Talk:Petro-Islam

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This article is still a stub and being written. Most of the information on "Petro-Islam" come from Gilles Kepel, the French social scientist.

If there are complaints about the title being derogatory or too informal we can change it, but the phenomenon of influence of Islamic beliefs and practices worldwide, directly (schools, scholarships, fellowships, mosques, etc.) and indirectly by Saudi oil export money, should have an article in wikipedia, IMHO. --BoogaLouie (talk) 18:39, 2 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Have added more to the article --BoogaLouie (talk) 15:17, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Should a different article be created on "the Saudi petrodollar in the propagation of Wahhabism"?
Now have a different idea. Rather than changing the name, I suggest another article, keeping the Petro-Islam article relatively short. There are many sources that talk about the affect on Islam and ... well ... terrorism of the Saudi petrodollar funding for the propagation of Wahhabism, but do not necessarily use the word "Petro-Islam". Creating a different article because sources do not use an exact word may seem like nitpicking but this is a very sensitive subject. There is much money, Public Relations muscle, lobbying, and identity emotion at play, and wikipedia should get the story right. Petro-Islam is not a formal name, is used almost exclusively by ... well, if not critics, then non-supporters of Petro-Islam/Wahhabism.

I am planning to create an article on the subject but not sure what a good title would be. Something like Oil-export funding of the propagation of Wahhabism. I understand that many object to use of the word Wahhabism and maybe "Fundamentalist Islam" would be a better term, being more general (for example the Taliban have or did have connections with Saudi Arabia but are based in deobandi Islam, not Wahhabi Islam). --BoogaLouie (talk) 15:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Very bias article
This article needs to be checked for bias since it acts as if this is an objectively existing thing. Firstly, calling the version of Islam practicised in Saudi Arabia "extremist" (completely subjective) or "fundamentalist" (a term used to describe certain groups of American Evangelical Protestants) won't do. It is a bit like calling the version of Christianity as practiced by the Roman Catholic Church as an "extremist form of Christianity", really foolish. This term is simply derogratory, maybe even qualifies as a conspiracy theory, invented by anti-Islamic writer Gilles Kepel and promoted by ideologically driven Kremlin-Tehran shills like Seymour Hersh. Ishbiliyya (talk) 00:49, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Please explain how "biased" it's and at what section specifically. Also give independent sources that prove your assertions. Thanks. – Ammarpad (talk) 11:42, 21 April 2019 (UTC)