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radio_24 · 3477 days ago · link · · parent · post: Satellite Imagery Shows Saudi Armor Near Iraqi Border
Thank you for the link to the NYT article. You are right -- to have the same religion is not enough. Because of the cooperation of the House of Saud with the US, IS sees them as traitor and as illegitimate rulers of the territory called Saudi Arabia. I guess IS even wouldn't recognize Saudi Arabia as a state because all the demarcation in the Middle East were made with the involvement of foreign powers (especially the Brits). There is another article on my blog, which could be interesting for you: Chad M. Pillai, "The Devil’s Bargain: Wahhabism, Foreigners, & Power", 17.04.2015, https://www.offiziere.ch/?p=20109