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I am posting this article from a forum regarding the Jewish origins of the family of Saud and how the Whabbie movement started. The Wahabbie and Salafee pose themselves as being Sunni Muslims and even claim they are the most authentic. Unfortunately many of our Sunni brothers and sisters fall for this trap. This article I am posting is from a pro-black African site. It is very well written and exposes the history of the Whabbie movement and how it started. It is an excellent article. I trust that all Sunni and those interested in Islam will not fall for the extremist group known as Wahabbie and Salafee whom pretend to be Muslims. They are the same as the Zionists and work together to destroy Islam. Praise be to Allah Lord of the Worlds and I pray to Allah that he shall allow the truth to manifest for those that are lost and confused.

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THE SAUDI FAMILY CONCEAL THEIR JEWISH ORIGIN

The Saudi Dynasty:
Where Do They Come From and Who Is their Real Ancestor?

by Muhammad Salaam

Part I
Extracted From Saudhouse.com, Research and Presentation of:
Mohammad Sakher, who was ordered, killed by the Saudi Regime for the following findings:

1. Are the Saudi Family members belonging to the Tribe of Anza ben Wa’el as they allege to be?

2. Is Islam their actual religion?

3. Are they of an Arab Origin at all?

The following facts will blot out all the allegations of the Saudi Family and will refute all the false statements made by those hypocrites who sold their conscience to this family by falsifying and interpolating the real history of the Saudi Family; I mean the Journalists and historians who, for a financial temporal reward, have inserted and attached the genealogy of this family to our Great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) alleging that the Saudis are viceroys of our Almighty Allah on the Earth. It is quite clear that such a flattery is intended to vindicate and justify the Saudis’ Crimes and Atrocities, so as to firmly stabilize their Throne and to prop the pillars of their despotic regime. Which is extremely dictatorial and completely rejected by our great Islamic Faith.

Kingship is accursed in our Islamic Religion, in the Holy Qur’aan, because it is an imposed authority of One Person and his Family members to suppress the people and silence any other voice “of opposition” to the king’s despotic and completely dictatorial rules. So kings are denounced in the Holy Qur’aan in this verse: “Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people the meanest. Thus do they behave.” (27-34)

Nevertheless, the Saudi Family ignores this Qur’aanic verse, and alleges falsely that they are the strongest believers in the Holy Qur’aan, while in interim; they issue their strict orders to prohibit such Qur’aanic verses from being recited on the radio’s or the TVs. At the same time, such verses are strictly forbidden by them to appear written on any journal, because their recitation or printing does affect their Seat of Majesty!

WHO ARE THESE SAUDIS? WHERE ARE THEY FROM? AND WHAT IS THEIR FINAL GOAL?

The Saudi Family members know perfectly well the Muslims all over the world have already known their real Jewish Origin. Muslims have now known all their bloody past, which was, and still is stuck in the same mire of Brutal Despotism and Atrocity. Presently, they exert their utmost efforts to conceal their Jewish Origin by covering themselves with the cloak of the Islamic Religion, so as to try to keep their real Jewish Ancestry hidden in the dark by connecting their family tree with our Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

They forget or ignore that Islam does never give any favorable attention to genealogy or “Family Trees”; it favors and honors indiscriminately all human beings whose actions and words are commensurate with the doctrines of the Holy Qur’aan as confirmed by the following Qur’aanic verse:
“O Mankind! We created you from a single (Pair) of a male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may know each other (not that you may despise each other.) Verily, the most honored by you in the Sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.” (49-13)

Anyone who is iniquitous and blasphemous cannot affiliate him/her self to our great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) even though he/she may be the closest blood relative to him. Bilal, the Abyssinian slave, who was a faithful Muslim, was much more honored by Islam than Abu Lahab, the pagan, who was the real blood uncle of our Prophet. In Islam there is no Favoritism. Allah sets the degree of comparison in Islam according to the person’s piety and not according to his/her worldly status of affiliation to any dynasty.

Who if the Real Ancestor of the Clan of Saud?

In the year 851 A.H. a group of men from Al Masaleekh Clan, which was a branch of Anza Tribe, formed a caravan for buying cereals (wheat and corn) and other foodstuff from Iraq, and transporting it back to Najd. The head of that group was a man called Sahmi Bin Hathlool. The caravan reached Basra, where the members of the group went to a cereal merchant who was a Jew, called Mordakhai bin Ibrahim bin Moshe. During their bargaining with that merchant, the Jew asked them: “Where are you from?” They answered: “From Anza Tribe; a Clan of Al Masaleekh.” Upon hearing that name, the Jew started to hug so affectionately each on the them saying that he, himself, was also from the clan of Al Masaleekh, but he had come to reside in Basra (Iraq) in consequence to a family feud between his father and some members of Anza Tribe.

