.... So far, Saudi efforts to confront Isis ideologically have mainly taken the form of denunciations from tame clerics – figures who have no prospect of influencing Isis supporters and sympathisers – but it is difficult to see what else they might do without calling their own state system into question.
The king and his princes have dug a hole for themselves by harnessing religion in the pursuit of power. Religious credentials bolstered their claim to legitimacy and helped them assert their authority. For a long time, those credentials served them well, but now they are becoming a liability and it may be too late to unfasten the harness.
[TOP RATED COMMENT] "The problem here is that the Islamic State and the Saudis’ Islamic kingdom are ideologically similar"
So all the stories about how ISIS is not really Islamic were wrong ?
What should be done about all the Mosques paid for by Saudi Arabia - after all, their ideology is similar to ISIS. [Guardian Cif] Read more
