Having spent some time in old Yugoslavia, including Bosnia, it’s hard to compare the brand of easygoing Islam there with the hardnosed Allah-uber-alles Wahabi style.

For an introduction, a read through some old Ivo Andric novels is beneficial.

And lest one wants to assign all blame to the Saudis, whose vast oil wealth is the means of propagation of the cranky sect whose preachings the early al-Sauds made part of their operation, think a little further. Without the help of the British India Office after World War I, the Saudis would have been less able to conquer Mecca in 1926 and drive out the Hashemites, who weren’t as ably assisted by thir patrons in the British Foreign Office. Right hand, left hand…