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1. caycep+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-11-06 23:16:26
granted, considering the historical rivalry for the caliphate amongst Arabs, Egyptians, Turks and Persians, I'm not all that surprised
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2. fsckbo+95[view] [source] 2023-11-06 23:42:28
>>caycep+(OP)
>Arabs, Egyptians, Turks and Persians

and don't forget the Sunni/Shia divide, where Iran will support Hezbollah because Shia, but wind up supporting Sunni Hamas because common cause against Jewish Israel usurping a piece of what was for a long period of time Islamdom.

for the deeply committed end of Islamic "church/state unity" thinking, getting back Israel is one step, but they expect Spain back too, just as they would like to "reencompass" secular moslem states.

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3. dragon+kq7[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-11-09 00:11:42
>>fsckbo+95
> and don't forget the Sunni/Shia divide, where Iran will support Hezbollah because Shia, but wind up supporting Sunni Hamas because common cause against Jewish Israel usurping a piece of what was for a long period of time Islamdom.

Irans support for Hamas has from the beginning also (somewhat ironically, similar to Israel’s motives for fostering Hamas in the first place) as an Islamist counterweight to the PLO and its connection to pan-Arab nationalism.

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