After he recounted to them his fabricated narrative, he ordered his servants to load all of the camels with wheat, dates, and tamman; a remarkable deed so generous that astonished the Masaleekh men and aroused their pride to find such an affectionate (cousin) in Iraq-the source of sustenance; they believed each word he said, and, because he was a rich merchant of the food commodities which they were badly in need, they accepted him (even though he was a Jew concealed under the garb of an Arab from Al Masaleekh clan.)

When the caravan was ready to depart returning to Najd, that Jewish merchant asked tem to accept his company, because he intended to go with them to his original homeland, Najd. Upon hearing that from him, they wholeheartedly welcomed him with a very cheerful attitude.

So that (concealed) Jew reached Najd with the caravan. In Najd, he started to promulgate a lot of propaganda for himself through his companions (his alleged cousins), a fact, which gathered around him a considerable number of new supporters. But, unexpectedly, he confronted a campaign of opposition to his views led by Sheikh Saleh Salman Abdullah Al Tamimi, who was a Muslim religious preacher in Al-Qaseem. The radius of his preaching area included Najd, Yemen, and Hijaz, a fact which compelled the Jew (the Ancestor of the present Saud family) to depart from Al Qaseem to Al Ihsa, where he changed his name (Mordakhai) to Markan bin Dir’iya near Al-Qateef, where he started to spread among the inhabitants a fabricated story about the shield of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that it was taken as a booty by an Arab pagan in consequence of the Battle of Uhud between the Arab pagans and the Muslims. “That shield,” he said, “was sold by the Arab pagan to a Jewish clan called Banu Qunaiqa who preserved it as a treasure! He gradually enhanced his position among the Bedouins through such stories, which indicated how the Jewish clans in Arabia were so influential, and deserved high esteem. He gained some personal importance among the Bedouins, and decided to permanently settle there, at Dir’iya town, neat Al Qateef, which he decided to be his “Capital” on the Persian Gulf. He aspired to make it his springboard for establishing a Jewish Kingdom in Arabia.

In order to fulfill his ambitious scheme, he started to approach the desert Arab Bedouins for support of his position, and then gradually, he declared himself as their king!

At that juncture, Ajaman Tribe, together with Banu Khaled Tribe became fully aware of that Jewish cunning plan after they had verified his true identity, and decided to put an end to him. They attacked his town and conquered it, but before arresting him he had escaped by the skin of his teeth.

That Jewish ancestor of the Saudi Family, Mordakhai, sought shelter in a farm at that time called Al-Malibeed-Ghusaiba near Al-Arid, which is called at our present time Al-Riyadh.

He requested the owner of that farm to grant him asylum. The farmer was so hospitable that he immediately gave him sanctuary. But no longer than a month had he (Mordakhai) stayed there, when he assassinated the landlord and all members of his family, pretending that they were killed by an invading band of thieves. Then he pretended that he had bought that real estate from them before that catastrophe happened to them! Accordingly, he had the right to reside there as a landlord. He then gave a new name to that place: Al-Diriya-the same name as that he had lost.

That Jewish ancestor (Mordakhai) of the Saudi Family, was able to establish a “Guest House” called “Madaffa” on the land he usurped from his victims, and gathered around him a group of hypocrites who started to spread out false propaganda for him that he was a prominent Arab Sheikh. He plotted against Sheikh Saleh Salman Abdulla Al Tamimi, his original enemy, and caused his assassination in the mosque of the town called Al-Zalafi.

After that, he felt satisfied and safe to make Al-Diriya his permanent home. There he practiced polygamy at a wide scale, and indeed, he begot a lot of children whom he gave pure Arab names.

Ever since his descendants grew up in number and power under the same name of Saudi Clan, they have followed his steps in practicing under ground activities and conspiracies against the Arab nation. They illegally seized rural sectors and farmlands and assassinated every person who tried to oppose their evil plans. They used all kinds of deceit for reaching their goals; they bought the conscience of their dissidents; they offered their women and money to influential people in that area, particularly those who started to write the true biography of that Jewish family; they bribed the writers of history in order to purify their ignominious history, and to make their lineage related to the most prominent Arab tribes such as Rabi’a, Anza, and Al Masaleekh.

A conspicuous hypocrite in our era, whose name is Mohammad Amin Al Tamimi- Director/Manager of the contemporary Libraries of the Saudi Kingdom, made up a genealogical tree (family tree) for this Jewish family (the Saudis), connecting them to our Great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). For his false work, he received a reward of 35 thousand Egyptian pounds from the then Saudi Ambassador to Cairo, Egypt, in the year 1362 A.H.-1943 A.D. The name of that Ambassador is Ibrahim Al-Fadel.

