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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are neither Arab nor Muslim, but what historians call "the dome." They were members of a secret Jewish group in the Ottoman Empire, pretending to convert to Islam, following in the footsteps of their leader, Shabtai Zavi, but continued to practice Judaism and Kabbalistic beliefs in secret. After Zafi's conversion to Islam in 1666, his followers adopted the name Dunma (Turkish: "cradle"), and established a syncretic religion that blended Jewish and Islamic mysticism.

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Eren Özdemir's avatar

What's your view of Wahhab?

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