krash
THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
The Saudis are staunchly anti-Iranian? Why do you think so?
I've already answered this; regional political power tussles that used religious sectarian thought as a political tool to gain influence in the compliant regional populations. Hence why you can find Pakistanis willing to die for Iran and/or Saudi Arabia.
Dozens of history books and papers have also been written on it. Google will help. It's accessible everywhere, outside of Saudi Arabia as well.
Because the Salafist of Saudi Arabia are at odds with the Shia ulema of Iran.
Take it then that they are hunky dory with Hinduism? The Salafists of Saudi Arabia are at odds with every other school of thought, including yours. Why are they not as passionate against the rest, including objectively Pagan societies? No country in the world runs its geopolitics on religion, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. Religious rhetoric is just a tool to control the naive masses and further their own objectives. Same way you used it to gather recruits for Afghanistan.
Before the Iranian revolution Saudi Arabia and Iran were allies.
You've answered it yourself. Iran was just as Shia and Saudi Arabia just as Salafi before the revolution. What changed? The revolution wasn't a religious movement and it did not change the religious landscape. It was a domestic political movement which presented regional political challenges for the Saudis through the new rulers' own regional political aims. Same issue was faced by Iraq, despite (and because of) their majority Shia population. With the shift in regional dynamics we've been seeing them both change course over the past few years.
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