As aforementioned, the Jewish ancestor of the Saudi family, (Mordakhai), practiced polygamy by marrying a lot of Arab women and begot many children; his polygamous practice is, at the present time, being carried out “to the letter” by his descendants; they cling to his martial heritage!

One of Mordakhai’s sons called Al-Maraqan, arabized from the Jewish root Mack-ren, begot a son called Mohammad, then another son called Saud, which is the name of the present day Saudi Dynasty.

Descendants of Saud (the present day Saudi Family) started a campaign of assassination of the prominent leaders of the Arab Tribes under the pretence that those leaders were apostates; renegading from the Islamic Religion, and deserting their Qur’aanic doctrines; so they deserved the Saudi condemnation and slaughter!

In the History Book of the Saudi Family pages 98-101, their private family historian declares that the Saudi dynasty considers all people of Najd blasphemous, so their blood must be shed, their properties confiscated, and their females taken as concubines; no Muslim is authentic in his/her belief unless he/she belongs (affiliates) to the sect of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab (whose origins are also Jewish from Turkey.) His doctrines give authority to the Saudi Family to destroy villages with all their inhabitants-males including children, and to sexually assault their women; stab the bellies of the pregnant, and cut off the hands of their children, then burn them! They are further authorized by such a brutal doctrine to plunder all the properties of which they call renegades (not following their Wahabi sect.)

Their hideous Jewish family has, in fact, done all that kind of atrocities in the name of their false religious sect (the Wahabi), which has actually been invented by a Jew so as to sow the seeds of terror in the hearts if people in towns and villages. This Jewish Dynasty has been committing such brutal atrocities ever since 1163 A.H. They have named the whole Arabian Peninsula after their family name (Saudi Arabia) as if the whole region is their own personal real estate, and that all other inhabitants are their mere servants or slaves, toiling day and night for the pleasure of their masters (The Saudi Family.)

They are completely holding the natural wealth of the country as their own property. If any poor person from the common people raises his/her voice complaining against any of the despotic rules of this Jewish Dynasty, the Dynasty cuts off his/her head in the public square. A princess of theirs once visited Florida, USA, with her retinue; she rented 90 (ninety) Suite rooms in a Grand Hotel for about One Million dollars a night! Can anyone of her subjects comment about that extravagant event? If he/she does, his/her fate is quite known: DEATH WITH THE EDGE OF THE SAUDI SWORD IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE!!!!!

WITNESSES ON THE JEWISH ANCESTRY OF THIS SAUDI FAMILY:

In the 1960’s the “Sawt al Arab ” Broadcasting Station in Cairo, Egypt, and the Yemen Broadcasting Station in Sana’a confirmed the Jewish ancestry of the Saudi family.

King Faisal Al-Saud at that time could not deny his family’s kindred with the Jews when he declared to the Washington Post on Sept.17, 1969 stating: “We, the Saudi Family, are cousins of the Jews: we entirely disagree with any Arab or Muslim Authority which shows any antagonism to Jews; but we must live together with them in peace. Our country (Arabia) is the fountain head from where the first Jew sprang, and his descendants spread out all over the world.” That was the declaration of King Faisal Al-Saud bin Abdul Aziz!!!

Hafez Wahbi, the Saudi legal advisor, mentioned in his book entitled “The Peninsula of Arabia” that King Abdul Aziz A-Saud, who died in 1953, had said: “Our message (Saudi Massage) encountered the opposition of all Arab Tribes. My grandfather, Saud Awal, once imprisoned a number of the Sheikhs of Matheer Tribe; and when another group of the same tribe came to intercede for the release of the prisoners, Saud Awal gave orders to his men to cut off the heads of all the prisoners, then, he wanted to humiliate and derogate the interceders by inviting them to eat from a banquet he prepared from the cooked flesh of his victims whose cut off heads he place in the top of the food platters! The interceders became so alarmed and declined to eat the flesh of their relatives, and, because of their refusal to eat, he ordered his men to cut off their heads too. That hideous crime was committed by that self imposed king to innocent people whose guilt was their opposition to his most cruel and extremely despotic rules.

