I have a feeling that some of you think I am a bit out there but the Arab Spring for the most part is not about democracy at all but religion. The Saudi's want a Sunni world. A Sunni world that is fundamentalistic in the Wahhabi vison. Wahhabi was developed by an 18th century Muslim theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhad from Saudi Arabia. It is about zero tolerance to anything that is not Islamic and the Islam faith can only be Sunni fundamentalism. Anybody that is not this has no soul and not protected by any laws henceforth killing them or raping them is not a crime but an honor to Allah for their existance is insulting. They have spent around one hundred billion dollars world wide building mosques and providing Imans that preach this. They have used the western military to enact it or bring parts of the world closer to it. Egypt is now confronting this. Lybia has now become it. If the muslim world practices only this one form of Islam then the Royal Family is not only the guardians of islam but then like the Pope as well of the middle ages with unlimited power. The following is a condensed report from the new leadership of Libya. " laid out a vision for the post-Gadhafi future with an Islamist tint, saying Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation and existing laws that contradict the teachings of Islam would be nullified. In a gesture that showed his own piety, he urged Libyans not to express their joy by firing guns in the air, but rather to chant "Allahu Akbar," or God is Great. He then stepped aside from the podium and knelt to offer a brief prayer of thanks". http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45004684/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/ Say goodbye to any western influence, say goodbye to women's rights, Saudi Arabia is the true enemy. They want a muslim world and it has to be in their vision.
They may well be building their armies, by instituting an Islamist Ideal around the World, but there are opposing forces taking on that ideology, and they are (for the time being) stronger than the Wahhabis. The true test is yet to come. On one side, the Wahhabis and Sharia Law... on the other are Secularists. While I don't underestimate the power of this partcular branch of Islamic religion, it has it's limits as all things do. Yes, it has a powerful influence over Muslims, but it enforces it's rule in such a brutal way it's actually limiting itself. Not all Muslims will convert to this extreme version of their religion, and those who struggle against that oppression will be on the front lines of the fight. IMO, Secularism is here to stay, the Wahhabi vision be damned.
I don't believe in the concept of holy wars no matter who is claiming they are coming. The claim only prop up opposing religions and it is always the opposing religions pushing the idea that some other religion is coming.
The Saudis are the true threat to the world. They support the sunni terrorist groups, they use their wealth and influence to control the western military to an extent, they spend over a hundred billion dollars building fundamentalist mosques and muslim schools that preach hate to brainwash the youth of sunni islamic nations. Yes secularism can work in the sunni muslim world. Turkey has it but has been losing it since the last presidential election, another saudi victory, in that nation. Now pro-western military officers are thrown in jail without trial and talk about war with Israel and Greece is part of the mosque/political conversation in that nation. The Saudis are the problem. They are not moderate as they like to be protrayed in the media but radical fundamentalist who have a plan and a purpose which is to make the entire world in their image. Decade by Decade they have been winning.
I hope that you would be right but they have heavliy invested in the world media and the arab population has been exported to western nations where they are having large families with mulitiple wifes. One legal the others on the side collecting welfare. With trillions of dollars at their disposal, a growing populatoin that is becoming entrenched in Europe and starting in this nation, and controling large segments of the media from stock shares and investment shell groups then they have everything working in thier favor and it is only a waiting game.
I don't disagree. I've always had a distaste for the wealth and influence of the Saudi's, as well as their purchases of property in America (and elsewhere). I too hope I'm right, but concede the final verdict will almost certainly not be in my lifetime. A large part of my evaluation of the Saudi influence relates to my intuition, which I have learned time after time to listen to. When I fail to heed it, it reminds me lol
