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Saudi Arabia and Indonesia: Clashing visions of 'moderate Islam.'

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James M. Dorsey
Mar 04, 2022
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Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith in the 21st century in a struggle that is as much about geopolitics as it is about autocratic survival and visualisations of a future civilisation and world order.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Yahya Cholil Staquf,…

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