It’s good to know that at least some of the Saudi Royals have the desire to take their country and their society out of the Dark Ages. The trouble is, any serious modernizing reformer is going to be up against Wahhabi clerics who wield more “soft power” in the form of public allegiance than any of the Royals could hope for.
I'll see if I can find that article.
The former top White House adviser also pointed to the change in the Saudi monarchy’s line of succession to appoint Mohammed Bin Salman, the king’s hawkish son, as an heir. The change sparked a crackdown in Saudi Arabia, with the government rounding up and detaining prominent clerics, regime critics, activists, and a journalist, according to the New York Times. Bannon appeared to approve of the crackdown.“If you look at Saudi Arabia, they’ve had a pretty big fundamental change since the summit,” he said. “The deputy crown prince is now the crown prince. I think it was two weeks ago or three weeks ago, there were 1,000 clerics rounded up or put under house arrest or whatever.
I agree with post 9. The new Saudi king and his announced heir have started this purge to try to move away from Wahhabi Islam which wants to make the world live under the year 700 a.d. but the pushback may be brutal.