Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia does not Support Hezbollah

According to an online Jihadi publication, Al Qaeda officials in Saudi Arabia refuse to tag along with Ayman Al-Zawahiri's call for Sunni's to fight along with their Shiite brethren against the Israelis.

"If the Shiite ardour in the fight against the Jews were to increase to the point where they are able to defeat them, then the supporters of Hezbollah will increase and perhaps many will join them (Hezbollah) and this should never happen,AKI"

The news article mentions how Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is following the fatwa issued by a Saudi cleric last week which forbids Muslims from supporting Hezbollah. Many elements in Al Qaeda hate Shia Muslims, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi was one of the few people in Al Qaeda that called for their killings in Iraq. This shows that there is a major rift between the two major fundamentalist Islamic ideologies. Both Iran and Al Qaeda are competing for influence over the Islamic masses. Iran, which is a Shiite and Persian (non-Arab),is showing its clout by hitting Israel through Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza. While the Sunni Arab states sit idly back. These actions should only increase Iran's popularity in the Arab World as the defenders of the Muslim Ummah; it could possibly weaken the Sunni governments themselves.