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17 Sept 2025 Conversations with Tyler David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States
“My understanding is, they’ve taken out a lot of the, I would say, xenophobic religious teachings that were part of their education system for about half a century, but they just don’t have a cadre of teachers that they can put into the schools and replace people who are there already.”
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- 17 Sept 2025
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…Yes. What’s the main barrier to improving the Saudi system? Because they do have money, right? They have money. I think that you would have to probably replace most of the teachers. They would have to find a way to train up teachers to improve the quality of STEM education in the public schools. They’ve reduced the religious content quite a bit already. My understanding is, they’ve taken out a lot of the, I would say, xenophobic religious teachings that were part of their education system for about half a century, but they just don’t have a cadre of teachers that they can put into the schools and replace people who are there already. What is the chance Qatar survives as an independent nation, say 50 years from now? I would bet against that, but do you have an opinion?…
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