Sufi Gathering Targeted, 10 Dead

"My guess is that this Sufi order in Balad had thrown in with the new Iraqi government somehow, refusing to join in the jihad against it and against the Americans. Sufis are typically more peaceful and less rigid than Salafis or Wahhabis, though there are militantly anti-Western Sufi leaders, as well. (The Sufis of Fallujah are said to have joined in the guerrilla war, and it is rumored that Baathist official Izzat al-Duri networked with Sufis.) Salafis often start out not much liking Sufis, so they would be especially outraged by what they saw as Sufi traitors to the guerrilla movement."
Juan Cole

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