Hafez Wahbi states further that King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud related that bloody true story to the Sheikhs of the Matheer Tribs, who visited him in order to intercede for their prominent leader at that time, Faisal Al Darweesh, who was the king’s prisoner. He related that story to them in order to prevent them from interceding for the release of their Sheikh; otherwise, they would meet the same fate; he killed the Sheikh and used his blood as an ablution liquid from him just before he stood up for his prayer (after the false sect doctrine of the Wahabi). The guilt of Faisal Darweesh at that time was that he had criticized King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud when the king signed the document which the English Authorities prepared in 1922 as a declaration for giving Palestine to the Jews; his signature was obtained in the conference held at Al Aqeer in 1922.

That was and still is the system of this regime of the Jewish family) (Saudi Family). All its goals are: plundering the wealth of the country, robbing, falsifying, and committing all kinds of atrocity, iniquity, and blasphemy-all are executed in compliance with their self invented Wahabi Sect which legalizes the chopping of the heads of their opposing subjects.

Go to Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 HERE:
http://www.davidicke.net/emagazine/v…es/saudi1.html

Peace upon all my sisters and brothers whom wish to explore the tolerant, moderate and spiritual Islam. America is a country that has one of the largest percentages of people that are converting to other religions. The media knows that Islam is one of the religions that people will be considering when exploring other beliefs. Thus they want to create the most unpleasant, violent and extremist picture possible of this peaceful religion. When dealing with mass media, one should consider the propaganda and lies that are shoved down the common man’s throat. One does not have a hope for discovering truth unless they seek good sources for their news like independent journalism on the Internet. There are many good sites for finding truth; however, I would recommend www.rense.com as a good all around independent news site.
Countries like France and others are starting to censor sites that expose the atrocities of Zionism, Wahabism and other fanatic movements. The elite controllers are terrified that a mass movement of intellectual and spiritual evolution will take place. The Internet is a good place for it to start. That is why we are seeing the censorship of the Internet. Truth does not fear investigation brothers and sisters. If someone is trying to disparage and attack information, know that they are hiding something and there is a good reason they are scared. The elite is terrified of the truth more than anything. Islam is a religion that encourages the deep study and contemplation of the sciences and existence, why we are here and the like. I am asking you to boycott Brittany Spears, the wife swamping show, Jerry Springer, sporting events and all of these brain-dead agendas that work to insult your true intelligence and prevent your free spirit from evolving. Time is running away like water never to come back again.
Emancipate your souls and minds from the idiot box you so cherish. The TV can be used for educational purposes. However, the majority of this viewing material through cable is used to make you stupid and degenerate. If you cannot see this, you are part of the sheep masses. Some cannot be helped and it’s truly too late for them. I am writing to an audience that has reached the point of intellectual and spiritual liberation. They see that there is something very wrong with society, government and the violence of mankind. They seek to change and separate themselves from the sheep. This is done through introspective spiritual and intellectual contemplation. It is accomplished through understanding that there is more to life and accepting that we were put here to explore, worship and contemplate the mysteries of creation. There is more to our daily existence than the brain-dead-gangster rap-artists or rock bands that sing of a life of sex, violence, drugs and stupidity. If we were to gather the greatest minds of these artists and let them think, we would still not find anything more intellectually or spiritually advanced than what is on Sponge Bob, Howard Stern, the Mickey Mouse club or Jerry Springer.
So please brothers and sisters think and use your minds! You have an individual spirit waiting to shine and leave the sheep masses behind. Do not be a follower but a leader. You are the only one that can help yourself evolve. Who are the sheep? They are the majority of people unfortunately. The elite is a small percentage of individuals whom work in oil, banking etc and are descendents from nobility. They cannot control all of you by force, as it would take too much effort. Rather they know most of you are stupid and can be convinced of almost anything through the media and the idiot box that you place in the corner of the most cherished location in your home like a God. Here they convince you of whom to hate whom to love and what is wrong, right and the like. You need not think, as they will tell you what to think. They know that the majority of you will not get off your fat asses to research something online or read a book so they can convince you of whatever they wish. They are successful.
Most of you are the sheep. You are nothing but an animal to them. You serve well by going overseas and sacrificing yourselves for the global elite in war but don’t think you are special. Of course they have thousands of other sheep in line to do as told and it really does not matter. They know that they can convince you of anything they wish and laugh about how stupid you are whether you are at home watching them on TV or dead on the battlefields. You are owned. So until the masses awake and learn to think for themselves instead of being sheep, we will continue this process of stupidity.

