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To: lorne who wrote (6185)	12/9/2003 12:08:48 AM
From: Hawkmoon	of 15987

Maybe much needed changes in islam? Just a tad late though but at least a few are starting to speak out. It's a nice start.. And a sign that moderate muslims are feeling safe enough to finally speak out against militancy. All signs of a fledgling effort to commence a civil war within the Islamic religion and diminish Wahhabist domination. I also read something the other day that suggests many Saudis are turning to Sufism, a form of Islam utterly rejected by the Wahhabists. meforum.org The Future After decades of theocratic oppression, the vast majority of the Saudi people are restive for the following reasons: 1.) The Shiite minority in the southern and eastern provinces are tired of the violent persecution they have suffered at the hands of the Wahhabist clergy. 2.) The young people of Saudi Arabia want to live in a modern society where they can utilize their enterprising talents and energies to build a prosperous future. 3.) Lastly, non-Wahhabi scholars are already calling on the royal family to reject the officially sanctioned intolerant state religion and replace it with pluralistic Ottoman-Islamic traditions. Remarkably, thousands of young people are turning to Sufism as an expression of protest against the entrenched religious establishment. The transition to a reasonably open Malaysian parliamentary model from its current medieval state need not be catastrophic. The Saudi monarchy could remain as a symbolic body with power concentrated in a representative legislature. Indeed, the position that a more strict Islamic system might emerge if the House of Saud is brushed aside is ludicrous. Proponents of this view often cite the emergence of an Iranian-style regime as a possible consequence. However, this is a specious historical analogy since the Iranian people never experienced the harsh strictures of Islamic law prior to the ascension of the Islamic Republic. The people of Saudi Arabia know this repression all too well and they are dead tired of it. If the Saudis don't moderate their militant factions, it's my prediction that we'll see a Hashemite return to the throne of Arabia within 10-15 years. But these kinds of changes take time. Hawk

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