• Published 15:13 10.11.09
  • Latest update 16:01 10.11.09

Gulf Al-Qaida chief: Shi'ites, like Iran, more dangerous than Jews

Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Rashid accuses rivals of trying to take over Muslim world, aiding U.S. invasions.

By Haaretz Service Tags: Iran al-Qaida Israel news

The leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Penninsula warned Tuesday that Shi'ite Muslims, particularly Iran, posed more danger to the world than either Jews or Christians.

"They [Shiites] are being driven by a greed to take over Muslim countries and they are full of a wish to annihilate Sunnis," Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Rashid said in an audio recording carried by the U.S. monitoring group SITE Intelligence.

"Their threat to Islam and its people is much bigger than that from Jews and Christians," he added. The majority of the world's Muslims are Sunni, but Iran and the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah are both Shi'ite.

"We call on the nation ... to stand by [Sunnis] with whatever means they can against the danger of Iran and those who follow [the Shiite] faith in the region," added Rashid. He also accused Shi'ites branch of helping to facilitate the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

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  • 18. 0 0
    H in London
    • Philippe
    • 11.11.09
    • 05:47

    RE:...never a Jewish Empire that committed atrocities throughout the World in the name of G-d. Because the jews never considered that god was theirs. They just have a religion for the jewish people and never tried nor forced to convert anyone.

  • 17. 0 0
    How perverse
    • Marc Mansour
    • 11.11.09
    • 01:58

    Regardless of social progress, the Arab world is still in the mentality of "fight & kill". To quote from the book of Samuel " let the young braves play in front of us". Before 1948, when Israel became a country, the Arab were at each other's throat. When they are not after Israel or the West, they still are at each other's throat. So what has changed over the years? They traded their swors for an AK47 ?

  • 16. 0 0
    Religion is the root cause of all major issues
    • Adam Rahman
    • 11.11.09
    • 01:03

    It is the fact. I hate to be politically correct.

  • 15. 0 0
    The ZIONISTS are at it again.....
    • David Ben Cohen
    • 11.11.09
    • 00:54

    Don't you people get it?? This is the ZIONIST entity at work. They want to provoke some kind of reaction between the Sunnis and Shia's, as hostilities between the two is confined to mainly Iraq at the moment. This so-called Al Qaeda leader is actually repeating what we already know, that Sunnis and Shia's don't trust one another. However the intelligent people amongst us can see this ploy from a mile away. Salam/Shalom

  • 14. 0 0
    Modest Proposal - Gradually lower number to zero
    • sobadtoseebadleaders
    • 11.11.09
    • 00:41

    it is sobering, painful, but the enlightenment must spread, and the famous 1 can turn into 0. the belief in 1 supernatural lord will be replaced by a simple humanity. the believer will accept it gradually when we can end the era of inquisition. christians and jews are almost ouf of their inquisition some muslims are stubborn...

  • 13. 0 0
    we know who are behind AL Qaeeda
    • Gisele
    • 11.11.09
    • 00:35

    The enemis of islam , those who want to divide Muslims , and cause them problems with their ethnic Christian brothers within the arab world . AL Qaeeda is also financed by the wahabis in Saudi who will cooperate with the devil as long as they stay in power . (Fatah Al islam by Seymour Hersh on google or the history of al Qaeeda or who finance "Jundallah" )

  • 12. 0 0
    H I guess you never read the book
    • Mark Lincoln
    • 10.11.09
    • 23:15

    "When you add it up you realise there was never a Jewish Empire that committed atrocities . . ." - H I guess you never read the book. See: Numbers 31:1-10 1st Samuel 15:3-8 Ezekiel 9:5-7 Try it, quite interesting.

  • 11. 0 0
    Good News !
    • Fred Norris
    • 10.11.09
    • 22:46

    Anything to deflect the world's obsession against Jews is good news to me. To see the Sunnis and Shiites battle each other in Iraq is truly incredible to an outsider. It is difficult to understand what their irrational evil hatred is about. But whatever the reason, as long as they focus their hatred on each other is a good thing for Israel.

  • 10. 0 0
    Exploit the divisions - instead we unify them..
    • Jimmy
    • 10.11.09
    • 22:40

    Clearly there are deep divisions that could help us prevent a takeover of the Arab countries by radicals. Israel needs to play it smarter and find ways to exploit these divisions by bargaining for concessions. Instead we foolishly do things out of knee-jerk fear that give them recruiting propaganda and unify them... think about it.

  • 9. 0 0
    It is about religion
    • Deborah Birnbaum
    • 10.11.09
    • 22:10

    How can anyone contest the fact that this is about religion? This article is eerily familiar to what I read in Search Judaism: Judaism's Answers to a Changing World, in which the last chapter explores the Shiites versus Sunni struggle in light of Judaism's predictions and world affairs.

  • 8. 0 0
    HAHAHAHAHAHAH
    • judith
    • 10.11.09
    • 21:40

    Ahmadenijad meets his match

  • 7. 0 0
    #3 David All three Monotheistic Religions
    • H
    • 10.11.09
    • 21:32

    are governed by the basic Law given by the G-d of all three, "Thou shalt not kill" the rest is deviation and justification for slaughtering those who do not adhere to their rules. When you add it up you realise there was never a Jewish Empire that committed atrocities throughout the World in the name of G-d. Makes the Settlers look like the James Gang.

  • 6. 0 0
    Jews Against Shiites and Sunnis
    • The Blues Brothers
    • 10.11.09
    • 21:00

    The Comedy continues in the movie Blues Brothers Part II. Part of the script is revealed below: A Sunni fascist quotes on a loud speaker: The Jews are using the Shiites as muscle power to work against you, you good Sunni People. In an other part of town a Shiite fascist quotes on a loud speaker: The Jews are using the Sunnis as muscle power to work against you, you good Shiite People. And the liberated leftists, Arab League Representatives, PLO activists, Hamas activists and closet (or not so closet) Nazis, and UN representatives lead by none other than the hero of the day, Goldstone, all cheer a mighty cheer.

  • 5. 0 0
    It's not about religion
    • Jane
    • 10.11.09
    • 20:18

    Every religion houses bad people. It is not about sunni, shiite, jewish, christian, hindu,ect. It is about a minority that want power, control, wealth and submission. The decent are the ones that know that they can love a child of any religion and not want to harm them. Religious leaders who preach violence against other people do not know G-D. Someone who commits murder in G-D's name sins against the Creator. We have no right to take away what G-D has created. The rabbi that recently said it is okay to murder children if they get in the way of the nation, is not a man of G-D. He is no different than the leaders of Hezbollah, Hamas, Bin Laden, etc. We all believe in the same basic principles and those who don't we need to stand up against and protect all the innocent in this world.

  • 4. 0 0
    It's not about the religion
    • Lena
    • 10.11.09
    • 19:04

    It's not about the religion, guys; it's all about money and oil, oil and power. As always, the religion/ideology is only the tool to motivate poor and naive to go fight.

  • 3. 0 0
    Jews/Christians/Muslims etc etc
    • David
    • 10.11.09
    • 18:46

    The world will never be at peace until the human race understands that all religions point to the same thing. As long as we (as seperate religions) think that OUR God is the right one and THEIR God is the wrong one we will be in a state of endless war......

  • 2. 0 0
    It is for Al Qaida, Ed
    • r cummings
    • 10.11.09
    • 18:16

  • 1. 0 0
    Sunni, Shiite, Jews and Christians
    • Ed
    • 10.11.09
    • 16:53

    But this is not a religious war. Wake up people