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In this article I will show that Islamic Terrorism is the direct offshoot of a fanatical Islamic cult known as "Wahhabism" (modern Wahhabism is a form of Salafism).  This once small but fanatical cult effectively runs Mecca , having captured it by force in 1924, and believes in the extirpation of non-islamic cultures and is now financed by one of the the wealthiest oil producing countries in the world . The links between Wahhabism and Islamic terrorism are widely publicised and direct. Consider the following brief review. Picture of son (?) of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab The attack on the New York World Trade Center on 11th September 2001 was committed by nineteen hijackers of whom fifteen were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt, and one from Lebanon. (See Wikipedia article ). The Saudi response to this evident link with Saudi Arabia was that Al Qaeda had recruited Saudis "in an effort to strain relations between the United Stat...

427 out of 498 seats in the lower house of parliament have been decided. Enough seats are now in to know the result.  If you thought you would get a cosy, "West-friendly" result you were entirely mistaken: about 70% of the seats will be in the hands of extreme Islamists.  The following table covers the top six parties and is adapted from Jadaliyya : Estimated Seat Breakdown (as of 9 January 2012) Party/Coalition Total Seats %Seats Freedom and Justice^ 193 45.20 Al-Nour^^ 108 25.29 Al-Wafd 38 8.90 Egyptian Bloc ^^^ 30 7.03 RDP 11 2.58 Revolution Continues 10 2.34 The Freedom and Justice party : is a front for the extreme Islamist "Muslim Brotherhood". Al Nour : established in the wake of the 25 January uprising, Al-Nour (“The Light”) Party is the largest of Egypt’s three licensed Salafist parties (the other two being Al-Asala and Al-Fadila Parties). It was established by Al-Da‘wa Al-Salafiyya (“The Salafist Call”),...