Posted on 11/08/2017 4:28:42 AM PST by SJackson
The price of oil is the highest it’s been since about Mar 2015
I think he is maybe trying to eliminate the internal money-bags that would otherwise try to secretly fund the most extreme radical Wahabi clergy, and eventually ISIS types who would try to launch a civil war against him, the more “modern” he gets.
I think he is maybe trying to preempt a civil war that could evolve if he does not act first.
So Caroline Glick perceives a “Duty to Act”?
Who has the duty, and what is the action?
Hug a Frac Rat?
good read
Very good article. Thanks for posting.
Right now, I’m cheering for the Saudi crown prince who is behind these purges. His father, King Salman, is reportedly in the early stages of dementia, and Muhammad bin Salman is apparently in the driver’s seat. If he can successfully crack down on the fundamentalist clerics and on his many cousins and the other Saudi businessmen who funnel money into Islamic madrassas all over the world, he’ll be doing both his own nation and the rest of the world a huge favor.
Very good article which explains a lot of the activity going on in Saudi Arabia today.
Hopefully the dynamic changes will continue
They’re all a bunch of corrupt murderers. Just blow them all up and give it over to Israel...lock, stock and barrel.
The price of oil has not recovered to the level that Saudi Arabia is not going to have to curtail these activities. This is a structural change.
I can’t thank you enough for ping me to this article. Amazing insight.
Have been following the ME recently. A friends husband wants to visit his mother in Iran. They are all concerned (even her in laws) about what’s coming down the road ! He left when the Shah fell
How many of those same people are filling pockets in DC
Pakistan
A radical anti-Sufi movement is growing throughout the Islamic world. Until the 20th century, ultra-orthodox strains of Islam tended to be regarded as heretical by most Muslims. But since the 1970s, Saudi oil wealth has been used to spread such intolerant beliefs across the globe. As a result, many contemporary Muslims have been taught a story of Islamic religious tradition from which the tolerance of Sufism is excluded.
What happens at the Sehwan Sharif shrine matters, as it is an indication as to which of the two ways global Islam will go. Can it continue to follow the path of moderate pluralistic Islam, or – under the pressure of Saudi funding – will it opt for the more puritanical, reformed Islam of the Wahhabis and Salafis, with their innate suspicion (or even overt hostility) towards Hinduism, Christianity and Judaism?
Indonesia
The country's founding philosophy, “Pancasila,” includes the notions of unity and social justice for all. Religion, politics and culture hold the country together — but there are growing concerns that the country is becoming less tolerant than it used to be.
The former governor of Jakarta, a Christian, was recently imprisoned on charges of blasphemy. Schools funded by Saudi Arabia are disseminating a stricter version of Islam than the country has previously embraced. Meanwhile, some minority sects are under attack.
In the capital, Jakarta, a Saudi-funded university called LIPIA teaches Arabic and Salafism, an ultraconservative form of Islam. Men and women sit in separate classrooms, and female students Skype into the men's classroom for their lessons. Saudi Arabia is trying to open four more LIPIA campuses in other Indonesian cities.
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/10/30/560812912/photos-indonesia-at-a-crossroads
Saudi is very unstable and the delicate balance between the tribes/clans is now under threat. Anything can happen.
Saudi ping.
Supposedly, he wants to get rid of the Wahhabists.
... until he destroys his competition. Then he will return to the same old tyranny.
"Let a hundred flowers bloom." - Mao
Lots.
I agree 100%.
Trump is unlike any other president.
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