Islam has often been translated as “submission to God” in various texts. However,
this is a common translation by those who have not any knowledge of the Arabic language. Submission does not always mean that it is voluntary. Thus this translation is not only inappropriate but also inaccurate. This is especially true when trying to express a broad and yet simplistic concept. Arabic is built on root letters. Many words have a root, which contain three or more letters. Sin (س) Laam (ل) and Meem (م) are the root letters in the word Islam and also form the word “salaam.” This is a common word and has the Hebrew equivalent of shalom. Islam is better translated as simply “peace.” Islam was the last of the great monotheistic religions to come out of the Middle East. However, Muslims view Islam as the final prophecy of God and the original authentic teachings of the prophets. From this position, Islam is not considered a new religion to Muslims. It is stated in the Quran that the essence of the ancient scriptures is within the Quran. The Quran is considered the most accurate and authentic word of God among Muslims. That is why it’s known as the final revelation. The Torah and Christian scriptures are considered to be revelations from God. The modern books in the hands of the Christians and Jews, which would include the Torah and New Testament, are thought of as being rewritten by mankind throughout the years and thus not the original words of God.
The Quran remains in classical Arabic and has remained so for over 1400 years. The Quran has been translated into many languages, although, the original Quran remains only in the Arabic language. The Arabic language of the Quran is quite different from conversational Arabic spoken throughout the Arab world. Arabic is related to the Semitic branch of languages, which also includes Hebrew, Aramaic and Ethiopian. Many Arabic words can be traced back to Aramaic and even much older languages such as Akkadian. An amazing aspect of the Quran is the poetic and rhythmic flow of the verses. There are Muslims known as Hafiz whom have memorized the entire Quran by heart. This seems to be a miracle within itself.
Islam has five pillars of faith and all but one are considered obligatory upon the believer. Tawheed is the first pillar and this word has been translated as “oneness” of God. Tawheed is actually the most important article of faith in Islam. The concept of God in Islam is the universally merciful and singularly compassionate creator. God is the all encompassing immaculate. All scientific discoveries and technologies that are discovered are considered to be the blessings of God.  There are similarities to the Hebrew God in the sense that the Islamic concept of God is completely invisible without any physical attributes. Muslims consider Islam more of a universal message and Judaism was more a revelation for the Jewish people. To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and earth and he has power over all things. There is no concept of Allah sharing dominion with a son, father or mother as within Christianity in Islam. The trinity concept is a very foreign and incompatible concept in orthodox Islam. There is only one God and he has not associates. This is the basis of the Islamic faith. God is not considered male or female but androgynous and the word Allah in Arabic even ends in the feminine “h-ه” which is often added to the end of an Arabic word to make it feminine. Though many Muslims refer to Allah as a he as Christians do, some Sufi Muslims have called Allah she in reference. Many names that are attributed to Allah are also feminine in the Arabic language.
It is appropriate to explain the etymology of the word “Allah” so that the reader does not identify the Islamic god as being different from the Christian or Jewish God. First we should elucidate that there is not concept of sympathy for Jesus or even much acknowledgement of him in traditional Judaism. As some Jews say “Jesus and Jews do not mix!” Allah comes from the Aramaic word for god “Allaha.” It is agreed by many Christian, Muslim and Jewish scholars that Jesus spoke Aramaic. Hebrew was only used in the synagogue during the biblical days and was not made a conversational language until the creation of Israel in 1948. Thus the word used for God in the days of the prophets would have been much closer to “allah”, “eloh”, etc than “god” which comes form the German Gott. This should clear up any confusion about Allah being a moon God or a different God from that of the Christians and Jews. Let us compare the word for God below in Arabic, Aramaic and Hebrew:
Allah
Allaha
Elaha
