RIYADH,
Saudi Arabia — I never thought I’d live long enough to write this
sentence: The most significant reform process underway anywhere in the
Middle East today is in Saudi Arabia. Yes, you read that right. Though I
came here at the start of Saudi winter, I found the country going
through its own Arab Spring, Saudi style.
Unlike
the other Arab Springs — all of which emerged bottom up and failed
miserably, except in Tunisia — this one is led from the top down by the
country’s 32-year-old crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and, if it
succeeds, it will not only change the character Saudi Arabia But the
tone and tenor of Islam across the globe. Only a ..read more..
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