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Saudi Arabia will return to moderate, open Islam and 'will destroy extremist ideas'
Mirror ^ | 24 OCT 2017 | Anthony Bond, Rachael Burford

Posted on 10/24/2017 8:10:15 AM PDT by mairdie

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia has revealed the country will return to moderate, open Islam.

Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud also announced the kingdom would do more to tackle extremism today.

Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh he said: "We will not waste 30 years of our lives dealing with extremist ideas, we will destroy them today".

The conference, which runs until Thursday, aims to show how the country is opening itself up to the modern world and diversifying economically.

Prince bin Salman was appointed heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia by his father King Salman earlier this year.

The 32-year-old is seen as the face of the modern kingdom and is the driving force behind its long term economic plan to wean itself off dependence on oil by 2030.

Last month the ultra-conservative Kingdom issued an order lifting the 60-year ban on women driving.

The absolute monarchy was the only in the world where women weren't allowed legally to get behind a wheel but the ban is expected to be officially lifted by next summer.

Women in Saudi Arabia are also bound by law to wear a headscarf and require the consent of a male guardian for most legal actions.

Recently the country has been opening more areas for women through the government's modernising reforms.

But they have sparked tensions with influential clerics upon whose support the ruling family relies.

Saudi Arabia is governed under a puritanical form of Sunni Islam known as Wahabism.

Extremist versions of Wahabism have been adopted by jihadist groups such as Al Qaeda and Isis and the kingdom has long been accused of not doing enough to tackle extremism.

Prince bin Salman was appointed heir to the throne earlier this year

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: extremism; islam; islamicextremism; moderateislam; saudiarabia; wahabism; wahhabism
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Hopeful, but I would worry for his health.
1 posted on 10/24/2017 8:10:15 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Shale


2 posted on 10/24/2017 8:13:31 AM PDT by Eddie01
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So, the TRUE Muslims may be distracted from killing us Infidels for a while, while they kill the fake Muslims known as moderates (apostates). Works for me!


3 posted on 10/24/2017 8:14:12 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: mairdie

Bunk !


4 posted on 10/24/2017 8:14:47 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: JimRed

Never thought of that. Should have. Funny.


5 posted on 10/24/2017 8:15:12 AM PDT by mairdie
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Return? That’s a laugh.


6 posted on 10/24/2017 8:16:09 AM PDT by meatloaf
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“”We will not waste 30 years of our lives dealing with extremist ideas, we will destroy them today”.”

That’s one possibility. Another is that the extremist ideology destroys the monarchy.


7 posted on 10/24/2017 8:17:58 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (We need a separation of press and state!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

You don’t see a possibility that he could be positioning to work with Trump?


8 posted on 10/24/2017 8:18:20 AM PDT by mairdie
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>> the extremist ideology destroys the monarchy

That’s what I would worry about. But even trying it is extremely gutsy.


9 posted on 10/24/2017 8:19:28 AM PDT by mairdie
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Image and video hosting by TinyPic Sure. And I'm a Chinese jet pilot.
10 posted on 10/24/2017 8:21:21 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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...long term economic plan to wean itself off dependence on oil by 2030.

That's going to be very hard for them. They are lazy, held back by an archaic cult, have hired outsiders to do all their work for almost 100 years, do not have a trained labor force with any skills, have almost zero patents, do not have a major global transportation hub, do not have places that attract tourists, and do not have great universities. What an economic powerhouse.

If they get lucky, the world demand for sand will soar.

11 posted on 10/24/2017 8:21:57 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I hope he has a very good security detail


12 posted on 10/24/2017 8:22:48 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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He’s no fool. He’s seen what Donald Trump does to extremists....he wipes them out.


13 posted on 10/24/2017 8:23:34 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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>>world demand for sand will soar

Art glass and solar power - sure winners


14 posted on 10/24/2017 8:25:01 AM PDT by mairdie
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SAUDI ARABIA ........ B.S.
they aren’t changing ANYTHING
you know a raghead is lying if his lips are moving


15 posted on 10/24/2017 8:25:37 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: DouglasKC

Thank everything for our president. I believe he CAN make a difference.


16 posted on 10/24/2017 8:25:54 AM PDT by mairdie
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Yeah, back to the open, moderate Wahhabi Islam the country was founded on. /sarc


17 posted on 10/24/2017 8:26:09 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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But even saying he’s trying to back off the extremists has got to be dangerous for him.


18 posted on 10/24/2017 8:27:20 AM PDT by mairdie
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Feeling the pinch in oil exports.


19 posted on 10/24/2017 8:28:31 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12")
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One for sure about mooslimbs is that they will first kill all the non believers, then all the jews, then all the christians and other religious people. When they are done killing those, they will then kill each other.

Need to keep them killing each other off first. That way there is less for the rest of us to kill off.


20 posted on 10/24/2017 8:30:12 AM PDT by crz
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