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Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad’s vow to moderate Saudi Islam: Easier said than done
By James M. Dorsey
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s recent disavowal of the kingdom’s founding religious ideology had a master’s voice quality to it. His words could have literally come out of the mouth of his United Arab Emirates counterpart and mentor, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Zayed, but with one major difference: the UAE, unlike the kingdom, has no roots in ultra-conservative Sunni Islam.
The absence of an overriding puritan religious history has made it easier for Prince Muhammad bin Zayed to campaign against Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism and since the popular Arab revolts of 2011 suppress any expression of political Islam.
To that end, Prince Muhammad attempted with little evident s...