Friday, March 28, 2008

Iraqi General Military Intelligence Dir. Doc.: grandfather of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, founder of the school, was Dönme—that is, a crypto-Jew..

The U.S. DoD has released translations of a number of Iraqi intelligence documents dating from Saddam’s rule. One of them is a General Military Intelligence Directorate report from September 2002, entitled “The Emergence of Wahhabism and its Historical Roots.” The report made the claim that the grandfather of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, founder of the school, was a merchant from Bursa in Turkey who was a Dönmethat is, a crypto-Jew. According to the intelligence report, his name, Sulayman, was originally Shulman.
Via MESH, read here & here

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