See: Saudis Study the Science of Globalism
Talk about recycling stories!
"At Saudi campus, expanded freedoms; King wants school to foster tolerance" by Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post | October 18, 2009
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia - The research university is the latest, and so far most significant, endeavor by a Persian Gulf nation to diversify its economy and help wean the region from its dependence on oil wealth. Saudi officials describe the multibillion-dollar postgraduate institution as the spear in the kingdom’s efforts to transform itself into a global scientific center rivaling those in the United States, Europe, and Asia....
Many Saudis and Western analysts view the university as a test of the king’s ability to challenge hard-line Islamic clerics and expand freedoms, including rights for women, in the Middle East’s most religiously austere country. In a speech last month, the king, 85, said he hoped the university would become “a beacon of tolerance.’’
This from the MOST INTOLERANT MUSLIM REGIME in the REGION!
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Not much about Saudi Arabia in the press here.
That tells you something right there, doesn't it?
Who's USrael's bestest buddy in the area?
