On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Charles Brown wrote:
> CB: Didn't Britain have a lot to do with creating the Saudi
> "denomination" of Islam ?
No. It was created by an 18th century cleric. The Brits did give decisive help to Abdel-Aziz al-Saud in taking over, unifying and consolidating what thus became Saudi Arabia, though, and that's what gave Wahabism its Vatican state.
Michael