Wahhabism and ISIS: Why US Officials Won’t Discuss Their Links to Saudi Arabia
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Published on Dec 7, 2015
Wahhabism is a sect of Islam that brings the Quran to a literal interpretation and even takes death as a form of punishment as acceptable under its tenets. US ally Saudi Arabia funds many of the madrassas, or schools, which promote this ideology. Omer Aziz, a writer and fellow at the Yale Information Project says Saudi Arabia’s status as an ally is why officials abstain from using the term “Wahhabism.” If they did, the American population would connect the dots between Wahhabism, ISIS, and the Saudi royal family.
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