The Sandmonkey has his ear to the ground, and he’s hearing a strong anti-Shia rumble. He thinks the Egyptian people are being prepared for war:
I am not really sure who is behind it, whether it is the government, the sunni wahabi islamists forces, or both working together, but it is bearing fruit. Between state sponserd tabloids like Rose al Yousef writing story after story of Iran’s and the Shia’s rsising influence in the region, to popular islamic televangelist Khlaed Al Gindy going on the egptian state-sponserd TV show “el beit beitak” or on the Privately owned Orbit’s “Cairo Today” attacking the shia and calling them infidels and more dangerous than the zionists, to that lawyer who took over the Podium at the meeting of “the nationalistic forces summit to oppose Saddam’s execution” who gave the now infamous speech on how with Saddam’s death we egyptians should become very weary of Iran since it is the one who pushed for his execution, and that the sunni arab world is now facing a Zionist american Iranian conspiracy that aims to tear apart the middle-east. Redicilous, yes, but it seems to be working. Public sentiments regarding the shia have been changing ever since Sadam’s execution, with more people being vocally anti-Shia and the discussions taking place in egyptian private Universities, if they are any indication, seem to be supporting this premise. It’s hard to count how many times I’ve heard people at the AUC or the MSA speaking about how big giant infidels the Shia are and how they have always worked against Islam from the begining, and now, a friend of mine who goes to MIU, was telling me yesterday how she had to face like an angry group of her friends (all technically better educated and well traveld) who were telling her that 1) The Kurds are Shia and 2) All Shia are infidels and 3) They are worse and more dangerous than the zionists as far as Egypt is concerned. The future of Egypt, the fruit of egyptian private education. I weep for the future of this country. Anyway..
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This is the Reason we muslims were left behind because we were fighting with each other. people who force or talk about any muslim that he is doing shirk or kufr basically the person whos saying that actually hes doing kufr ..
salam, I like your article. The hatred against the Shia of Ahl-el-Beyt is growing. But thats not something new. The disunity among us muslims was always there since the death of our Holy Prophet (peace of God and HIS angels be upon him and his family). So as a shia who would love to see our Umma united, I must admit that Muslim UNity is in fact IMPOSSIBLE. Its a shame, but its true. May Allah save us MUslims and lead us to the path which pleases HIM most.
wa salam aleikum
your Shia MUslim brother
The Egyptian are Shia without knowing only about 1000,000 knows that thy are Shia.
Just wate fiew years from now,All will com out of the closets to declair their Shiism.
i think this is fact that shias and sunnis are two entirely different sects, and many differences between them, sunnis are liking the companions of our Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, and sect of shia base upon disliking of prophet’s companion,
There is no doubt that shias are more educated,talented and brave incompare to sunnis.Shias had to face lots of problems, sunnis always tried to ruin them but still they exists in the whole world with power.Now the world knows it who is superior between shia and sunni.
There is no difference between suunis and shia muslem. We beleive in ALLAH, Prophet Mohammad, Qouran and the same Makka for Haji. The difference is the Shia respect Imam Alie and the daughter of Prophet Mohammad Fatima, and their decendents, while the sunnis they do not loves them at all, especially the Wahabi in saudi arabia, who their kings lives in big palaces and high life completely different from the way the prophet taught us, and they consider all the muslims including some of the sunnis are infidels.
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