Radical Islamists are muslims who wants to kill us.
Posted on 01/12/2018 4:39:43 AM PST by RoosterRedux
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) noted on Thursday that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is pushing a return to “the tolerant, moderate Islam that is open to the world, to all the religions and traditions of its people” as part of Saudi Arabia’s major economic reform plan.
At the heart of Saudi Arabia’s recent cultural and political upheaval is an understanding that the country must become more compatible with the Western world and more hospitable to foreign investment, in order to manage the transition away from an oil-based economy with limitless deep pockets. Possibly the trickiest aspect of this transformation will be an Islamic reformation in the notoriously strict kingdom.
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[E]ven young women eager for reform in Saudi Arabia today grew up being taught that drawing pictures of animals was an insult to Allah’s sacred and unique ability to create life, or that listening to music for pleasure would get them tortured for all eternity in the afterlife by having hot metal poured in their ears. Top Saudi clerics criticized the government for giving women the right to drive by saying it would give them easy access to worldly temptation, and “as we know, women are weak and easily tempted.”
However, the Saudi public overwhelmingly supports ending the ban on women drivers. Younger Saudis in particular grasp that they need to become more socially compatible with the rest of the world if they are to compete on the global stage, in an era when oil is no longer the bottomless spring of easy money it once was.
Crucially, there does not seem to be any massive fundamentalist pushback lurking, comparable to how Saudi modernization at the beginning of the oil boom fed the resentments that erupted in 1979.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Reformation or big phony show? I vote big phony show.
Hmmm..... progress that FReepers will declare impossible
It’s always interesting to watch someone try to ride a tiger, from a safe distance of course.
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What was truly interesting was the statement that there was not fundamentalist push back. The young people replacing the fairly young but dying elders have a desire for a better life.
“What was truly interesting was the statement that there was not fundamentalist push back.”
You mean not yet.
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...Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is pushing a return to “the tolerant, moderate Islam that is open to the world, to all the religions and traditions of its people”...
And historically when was this? When Jefferson sent the Marines to Tripoli? At the Gates of Vienna?
If true, this is a good thing - a step in the right direction.
"If" is an important word.
“moderate islam” IS A LIE.
RESTART THE CRUSADES AND FINISH THE JOB!!!
Yes, it is. And I have serious doubts that the odds are even 25/75 that the my statement can ever be made without the “if”.
Tend to disagree...it’s possible big changes could happen. The new direction is a small step but a positive one.
“Hmmm..... progress that FReepers will declare impossible”
Yup, and as you can see from some of the following posts, a lot of FReepers are unwilling to give the new King any latitude as he attempts to re-craft SA. As for me, I’m of the opinion that we should help Salman, not throw rocks at him, because as is pointed out in the article the younger generation of Saudis apparently are open to the kind of change Salman is trying to instill.
The Koran states quite clearly the number one job of Muslims is to kill the Infidel. How can murder be considered moderate?
The initials say it all:Muslim Bull Shi**er.
You trust what has funded terrorism for years. They still read their holy book that allows lies to you. I would not be so easy a mark.
So we can open a synagogue in Mecca?
Cool!
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