Please refer to “The Name of God” to view right to left fonts on my site. All of these antique languages were without vowels. Therefore, slight differences in pronunciation would be common. Prayer is an important pillar of faith in Islam. It is an obligatory act that is performed five times a day. Shia Muslims often combine their five prayers into three periods of time. There are other types of prayers that are optional and encouraged for a closer connection with God. Muslims make “zikir” with beads, which is a practice similar to the rosary with Catholics. It is a form of meditation and spiritual development. There is also a collection of invocations and prayers that Shia and Sufi say at the shrines of the Imams and holy Saints. This is done for spiritual blessing and as a form of pilgrimage. Sunni Muslims do not participate in this type of practice that is known as “ziarat” and many would consider it blasphemes. Many extremist Sunni or those that call themselves Wahabbie have attacked Shia shrines and killed innocents.
Charity is given to the needy and Islam has always encouraged a society where poverty is abolished. Hoarding and usury are forbidden in Islam. Khums and zakat are words used for charity. There are certain times of the year that this type of charity is performed. If not, Islam is very logical and practical in the way it allows other good deeds to make up for obligatory commandments that cannot be performed. A good example is how feeding the hungry is always encouraged and could be a blessing that holds weight if one cannot perform an obligatory act such as fasting.  It’s always encouraged to feed the hungry and give additional charity whenever possible.
Ramadan is a special month in Islam where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Muslims are not allowed to eat, smoke or drink any liquids or have sex during the fast. After sunset, Muslims are allowed to eat and participate in their normal routine. Many Westerners view the fast, which lasts around thirty days as a very uncomfortable and extreme practice. Fasting during Ramadan is not only about going without food but purifying the soul and refraining from bad speech and thoughts. It is considered a time of inner reflection and an opportunity to reconnect with God and seek forgiveness. It also allows one to feel what it is like to be hungry and creates more sympathy for those without food. The Quran is often recited and families visit each other and some of the most delicious foods and desserts are served during Ramadan. It is stated in the Quran that fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you. Many Christians and Jews also have certain times of the year when they will fast.
Hajj is the major pilgrimage in Islam. Hajj is highly encouraged if the Muslim is able to afford it and is healthy for the journey. The Hajj is symbolic of when Muhammad returned to Mecca after being in exile with his followers. This was a great event and is compared to a reference in the Quran when Abraham smashed several idols that were sold in his city. Muhammad entered the Kaba (black square- known as the house of god) and broke all of the idols that were worshipped in Mecca and declared that there was only one God. The Hajj is considered a very spiritual journey for the Muslim. Many Muslims describe it as a feeling so humble and at one with humanity as Muslims from all over the world of every color attend the Hajj in a simple white robe. Shia and Sufi Muslims often visit the shrines of saints for spiritual blessings and as refuge as mentioned beforehand. This is another form of Hajj that is not practiced in Sunni Islam. Shia and Sufi Muslims seek refuge at the shrines of Sufi Saints and the family of Muhammad to seek spiritual evolution and insight. Many Sunni do not understand this and have a radical view that this is idolatry and even say that Shiite Muslims worship the dead and make claims of necromancy.
Some Muslims consider “jihad” a part of the pillars of Islam and some consider it a separate act. Hereafter, leaving the scholarly Islamic disputes behind, it is an important concept and should be explained as it has received a radical and fundamental interpretation in the west. Jihad in Arabic simply means to struggle. The Muslim has an inner jihad in the morning when it is time to wake up and pray, as he would rather sleep. He has to fight with himself to get up and pray. This is a form of jihad. Traditions from Muhammad in what is known as “hadeeth” even state that the inner struggle against the animal instinct is the highest form of jihad. A famous tradition hadeeth reports that once after a battle Muhammad told his companions that they had just completed the minor jihad. The companions asked, “Oh prophet tell us what is the greater jihad?” The prophet of Islam quoted, “it is the struggle with yourself.” Your greatest enemy is your own self and it will be your greatest battle.
