Soccer emerges as focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia

Prince Faisal rushes off the pitch
By James M. Dorsey
Soccer, alongside minority Shiite Muslims and relatives of imprisoned government critics, is emerging as a focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia, an oil-rich kingdom that despite banning demonstrations by law is struggling to fend off the waves of change sweeping the Middle East and North Africa.
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