..and used its wealth/authority to steer Islam onto a gentler/more tolerant course. Probably not. The old ways were too deeply embedded, and as tensions with fundamentalists grew royals.....
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MBS has done precisely what @BarackObama thought impossible: “I’ve wondered sometimes whether there was a point when the Saudi monarchy reassessed its religious commitments acknowledging that Wahhabist fundamentalism was incompatible w/modernity”https://a.co/0ps69FU
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....may have accurately concluded that religious reform would lead inevitably to uncomfortable political and economic reform as well"
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Maybe some Democrats can pause for a moment (on their high horse) and absorb what their mentor has said and how this task has actually been largely achieved in 4 years with minimal coercion/violence in comparison to virtually all other such tumultuous historical transformations.
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To add to excellent thread from@aliShihabi:
#SaudiArabia isn't#Sweden, &#MBS isn't gonna win any#HumanRights awards, but@JoeBiden &#Democrats should acknowledge progress made & give room/time for positive change to mature/evolve.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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