Interesting pair of items today on Wahhabis and Jews: first, an interesting report in the Times of London that Saudi King Abdullah wants a dialogue with Jews, as part of an interfaith exchange with "people of the book," i.e., Christians and Jews.

"If God wills it, we will then meet with our brothers from other religions, including those of the Torah and the Gospel to come up with ways to safeguard humanity," added [the king].

There's no indication, of course (said tongue-in-cheek), that Abdullah's comments have anything to do with the fact that Iraqi intelligence reported during the Saddam era that the Wahhabi movement in Saudi Arabia was founded by a person who was part Jewish, named Shulman no less. The Post reports, citing the Federation of American Scientists, that this analysis was contained in Iraqi documents recently translated and released by the Pentagon:

The shocking Iraqi analysis says that Ibn 'Abd al Wahhab's grandfather's true name was not "Sulayman" but "Shulman." (Of course! The Saudi Shulmans! ) "Tawran," a source often cited by Iraqi intelligence in the reports as an expert, "confirms that Sulayman, the grandfather of the sheikh, is (Shulman); he is Jew from the merchants of the city of Burstah in Turkey, he had left it and settled in Damascus, grew his beard, and wore the Muslim turban, but was thrown out for being voodoo," the Iraqi document says, according to a Defense Intelligence Agency translation.