The growing salience of moderate Islam

In steering his country towards an economy more broadly based on foreign direct investments and less reliant on oil, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has transformed the austere Wahhabi form of Islam in Saudi Arabia into a more moderate transnational variety. Other countries in the Middle East and S...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Bin Ali, Muhammad Haziq Jani
Other Authors:	S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format:	Commentary
Language:	English
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Social Sciences Country and Region Studies Religion in Contemporary Society
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174592
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1745922024-04-07T15:44:56Z The growing salience of moderate Islam Mohamed Bin Ali Muhammad Haziq Jani S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Social Sciences Country and Region Studies Religion in Contemporary Society In steering his country towards an economy more broadly based on foreign direct investments and less reliant on oil, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has transformed the austere Wahhabi form of Islam in Saudi Arabia into a more moderate transnational variety. Other countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia have similarly embarked on projects to moderate their versions of Islam, all of which, as in the Saudi case, add to their soft power. Published version 2024-04-03T07:51:50Z 2024-04-03T07:51:50Z 2024 Commentary Mohamed Bin Ali & Muhammad Haziq Jani (2024). The growing salience of moderate Islam. RSIS Commentaries, 028-24. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174592 en RSIS Commentaries, 028-24 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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The growing salience of moderate Islam

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