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17 Sept 2025 Conversations with Tyler David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States
“The Wahhabi movement made them matter more than they did before because of this activist impulse and its position on theology, that belief requires action, not just verbal affirmation and individual conduct.”
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- 17 Sept 2025
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…So, it’s making up claims that are not in the Quran. It’s not that it’s ignoring what is in the Quran. Is that correct? They would say it’s misreading the Quran, to get into the details. Just as you have very strong disagreements in Christianity between different denominations, there have always been strong disagreements between Muslims over theology. The Wahhabi movement made them matter more than they did before because of this activist impulse and its position on theology, that belief requires action, not just verbal affirmation and individual conduct. Why do the Saudis seem to dislike the Palestinians so much? Is that theological or some other set of reasons? Because the Palestinians are not a direct threat to the Saudi establishment.…
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