If this report is accurate, this is another sign of the Trump Effect. I doubt this heralds genuine change in the Saudi worldview or Wahhabi Islamic theology, but the Saudis need the United States in their struggle against Iran, and so they’re making “moderate” noises. But the Qur’an and Sunnah say what they say. If […]
Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti says Iranians are “not Muslims”
The question this leads to is this: is anyone at all a Muslim? Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh says the Iranians, and by implication Shi’ites in general, are not Muslims. Ayatollah Khamenei, meanwhile, says the Saudi rulers are “blasphemous” and “faithless.” The Islamic State and al-Qaeda and other jihad groups say that Muslim leaders who don’t […]