getting too liberal in the 1800s. Now how he decided this I would like to have seen!!! Too many Saudi beer bashes back then, I don't think so. Anyway... Islamist in a political sense means governing with religion in mind as opposed to secular. Saudi would naturally be more likely to be Islamist than Turkey. The Shia government in Iran would be considered Islamist since the clergy has veto power over everything. So Islamist politicians would be as opposed to secular politicians.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next