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EFTA01071486Set 9

2011-05-1128p7,470w

Saudi ruling bargain is an old partnership between the al-Saud tribe and the Wahhabi religious sect. The al-Saud tribe get to stay in power and live however they ... want behind their palace walls, and, in return, the followers of the Wahhabi sect get to control the country's religious mores, mosques and education system. The Wahhabis bless ... Saudi Arabia's longer-term alliance with the United States, the kingdom's Wahhabi religious establishment has continued to bankroll Islamic extremist ideologies around the world," wrote Yamani

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01071486.pdf

EFTA00712943Set 9

2012-08-2228p9,969w

rights. A common denominator among disparate Salafi groups is inspiration and support from Wahhabis, a puritanical strain of Sunni Islam from Saudi Arabia. Not all Saudis are Wahhabis ... Salafis are Wahhabis, either. But Wahhabis are basically all Salafis. And many Arabs, particularly outside the sparsely populated Gulf, suspect that Wahhabis are trying to seize the future by aiding

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00712943.pdf

EFTA00647214Set 9

2012-07-0218p6,204w

Saud and al Thani ruling families belong to the ultra-orthodox puritanical Wahhabi sub-sect within Sunni Islam, founded by Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab (1703-87) in central Arabia ... Wahhabi warriors attacked the shrine of Imam Hussein, martyred son of Imam Ali, founder of Shia Islam, in Karbala. Since then Wahhabi preachers have continued to regard Shias as almost ... heretical. Wahhabis' enmity toward Shias reemerged with the rise of Iran run by Shia mullahs since 1979. With increasing alarm, the Wahhabi House of Saud watched Iran extend its influence

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00647214.pdf

EFTA01887870Set 10

2012-08-2240p10,015w

rights. A common denominator among disparate Salafi groups is inspiration and support from Wahhabis, a puritanical strain of Sunni Islam from Saudi Arabia. Not all Saudis are Wahhabis ... Salafis are Wahhabis, either. But Wahhabis are basically all Salafis. And many Arabs, particularly outside the sparsely populated Gulf, suspect that Wahhabis are trying to seize the future by aiding

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01887870.pdf

EFTA02031434Set 10

2012-09-0431p7,158w

ideology is to be anti-Shia. Salafism in Saudi Arabia is promulgated by the Wahhabi School of Islam. The Wahhabi movement began in the 18th century and promoted a return ... from the traditional territory in the battle against the atheistic Soviet Union, the Wahhabi clergy became missionaries in advancing their ideology through religious institutions to oppose the Soviets. More than ... enemy is the Islamic Republic of Iran with what is described by the Wahhabis as a heretical form of Islam and its involvement in the Shia communities across the region

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA02031434.pdf

EFTA00711976Set 9

2012-09-0421p7,108w

ideology is to be anti-Shia. Salafism in Saudi Arabia is promulgated by the Wahhabi School of Islam. The Wahhabi movement began in the 18th century and promoted a return ... from the traditional territory in the battle against the atheistic Soviet Union, the Wahhabi clergy became missionaries in advancing their ideology through religious institutions to oppose the Soviets. More than ... enemy is the Islamic Republic of Iran with what is described by the Wahhabis as a heretical form of Islam and its involvement in the Shia communities across the region

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00711976.pdf

EFTA01755978Set 10

2013-11-0231p8,547w

export of an extreme, intolerant and violent version of Islam preached by its Wahhabi clerics. Go anywhere in the world--from Germany to Indonesia--and you'll find Islamic centers ... Whether they are the Taliban or Lashkar-e-Taiba, their ideology is Saudi Wahhabi without an iota of doubt." He added that there was no doubt Saudi Arabia was supporting ... Wahhabi groups EFTA_R1_00057120 EFTA01755989 throughout his country. Ever since al-Qaeda attacked Riyadh directly in 2003, the Saudis have stamped down on terrorism at home. But they have

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01755978.pdf

EFTA01891596Set 10

2012-09-0431p7,157w

ideology is to be anti-Shia. Salafism in Saudi Arabia is promulgated by the Wahhabi School of Islam. The Wahhabi movement began in the 18th century and promoted a return ... from the traditional territory in the battle against the atheistic Soviet Union, the Wahhabi clergy became missionaries in advancing their ideology through religious institutions to oppose the Soviets. More than ... enemy is the Islamic Republic of Iran with what is described by the Wahhabis as a heretical form of Islam and its involvement in the Shia communities across the region

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01891596.pdf

EFTA01878294Set 10

2012-06-1230p7,413w

case of "he who pays the piper" ... Qatar and Saudi Arabia are both Wahhabi Salafist states. The third "project", also highly funded and armed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar - uncompromising ... traditional Sunnism, with the narrow, black and white, right and wrong, certitude embedded in Wahhabi Salafism - including its particular emphasis on fealty to established authority and Sharia. More radical elements ... other Arab country". Syrians did not view themselves as primarily identified by sect. Wahhabi-style sectarian intolerance is foreign to the Levant, even to Levant Sunnism. We are already witnessing

