The Objective Reality of the U.S.-Saudi
Relationship
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/biden-us-saudi-arabia-visit-meet-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/661306/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/biden-us-saudi-arabia-visit-meet-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/661306/
Interesting: ABSOLUTE POWER
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/04/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-palace-interview/622822/
Instead of hunting for sin and punishing it as a matter of course, MBS has curtailed the investigative function of the religious police, and encourages sinners to keep their transgressions between themselves and God….
It is hard to exaggerate how drastically this sidelining of Islamic law will change Saudi Arabia. Before MBS, influential clerics issued fatwas exhibiting what might charitably be called a pre-industrial view of the world.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/04/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-palace-interview/622822/
Instead of hunting for sin and punishing it as a matter of course, MBS has curtailed the investigative function of the religious police, and encourages sinners to keep their transgressions between themselves and God….
It is hard to exaggerate how drastically this sidelining of Islamic law will change Saudi Arabia. Before MBS, influential clerics issued fatwas exhibiting what might charitably be called a pre-industrial view of the world.