Tag: Sunni Islam

NOVANEWS By Kevin Barrett Global Research   Eric Zeusse’s work is invariably thought-provoking, well-researched, and far more credible than most mainstream reporting. Unfortunately, in his otherwise excellent article “All ‘Islamic Terrorism’ Is Perpetrated by Fundamentalist Sunnis, Except Terrorism Against Israel,” Zeusse commits two grave errors. The result is a grotesque calumny against Sunni Islam.  Zeusse’s first error is to label the alleged perpetrators of 54 high-profile terrorist events, and their private and state sponsors, “fundamentalist Sunnis.” Both words in this expression are incorrect. The word “fundamentalist,” deriving from the 19th-century “fundamentals of belief” movement, describes Protestant Christians who subscribe to a literal reading of scripture. There...