The concept of jihad as in holy war, which is the only interpretation most westerners have of the word jihad, has some validity. The physical battle or to wage jihad in Islam has always been for defensive means and not offensive. Contrary to what most non-Muslims might think Islam does not condone tyranny, terrorism, suicide bombing, or converting others by force to Islam. It is even stated in the Quran that there is no compulsion in religion. Islam states that if one tries to harm you or your family such as in an occupation or criminal activity one has the right to defend his or herself. This is another form of jihad. Because of the massive funding and support from hidden hands  Arab extremists groups gain massive financial and military support from the west and Saudi Arabia. The west only sees the holy war concept of jihad.
Islam has two major denominations known as the Sunni and Shiites. There are other sects that have come out of the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam. The schism was born during the passing of Muhammad. Imam Ali is considered the first Imam in the Shia school of thought and Ali bin Talib (Imam Ali) was the first convert to Islam, he was Muhammad’s first cousin, and was raised by Muhammad as a young boy. He was later the husband of Muhammad’s daughter Fatemeh. The Shia Muslims follow twelve Imams and these Imams are even mentioned in the bible as twelve princes and in some translations as chiefs. Genesis 17:20 But as regards to Ishmael I have heard you. Look! I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him very, very much. He will certainly produce 12 princes, and I will make him become a great nation.  Only the twelve grandchildren of Muhammad could fit this description throughout history. The Shia believe Islam is best approached through the family of Muhammad and the grandchildren of Imam Ali and Muhammad’s daughter Fatemeh. They are known as the 12 Imams as Jesus had twelve disciples.
The Sunni make up the majority of Muslims and they chose to follow the father-n-law of Muhammad known as Abu Bakr and the other Sunni caliphs, which were imperialistic and elitist. Shia and Sunni Muslims share many beliefs when dealing with the basic doctrines of Islam such as the five pillars. However, most Sunni do not have knowledge of the imams (grandchildren of Muhammad) and consider Shia Islam as a sect, and feel that Sunni Islam is the true Orthodox Islam. We will concentrate on the Shia interpretation of Islam and their practices, for the west has mostly been taught the Sunni view of Islam. With the rise of the Sunni caliphs after Muhammad’s death, the Shia Imams were treated as criminals and often placed on house arrest throughout the Sunni reign. Sunni leaders were always scared the Shia would revolt against them and thus persecuted many Shia and Sufi Muslims. This was especially true of the family of Muhammad. In fact all Shia that follow the 12 imams believe that they were all “shaheed” meaning martyred. The sword killed some; thereafter, the Sunni caliphs through deception poisoned the majority.
The Sufi branch of Islam developed as with many mystical movements in monotheism such as Christianity and Judaism. It was the response to have a direct connection with God and to oppose dogmatic and rigid doctrines. Secret knowledge, tolerance and open mindedness blossomed within their teachings. Sufi and Shia Muslims share more in common with Christianity and Eastern philosophies. Forgiveness and compassion are strong themes. The Sufi and Shia both visit the shrines of Saints and many Christians in the Middle East perform this practice. In Shiite Persia the tombs of family members are washed with rose water as prayers are made for the deceased.  Some say Sufi comes from the Arabic word for wool and the Sufi wore cloaks made of simple wool. I imagine the word to be more associated with Sophia the Goddess of Wisdom and “Sefer” a Hebrew and Palestinian Arabic word meaning “book.” These are the traveling souls whom seek of male and female equilibrium or the positive and negative within.  They are the lovers of knowledge and wisdom.
The Shia and Sufi share the ancient Aryan hero epic as within old Indo-Iranian and Aryan tales. The tale of the all universal all suffering savior is felt. Some Quotes from Sufi and Shia Muslims as well as compassionate verses in the Quran should be considered:
“Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” Al Imran 3:31”
“All the prophets of Allah were liberal.” Imam Jaffar As Saddi
“One who dies of love unrequited in this life shall die a martyr and shall be thus compensated. The Bektashi Sufi
The Illustrious Imam Ali said, “If man aspires to an everlasting state he should melt his own self for the sake of God’s love.” Imam Ali
“He who knows himself, knows his Lord.” Prophet Muhammad

