The Shi'ite Are Not Really Muslims.

Note: Readers should be aware of the very long standing (1400years)hostility between the Shi'ites and the Sunni muslims. Objectively, a very strong case can be made for the Shi'ites not being really muslims. Shi'ites actually have more in common, from religious and theological principles, with Orthodox Christianity.

During the days of the Crusader States in the Holy Land (1100-1297)many Christians and Shi'ites crossed over to the other religious community.

Shi'ites do not cause trouble in Australia.(Elsewhere is another matter, but that does not involve Australia). This is an important fact for this site.

This posting comes from al Jazeera on line.




Zarqawi tape rails against Shia


Friday 02 June 2006, 6:23am



Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, has called on fellow Sunnis to reject any reconciliation with Shia, according to an audio tape posted on the internet.


The tape, posted on Thursday in a website often used by Iraqi insurgent groups, could not be authenticated.

"O Sunnis! Prepare to get rid of the infidel snakes and their poison ... and don't listen to those advocating an end to sectarianism and calling for national unity. This is a weapon to get you to surrender," said the speaker on the tape who sounded like al-Zarqawi.

Iraq's new national unity government vowed last month to rein in violence and heal the country's sectarian wounds.

The speaker blasted Iraq's top Shia cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as the "leader of infidelity and atheism" and said his followers were more concerned about honouring their own saints than protesting against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad published in Danish and other newspapers around the world.

"We did not see them rise up with the same fervour when blasphemous pictures of the Prophet were published because they prefer their own leaders to God and his Prophet," he said.

Sectarian killings

The speaker accused Shia groups and government forces of being responsible for numerous attacks on Sunnis and their places of worship.

He suggested that Shia themselves were behind the February bombing of a Shia shrine and other attacks which touched off a wave of sectarian killings and revenge attacks.

"The attacks were a charade ... that revealed their (Shia) hatred of the Sunnis," the speaker said.

The tape, which was issued in three parts totalling about four hours, covered what the speaker said were examples of Shia enmity towards Islam throughout history.

The speaker criticised a militia loyal to Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for stopping their fight against US forces after uprisings in 2004 against US troops.

The speaker also attacked Lebanon's Shia group Hizbollah, and said majority-Shia Iran had helped the United States in Afghanistan and was in contact with Washington over Iraq.


Comment: Readers should be aware that when this site talks of 'muslims' and 'Islam' it is referring to Sunnis. Wahhabis are Sunnis...they are REAL Islam.

I wonder how many senior officials in Canberra or Sydney or Melbourne are aware of this Shia/Sunni divide and how seriously significant it is today?