“It is a new jehad,” said Abu Theeb, a nom de guerre that means “Father of the Wolf,” addressing a young nephew one night before the vote. “There is a time for fighting, and a time for politics.” For weeks before Iraq’s constitutional referendum this month, Iraqi guerrilla Abu Theeb traveled the countryside just north of Baghdad, stopping at as many Sunni Arab houses and villages as he could. Each time, his message to the farmers and tradesmen he met was the same: Members of the disgruntled Sunni minority should register to vote — and vote against the constitution.
It was a clear shift from violent rejection of the political process, separating them from foreign-born fighters such as Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian who leads the group al Qaida in Iraq. Interestingly, he allowed a reporter to travel with him.
“Politics for us is like filthy, dead meat,” he said, referring to pork, which is eschewed by observant Muslims. “We are not allowed to eat it, but if you are crossing through a desert and your life depends on it, God says it’s okay.” Even if politics gets him a result he likes, he said, he will continue to wage war against the Americans, because he views them as occupiers.
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Sunnis is a sect which was divided from Islam by King Aurangzeb to compliment his war of succession politically .....aww
There are sunni domes[The Pirs of punjab that saluted Queen Victoria for one thousand years of obediance.they still havnt thought of refrefering themselves and are masonomig artistically with london press.
the sunnis are stronglt leasd by Nasaranis who alongwith Judists claim they invited Prophet Muhammad to Medina .nasaranis are also kind of people who like to knit themselves and thier beade around victors of world.