twisted the ancient faith into an anarchist creed
Saudi Arabia | Islam | Wahhabism | Ahmed Bin Baz - 1 views
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critics, who include some of Bin Baz’s relatives, say the “liberal” media is using him to advance the secularization of Saudi society
Saudi Arabia's long history of destructive intervention in Yemen | Middle East Eye - 3 views
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With its mosaic of religious communities countering the Wahhabi call, cultural, tribal and historical ties to Saudi realms on its border, deep historical memory of civilizational achievement, and strategic location, Yemen was perceived as both threat and target. Keeping it split among political entities was a policy priority.
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Subsidies to northern tribes were often another feature of the relationship
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During Ali Abdullah Saleh’s years in charge in Sanaa Saudi cultural influence developed through Salafi proselytization. While it would be incorrect to reduce Salafism in Yemen to a Saudi implant, the Saudi connection is crucial to the spread of radical Sunni ideology and practice
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Russia Promotes Politically Pacifist Islam - The Atlantic - 0 views
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Moscow’s focus on promoting politically pacifist Islam, which has coincided with an aggressive push by certain Arab countries to combat Islamism
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Russian emissary for this effort is Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic
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An early example of the Russian-Arab religious alliance was an international conference of Islamic scholars held in the Chechen capital, Grozny, by Kadyrov in September 2016
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The Islamic State Isn't Behind Syria's Amphetamine Trade, But the Regime Could Be - 0 views
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Scientists first produced Captagon, the brand name of the drug fenethylline, in the 1960s to treat depression and children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Two decades later, the World Health Organization banned the substance due its high potential for addiction, abuse, and other adverse health effects. But counterfeit Captagon—which is sometimes just a cocktail of amphetamines with no fenethylline—remains in demand on the black market in the Middle East.
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pills intercepted in Salerno arrived on three ships from Latakia, a Syrian port, and Italian police quickly announced that the Islamic State was responsible for their production and shipment—allegedly to fund its global terrorism operations.
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Global media outlets disseminated the information provided by the Italian police without questioning it, replicating misinformation without considering how a scattered group of Islamic State members could pull off such an operation—but the truth is, they probably didn’t
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