If you really think that Wahhabism was a plot by British secret agents, may I suggest you switch to the David Icke list where you can also talk about alien lizards controlling Jewish bankers.
:-)
-Chip
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of joanna bujes
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:54 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: fundamentalism
>
>
> At 12:25 AM 05/01/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >One was led by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-92), that
> >became the Wahhabi movement-the theology behind the Saudi
> government. Think
> >of the Wahhabist Saudi government as similar to the
> theocratic government
> >created by John Calvin in Geneva. Both are based on the idea of the
> >sovereignty of God administered by righteous men.
>
> i thought this was the one that the Brits helped invent.
> Wasn't there some
> info on this on a previous thread?
>
> Joanna
>