Assad Urges Fight against Saudi Religious Ideology
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Syria's President Bashar Assad Monday called for a battle against Wahhabism, the political and religious ideology embraced by the Saudi government, a key backer of the uprising against his regime.
The comments came amid ongoing tensions between the two countries, which are fiercely opposed to each other.
"President Assad said that extremist and Wahhabi thought distort the real Islam, which is tolerant," state news agency SANA said.
"He underlined the role of men of religion in fighting against Wahhabi thought, which is foreign to our societies," the agency said.
Wahhabism is an ultra-conservative Muslim tradition, which is predominant in Saudi Arabia and applied to both religious and political life.
Assad's remarks during a meeting with religious clerics from Lebanon come a day after Saudi King Abdullah accused the Syrian leader of "destroying his country."
The monarch, who is hosting French President Francois Hollande, also accused Assad of having attracted Islamic extremists to Syria.
Groups affiliated with and loyal to al-Qaida are now among those fighting on the ground against Assad's government.
Saudi Arabia is a key backer of the rebels fighting against Assad's regime, and the Damascus government accuses the kingdom of funding "terrorists" seeking to destroy Syria.
30 December 2013, 18:39
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God bless you Assad of Syria. Thank you for helping to save the world from wahabism & takfiris. You made Syria the Al Qaeda meat grinder, and you were always loyal to the Resistance, therefor you got our full support.
30 December 2013, 18:49
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There's nothing to thank him for and he isn't saving the world from wahhabism. He's trying to survive it and he isn't doing it for you.
30 December 2013, 19:01
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And he will not succeed at surviving either. Yes, the Russians are supporting him but for their own reasons and they are now increasingly aware that the Sunnis will never accept him back I power and that if they want to succeed at chaperoning a political settlement they need to find a way to get rid of him.
All he managed to accomplish is driving the wedge between Shiites and Sunnis deeper than ever. Simple calculus points to the Sunni well being much much deeper than the Shiite one hence more able at replenishing the radicals' population. Their can be no military elimination by Shiites/Alawites of radical Sunnis and the sooner Iran and Hizballah come to terms with that the better off the world will be and especially Lebanon.
30 December 2013, 19:42
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@sagh: wahhabi threat is real. That is not the subject, the subject is that Assad is not fighting them because he wants to save the world but to save his throne. Saudi and other GCC kings are fighting for their thrones too.
31 December 2013, 02:29
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100% agree with Saturn. ... Sagh huffs paint down at the Santa factory...
30 December 2013, 20:09
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Same logic : assad is butcher, no saudi are and they did 9/11 i bet some of u guys cheared when 9/11 occured: moumana3a style...
Well guess what assad is still a butcher and iranian islamic state is in no way more secular than the wahabi ksa... (Even if in iran christion can live in suburbs and cell vodka under the jacket..)
No plus one for any of on those posts... Try to make better next time...
30 December 2013, 19:22
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This good man defied all you guys, just by sitting on that chair, makes you mad haha.
30 December 2013, 19:37
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You're chearing a murderer ! Traitor !
About your love of chairs : "There’s a space kept in hell with your name on the seat. With a spike in the chair just to make it complete"
30 December 2013, 19:54
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Google the lyrics and enjoy this songs' title :) Its addressed to all traitors including you...
30 December 2013, 20:11
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Not really kings of france sat on the royal chair for centuries before having their head cuts... So ca va let him enjoy his chair as it lasts...
No plus one mystic... Bad score today but keep it up bro...
30 December 2013, 19:32
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The dog of Damascus barking about tolerance and some idiots beleive him..what the f$ck...
30 December 2013, 19:49
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what a simplistic remark from a simplistic man , all addressed to his simplistic sheep...
then, even if wahhabism is a backward ideology and should belong to the middle ages, you should fight all ideologies that were responsible for deaths in their names:
baath ideology: how many millions killed in irak?
christianity: how many millions killed?
communism: how many millions killed?
capitalism: how many millions killed?
... so go and fight the whole planet ya chater...
31 December 2013, 02:43
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Min-canada, u make sense, but ur leaving out very crucial variables...
For one, the will to fight. Sometimes the underdog fights harder, when fighting for existence.
Second, the unity to fight. Do these states mentioned have the unity and coordination to fight together like the Shia, or do we witness another debacle like the wars against Israel?
Third, but not least, do the Americans and Israelis want war with Iran?? Not now, maybe not ever.
Anyway, the best outcome will be for our army to become strong enough to enter hizballah areas. Only then will we have a truly unified country.
30 December 2013, 20:29
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Takfiris from all the world are still storming into Syria today. Not all sunnis are bad, but all takfiris are bad.
30 December 2013, 20:37
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On this one i do agree al takfiri (sunna chiites christians boudists...) all takfiri are bad...
U finaly get ur plus one today mystic....
30 December 2013, 23:44
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Min-Canada what's your definition of a takfari? Tell me any time the Hezb has imposed there view of Islam on anyone?
31 December 2013, 00:20
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hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh For 40 years Assads did not denounce it, helped KSA in Gulf War, had good diplomatic relations with them.
Now that saudis are against his killings, he denounces their ideology that Assads fought since the begining, ie ISLAM.
Tel pere, tel fils...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bcr1CzvIYAE28yZ.jpg:large
31 December 2013, 01:41
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iranianpatriot we already knew ur khomeynist agenda.
Since '79, iran is killing muslims, destabilizing its neighbours, using arab shias to fight for its regional hegemony.
But payback time is approaching...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8T_44OvYoY
