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Whither Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘moderate’ Islam?

Whither Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘moderate’ Islam?

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James M. Dorsey
Jan 22, 2018
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Whither Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘moderate’ Islam?
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By James M. Dorsey

Recent Algerian media reports detailing Saudi propagation of a quietist, apolitical yet supremacist and anti-pluralistic form of Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism raises questions about the scope of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s commitment to what he has termed ‘moderate’ Islam. So does Saudi missiona…

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