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To: Katelew who wrote (223427)	3/9/2007 5:42:43 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Wahabi teachings, textbooks, restrictions on women, etc. are unique to SA for the most part. Try Queens, New York, with regard to textbooks as just one very small example. And textbooks are quite important in forming children. The language found by one set of investigative reporters: In Long Island City, Queens, for example, fifth- and sixth-graders at the Ideal Islamic School on 12th St. learn that Allah has revealed that "the Jews killed their own prophets and disobeyed Allah." nydailynews.com There have also been found in Virginia. We're fighting in secular Iraq. Sigh. What can one do with statements like that except sigh?

To: Katelew who wrote (223427)	3/9/2007 7:50:19 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Wahabi teachings, textbooks, restrictions on women, etc. are unique to SA for the most part. No, they aren't. Not at all! They are all over the Muslim world and have been growing in influence. Al Qaeda is deeply Wahabbi in its doctrine - its leaders are Saudi and Egyptian. About 10 years back, Saudi AQ merged with Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, that's why the 2nd in command, Zawahiri, is Egyptian. The Egyptian influence is very strong, stemming from the philosophy of Sayid Qutb - and if you haven't heard of him, you should look him up. Furthermore, the Saudis have made their influence felt far beyond their borders because they have spent 25 years massively funding mosques and madrassahs all over the ummah, which teach the kind of Islam that they believe in - Wahabbi Islam. So that the younger generation is growing up more radical than their parents all over the Muslim world. I have seen estimates that 80% of American mosques have Saudi funding and Saudi influence in their teaching. Who said Iraq was secular? I wish it was! Are al Sadr and al Sistani secular? Is Al Qaeda in Iraq secular? this is the reverse of reality.