That schism is being consolidated by Saudi support of all the region’s Sunni Muslims. It is this sense of “Sunni solidarity” that is becoming the decisive factor in the war for the soul of Islam, and in the struggle for mastery in the Middle East that is now underway.
但是，以色列、美国以及该地区的温和派却可以从阿拉伯和穆斯林世界不断深化的宗派分立中获益。沙特支持该地区所有的逊尼派穆斯林而加强了这一分立。正是“逊尼派团结”的感觉成为在争取伊斯兰人心的战争以及正在进行的争霸中东的决定性因素。