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Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the establishment of the theocracy of [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], Iranian Twelver Shiite Islam became associated with Islamic fundamentalism and violent hostility to the West both politically and culturally. The Sunnis took inspiration from the Iranian Revolution and wanted to overthrow a Western-aligned government to create their own Islamic State under [[shariah]] law. The [[Soviet-Afghan war|Afghan jihad]] was their first attempt.

Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the establishment of the theocracy of [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], Iranian Twelver Shiite Islam became associated with Islamic fundamentalism and violent hostility to the West both politically and culturally. The Sunnis took inspiration from the Iranian Revolution and wanted to overthrow a Western-aligned government to create their own Islamic State under [[shariah]] law. The [[Soviet-Afghan war|Afghan jihad]] was their first attempt.

It must be remembered that [[al Qaeda]] and the Taliban are entirely Sunni movements. Much of the inspiration for groups like Al-Qaeda comes from the fiercely fundamentalist Wahhabi sect, predominant in Saudi Arabia, and as hostile to Shiite Islam as it is to [[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]]. Wahhabi ideology is at war with itself and the whole world. The ruling Saudi klan not only claims Wahhabist traditions, its bloodline is intermarried with Ibn al-Wahhab, the founder of Wahhabi teachings. The [[Salafi]]-[[jihad]]i exiles of the Saudi state claim the Saudi ruling family has become too corrupt and Westernized, and seek to remove them as the Custodians of the Islamic holy places of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]].

It must be remembered that [[al Qaeda]] and the Taliban are entirely Sunni movements. Much of the inspiration for groups like Al-Qaeda comes from the fiercely fundamentalist Wahhabi sect, predominant in Saudi Arabia, and as hostile to Shiite Islam as it is to [[Christianity]] and [[Judaism]]. Wahhabi ideology is at war with itself and the whole world. The ruling Saudi klan not only claims Wahhabist traditions, its bloodline is intermarried with Ibn al-Wahhab, the founder of Wahhabi teachings. The [[Salafi]]-[[jihad]]i founders of the [[Islamic State]], who also claim Wabbist traditions, claim the Saudi ruling family has become too corrupt and Westernized, and seek to remove them as the Custodians of the Islamic holy places of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]].

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