Yes I understand it - fortunately most Muslims live outside Arabia and this accounts for them being rational (at times, they are Muslims after all) As for the Wahabi, they are playing with fire, they come on this forum and say outrageous things, but at the end of the day, they know that all of this is a disguise to save Al-Brince's throne - so in a way, they think they don't have a choice, they are between a rock and hard place, to speak -- so they have to rationalize the only route left to them, they have to justify that route and the fact that they cannot and do not have options.
Incredibly they think this is evidence that they are in fact secure instea of realizing that daily they make themselves more insecure.
Interesting,
Being an Arab doesn't mean that we are the ONLY good Muslims, I would appreciate not to use such tone ever again. At the same time, I'm surprised to see how much of a bias you really are toward one group of people at the expense of the others especially when it comes to a State that is known to be a state sponsor of terror.
We are willing to put it with the consequences for playing with fire to save the Syrian people from Assad's brutal regime which is being backed by the mullahs' regime and the terror group Hezbollah. The role KSA is playing in the Syrian conflict will become more like of a message sent to rouge states like the Mullah's regime that we won't tolerate their interference anymore. The Syrian people are facing persecutions on daily basis by Iran backed Shia militias but you turned a blind eye for. Yet, your obsession about the Royalties entails you to ignore the immortality of our foes and you try to make things up. Your imagination knows no limits and boundaries.
See, The Constitutional Monarch is a mechanism that exists in a Democracy, with Democratic cultural values, not tribal and sectarian ones -- Now don't get me wrong, An Arabia free, where CITIZENS, not SUBJECTS, reside and by their free will choose or not how to live, what to do, what to watch, listen to,etc etc - would be excellent - but lets be real, to arrive at that, one has to reject tyranny, not just political but religious as well, one has to reject sectarianism - it's a cultural transformation.
Preposterous
People shouldn't tend to think like a Neo-Marxists in which democracy is an answer for everything. As long as people are happy about their lives, people won't change the system of governance.
Hypothetically speaking, any society can turn against its government to achieve a socio-historic objective goal. In practice, There has got to be a motivation to outrage people to overthrow their government, and the Saudis never had a coherent reason to justify such an intention to overthrow their Gov't ,thankfully.
Therefore, A revolution in KSA is likely unrealistic ,period as long as people are pleased with their rulers. Just to be frank white, my people aren't interested in democracy ,elections, blah blah blah. Instead the Saudi people now are encouraging their children to pursue a colorful future to contribute to their country. The Saudi people denounce terror rather than rewarding it, and promote tolerance and equality over bigotry.
now, what is the inspiration for the extremism that we see all over the Muslim world (for a clue refer to Wahabism/Salafism)
That's an unreserved bias vital mistake. Are you going to blame the others for everything bad happened to people. The so-called conservative Salafism didn't entice Hezbollah to bomb a bus full of civilians in Bulgaria, nor did KSA entice or praise those who bombed a building in Argentina or in DAHRAN or Lebanon.
To call Saudis irrational would be incorrect they are perhaps the most rational people in the whole middle east, left and right revolts are occurring around them yet they remain silent because they have rationally concluded that their monarchy is sufficient.
The Saudi people and their Gov't never wished to bring things to the level of what they are now. But, when some countries interfere to secure their interests selfishly, then the Saudi people and their Gov't are called -irrational actors-
The others left no choice to us, but you know what? They can call us whatever they want, who cares?
I will take your testimony as a badge of honor
don't know if you have noticed or not but extremism is rampant all over the "Muslim world". I don't see why you would assume there would be any less or no extremists in KSA. Yes I know I am against their declaration of Jihad in Syria
Actually, KSA never declared Jehad against Assad whatsoever. It was the Egyptians who did it by the way. No Saudi religious figure is authorized to issue a religious declaration unless he is a member of the Grand Islamic Council, otherwise such Fataws will get some idiots into trouble.
I don't think you should compare Pakistan to KSA.
Unfortunately, KSA gets to be blamed by some Pakistani friends of ours here and there. No one could ever provide me with a solid proof about such actions. The only fault that both of KSA and Pakistan should be blamed for was to allow Arab Afghans to reside in Afghanistan and influence the Taliban.
Some people also accused KSA of funding terrorists, but this is claim is hilarious
someone like Ben Laden with a $300 million in hand could do many things with this massive amount of money, not to mention his spendthrift buddies.
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Sir
B) work with big name tribal lords (as has been done by Al-Saud for a century) to moved to the next level of "democratization". (copy of British and other EU monarchies).
That's a big misconception, People in KSA no longer define themselves upon their so-called tribal society, there are many non-Tribal Saudis who take an active role in our politics, and the tribals are on the same page. Just to assure that from my own experience, For example, when A Saudi young man applies for one of our 7 military colleges, he's expected to refrain from negative social values like racism, tribalism, and nepotism.