I looked everywhere in vain to find the True God: I searched around and did not know I had him in my own heart. The famed Albanian poet Naim Frasheri-
“My heavens and my earth cannot confine me, but I can be contained within the heart of my faithful servant.” Bektashi Source-
The Best from of Worship is to contemplate about God and his Power. Imam al-Sadiq-
“And Jesus shall be a sign for the coming of the hour of Judgement. Therefore have no doubt about the hour. When Jesus came with clear signs, he said “Now I have come to you with wisdom, therefore fear Allah (God) and obey me, for Allah, he is my Lord and your Lord so worship him, for this is the straight path.”  The Quran Surah 43
Commentary regarding Islamic prayer:
Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Matthew 26:36-39 The cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gesthemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be very sorrowful and heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little father, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou Wilt.
Many Christians would not be aware of the high honor that is placed on Jesus and
Mother Mary in Islam. For example, Jesus is mentioned 93 times in the Quran and an
entire chapter is in the Quran titled “Maryam” which means Mary in Arabic. Muslims
believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, the miracles of Jesus and that he will appear again
toward the last days. Early Sufi movements that arose out of Persia, Turkey, Albania and
former Soviet countries had many similarities with Christians. Some Sufi sects that grew
out of Islam even believed in the crucifixion of Jesus. The Shiite Muslims identify with
the concept of a suffering savior as Christians. He is known as the third Imam and
given the honorable title “Prince of Martyrs.” His name was Hussein. Imam Hussein (the
grandson of Muhammad) was brutally killed along with family members and comrades in
the Iraqi deserts of Karbala around October 10, 1680. This was considered a great
sacrifice in the eyes of Shia Muslims and was what saved Islam. Every year the Shiite
Muslims commemorate this tragedy on the 10th of Ashorah and it has great similarities
with the Christian passion plays in Europe. The tragedy is reborn and people become
very sad and mourn. Sometimes fake blood is used and in countries like Iran and Iraq the
streets will be full of those that mourn for Imam Hussein. Ashora was originally Yom
Kippur for the Jews as well. However, the Jews modified their lunar calendar to coincide
with the western calendar. The Islamic calendar is one hundred percent lunar, and this is
the only known lunar calendar that is not modified in some way.
During the mourning of Ashora, which is the day of the tragic event of Karbala,
Armenian Christians even attend Shiite-mourning events and identify with this ancient
concept of a suffering savior. Shiite and Sufi Muslims share a history similar to
Protestants in many ways in the fact that the Sunni Empire had corrupted Islam and the
spiritual personal approach to religion just as the Catholic Church had. Many of the early
Shiite and Sufi Muslims were martyrs like many early Protestants. Even in India many
non-Muslims participate in the mourning of Ashora.
Ziarat was mentioned much earlier and described as invocation by shrines of
Saints and the Imams whom were the grandchildren of Muhammad. This is a very
antique practice that was practiced in similar ways in ancient Babylon and Egypt. The
chest beating (smiting of the chest) during mourning in Shiite Islam also has many
ancient origins. It is mentioned in “The Lost Books of Eden.” 5:2 And as they
prayed, Adam raised his eyes, and saw the rock and the roof of the cave that covered him
overhead, so that he could see neither heaven, nor God’s creatures. So he wept and
smote heavily upon his breast, until he dropped, and was as dead.
To explain the reasoning for extremism in any religion could take pages if not a
good book. However, we will explore alternative news and facts about some of the
reasons for extremism in Islam. Islam has received worldwide attention since 9-11 and
many have been exposed to a side of Islam that is foreign to Shia as well as Sunni
Muslims. As mentioned, it’s not possible to exhaust this topic. Although, some important
information should be addressed to help the reader continue his or her studies in this
subject. Arabs do not make the majority of Muslims as some may think. Indonesia,
Malaysia and India have Muslim populations that over-exhaust many Arab countries.
Extremism in Islam has roots in the desire for emancipation of western-secular
influences and was in many ways a fight against the occupation of countries like England, France, Israel and the USA. These countries have for years tempted to dictate the affairs within the governments of countries that have Muslim majorities. France has occupied Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and other parts of North and West Africa. England has colonized in Egypt and India and recently we have seen the US and England occupy Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel remains in Palestine.
Many Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese Arabs live in Palestine or within the boarders of the occupying illegal state of Israel. They are in a perpetual state of desperation. Arabs see their families shot, raped, and tortured, their homes bulldozed over, and the most horrific nightmares by Israeli troops and settlers. The US has a history of installing puppet governments in the Middle East as with Saddam in Iraq and the Shah of Iran before the Iranian Revolution. To understand extremism in Islam, one must consider how western meddling in predominantly Muslim countries has backfired. It is accurate to say that Western society is considered to be very secular by Muslims both Shia and Sunni. Alcohol, strip clubs, gambling, prostitution, public nudeness and other common activities in the west are forbidden in Islam. When they do occur they will surely not be in public domain. To conceal rather than reveal is an Islamic principal. Muslims view the west as trying to secularize their strong morals in modesty, stable families and conservative societies. Muslims fear that Western ways are completely at odds with Islamic teachings. Muslims feel that if these practices have to take place, they should be hidden and in private. The question is why should their kids and most loved ones be subjected and forced to learn about these practices in schools and in public as in the West?
Saudi Arabia is a country that has funded Islamic extremism for years and the USA has military bases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has given them money and weapons numerous times. Much of this support is transferred into the hands of Arab, Pakistani and Afghani extremists. It is interesting to note that Saudi Arabia was not always known as such. In the time of Muhammad, it was the Arabian Peninsula. It was the great bridge to Africa and Asia. Saud is the name of a wealthy family and once they were able to consolidate power in Arabia, it was then known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdul Whab was a Turkish Jew that received funding from the UK to help establish a new form of extremist Islam that would help create division and tear Islam apart from the inside out.  It was in Arabia with support of the family of Saud whom also have Jewish origins that this movement grew into what we now know as Whabbie or the Al Salafee extremists branch of Islam. The CIA has supported and trained Mujadeen (Taliban fighters) as early as the war between Russia and Afghanistan.
In conclusion Islam sees itself in relation to Christianity more so than Judaism especially when movements such as Zionism are concerned. Many Arab Christian communities are suffering in the Middle East just as Arab Muslims are because of war and occupations. A long-term plan for peace relies on massive grass root movements, good independent journalism and the desire to truly learn and evolve from the brainwashing of contemporary mass media sources. Christians and Jews have to understand the atrocities that are being inflicted on innocents not only in Israel but also in Iraq and Afghanistan and the greater Muslim world. Muslims have to avoid extremist ideologies and understand that violence is not the answer; although, many Muslims feel that this is the only way Western and Jewish-Zionist forces will listen and correct themselves. The extremism in Islam is also generated out of fanatic pro-Arab peoples with little education. Groups and organizations that claim they fight extremism and terrorism fund these same extremist movements.  It is the similitude of the Russian dolls. Once you open one doll there is another and then another. The corruption of it all is nested and encapsulated. Love is truly the answer. That is love under divine will.