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    Why Saudi Arabia seeks to limit its religious establishment ??

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    Post by Rocky Thu 26 Oct 2017, 4:16 am

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    The Newsweek magazine published a report by journalist Christina Mazza, commenting on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's remarks at the economic conference in Riyadh last Tuesday that his country would put 30 years of extremism behind its back and return to moderate Islam.
    The report, which was translated by the «Journal News», the experts say that these statements are part of the Prince's attempt to secure his Wahhabi, and open it to investors.
    "We will not lose 30 years of our lives in dealing with any extremist ideas, and we will get rid of extremism," he said. "We will not wait for the young generation to change."
    "The Saudis want to live a normal life, where religious traditions and customs are translated into tolerance, coexist with the world and become part of the developed world," the magazine quoted Ibn Salman as saying. "The Prince's comments are part of a wider plan to modernize Saudi Arabia, Beyond oil.
    Mazza recalled that Saudi Arabia had ruled for centuries of absolute monarchy through a fundamentalist Wahhabi ideology that inspired al-Qaeda and an oppressive organization, criticized for exporting Wahhabism abroad and spreading it to extremism.
    "The prince's comments on Tuesday are the strongest on Saudi Arabia's desire to change. It has recently announced a lifting of the ban on women driving the car and plans to put part of the oil company (Aramco) into the public offering," the magazine said.
    The report quotes experts as saying that these moves are aimed at impressing Western allies and attracting foreign investors, part of an attempt to make Saudi Arabia attractive to the outside world. At Tuesday's conference, men mingled with women, Reflecting the vision of change 2030.
    During her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton called on Saudi Arabia to stop funding for terrorism. "We need to use our diplomatic and security assets to put pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia," she wrote in a telegram sent by WikiLeaks. Financial and logistical support for Sunni radical groups in the region. "
    The magazine notes that President Donald Trump criticized during the Saudi election campaign, pointing out that Western analysts are likely to deal with the prince's statements with skepticism, pointing to the influential role played by the religious establishment, which has hindered the reform efforts in the past, Economic growth.
    The report quoted a number of human rights activists and organizations as saying that Saudi Arabia continues to detain journalists and carry out widespread human rights violations. Last month it arrested a number of activists, including religious figures, in what human rights groups called a "repressive against opponents."
    "These are clearly politically motivated arrests, further evidence of Mohammed bin Salman's unwillingness to improve the country's record in the area of ​​freedom of expression and the rule of law," Mazza told Human Rights Watch Middle East program director Sarah Leah Whitson.
    Newsweek concludes its report by referring to Whitson's statement: "The alleged efforts of the Saudis to tackle extremism are to be reviewed if all they do is imprison people for their own opinions."

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