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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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To: miss marmelstein

They don’t have to suddenly become virtuous. Anything that slows down evil people is better than not.


61 posted on 10/24/2017 10:28:12 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: mairdie

I guess I’m just skeptical. Also, the horse is out of the barn now, thanks to them.


62 posted on 10/24/2017 10:41:14 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: mairdie
A Daily Mail article on the topic:

Saudi Arabia will 'return to moderate Islam and destroy extremism', declares modernist Crown Prince as he tries to sever country's ties to terror


63 posted on 10/24/2017 10:45:00 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: mairdie

Very good point.


64 posted on 10/24/2017 11:30:03 AM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: mairdie

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince just declared war on the clerics
by Tom Rogan | Oct 24, 2017, 4:13 PM

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/saudi-arabias-crown-prince-just-declared-war-on-the-clerics/article/2638480


65 posted on 10/24/2017 7:10:49 PM PDT by Valin
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To: mairdie

Winning; thank God for His miracle and this window of opportunity. May our nation turn to Him in faith and repentance. May the LORD God of Israel defend and protect us from the fiery darts of the adversary. May we be true to Him.


66 posted on 10/24/2017 7:13:05 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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Wow....SA is entering into the 13th century....

That’s some serious progress...


67 posted on 10/24/2017 7:14:49 PM PDT by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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