Dear Susan,
I came to this conclusion after reading several online accounts of British activity in the middle east subsequent to WW1. I read that Lawrence of Arabia was deeply involved in the Arab revolt against the Ottoman hegemony instigated by Sharif Hussein bin Ali . Sharif
Hussein had been
That is true. However The house of Sa'ud entered into an alliance with
the Wahhabis and subsequent to attaining control of Arabia, they
exported Wahhabism through the funding of religious schools throughout
the middle East. One also might note British encouragement of the sect
as well as by
Dear Friends,
Please bear with this ignorant and somewhat wordy person. Many years
ago, I was taught that religion was the seed-bed of culture and deduced
that religion and culture were inextricably intertwined. In other
words, culture affects religious beliefs while religion has a profound