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01878294.pdf

EFTA02720368Set 11

2012-06-1230p7,416w

case of "he who pays the piper" ... Qatar and Saudi Arabia are both Wahhabi Salafist states. The third "project", also highly funded and armed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar - uncompromising ... traditional Sunnism, with the narrow, black and white, right and wrong, certitude embedded in Wahhabi Salafism - including its particular emphasis on fealty to established authority and Sharia. More radical elements ... other Arab country". Syrians did not view themselves as primarily identified by sect. Wahhabi-style sectarian intolerance is foreign to the Levant, even to Levant Sunnism. We are already witnessing

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02720368.pdf

EFTA00937183Set 9

2012-06-1221p7,376w

case of "he who pays the piper" ... Qatar and Saudi Arabia are both Wahhabi Salafist states. The third "project", also highly funded and armed by Saudi Arabia and Qatar - uncompromising ... traditional Sunnism, with the narrow, black and white, right and wrong, certitude embedded in Wahhabi Salafism - including its particular emphasis on fealty to established authority and Sharia. More radical elements ... other Arab country". Syrians did not view themselves as primarily identified by sect. Wahhabi- style sectarian intolerance is foreign to the Levant, even to Levant Sunnism. We are already witnessing

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00937183.pdf

EFTA00919829Set 9

2018-07-042p395w

desire to break the historic pact between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi religious establishment. In the mid-18th century, the Saud embraced Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ... deviations from or accretions to the original practice. People who deviated from the Wahhabi doctrine were excluded from Islam, and jihad was considered the only way to bring them back ... early 20th century. The Saudi monarchy monopolized political and military action; the Wahhabi clerics took charge of the religious, legal and social spheres. Regards, Aziza Sent from my iPhone please

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00919829.pdf

EFTA02038511Set 10

2013-02-0437p9,141w

more explosive. Hejazis in the west and Shia in the east resent the strict Wahhabi lifestyle in the Nejd central desert. Gender discrimination, essential to the Wahhabi worldview ... them with appointments to the powerless consultative council, only to provoke outrage from the Wahhabi establishment. For decades, the kingdom has been blessed with good leadership, and King Abdullah

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA02038511.pdf

EFTA00712520Set 9

2012-06-1819p6,430w

tolerant Hejazi city; in Riyadh they would be in the heartland of the Saudi Wahhabi fundamentalist Nejd. Salman pulled it off. He also pushed the kingdom to advance in technology ... state media said. The ruling Saudi family, like the government overall, follows the austere Wahhabi branch of Islam. It typically buries its members in the desert, without fanfare. A family

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00712520.pdf

EFTA02019942Set 10

2012-02-2739p9,116w

Saudis after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Inspired by the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam and armed with Saudi funds and weapons, Arab mujahideen poured into Afghanistan ... those who receive the weapons will likely be at least amenable to the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam that has spawned dangerous Islamist movements worldwide. Of course, a Saudi-led insurgency

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA02019942.pdf

EFTA00587742Set 9

2011-03-1725p6,777w

elected legislature real oversight of government ministries -- but one was more reflective of the Wahhabi intellectual current, and the other of a more liberal (in the Saudi context) current. Wahhabi

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00587742.pdf

EFTA00684003Set 9

2014-04-2018p6,388w

Saudi government is essentially a joint venture between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi establishment, lubricated by vast amounts of Danegeld paid to the propagation of Wahhabi fundamentalist views

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00684003.pdf

EFTA01842739Set 10

2012-02-2739p9,115w

Saudis after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Inspired by the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam and armed with Saudi funds and weapons, Arab mujahideen poured into Afghanistan ... those who receive the weapons will likely be at least amenable to the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam that has spawned dangerous Islamist movements worldwide. Of course, a Saudi-led insurgency

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01842739.pdf

EFTA00686798Set 9

2012-03-0126p9,057w

Saudis after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. Inspired by the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam and armed with Saudi funds and weapons, Arab mujahideen poured into Afghanistan ... those who receive the weapons will likely be at least amenable to the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam that has spawned dangerous Islamist movements worldwide. Of course, a Saudi-led insurgency

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00686798.pdf

EFTA01920613Set 10

2014-06-1436p8,997w

territory within modern- EFTA_R1_00363820 EFTA01920632 day Saudi Arabia. Throughout the 18th century, Wahhabi militants pursued their military conquest of eastern Arabia and waged violent jihad against ... before the Iranian revolution, Saudi Shi'ites were oppressed by the KSA's ruling Wahhabi order. The Saudi government should acknowledge that the root cause of anti-government opposition

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01920613.pdf