• TWeaK@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The faiths are a little different, but Wahhabism isn’t far removed from Sunni Islam. In any case, since 7 October the Saudis have been talking with Iran about working with them, instead of Israel.

    • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Iran is Shia. They have a very violent history of conflict across the Middle East. Most recently across Iraq but Sunni vs Shia has been a common conflict duo since Islam split.

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        1 year ago

        Fair play, my mistake. Saudi Arabia is still starting to cosy up to Iran now, though.