http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/saudi-iran-war-words-escalates-hajj-row-160907104137364.html
"This incident proves once again that this cursed, evil family does not deserve to manage the holy sites," Khamenei said.
"We have to understand that they [Iran's leaders] are not Muslims, they are children of the Magi and their hostility towards Muslims is ancient." - Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh. Magi refers to Zoroastrians and those who worship fire. Predating Christianity and Islam, Zoroastrianism was the dominant religion in Persia before the Muslim conquest. Iranian are barred by their government for traveling to Mecca now.
saudis and other gulf sheiks have a lot of african nigger blood. They are literally some type of mulatto race. Is this a source of friction between them and iranians/syrians etc who have caucasian blood. Do racial differences play some role in sunni/shia animosities?
>>77348
>Do racial differences play some role in sunni/shia animosities?
probably seeing as iran is also persian and not arab. iirc arabs see them closer to pangan muslims rather that true muslims because of zoroastrianism. i dont think it has much to do with all the african blood from the arab slave trade
>>77348
Bedouins have Caucasian blood
Eastern Bedouin Arabs & Mashriqis have Iranian (ajami) blood
>>77306
Oh, look!
Muslims fighting other Muslims.
Again!