Re: slavery, polygamy

I just finished a NY Times Sunday essay on Wahabbism and Salafiyyism as 
well as reform in the Saudi kingdom.

It might be worth a look for those who haven't seen it yet.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/magazine/07SAUDIS.html>

-Mudhillun

--On Friday, March 12, 2004 10:01 AM +1100 Kate Ahmad 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Wahabbism was originally embraced for political reasons - it was a way to
> oppose the Ottoman Empire.  So the saudis backed it, and hence it is
> backed by saudi oil money.  That is why it has spread throughout USA in
> particular - so much money is spent on distributing their pamphlets,
> their version of the Quran (Ibn Baz), their imams etc.
>
> aisha
>
>
> > From: "Afdhere Jama" <[email protected]>
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] slavery, polygamy
> > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:15:54 -0800
> >
>
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