SEEMS LIKE it isnt just the USA who is fed up with religion and politics being in bed together. Several places in this article people SPECIFICALLY cite the hypocrisy they witness as being the primary motivation for their questioning of religion. Suzanne Zeviar, Az Zaqqum What do you think this means in the long run? “Because people are becoming more disillusioned with the government, they started looking at the government and its support groups as being in bed together and conspiring together against the good of the people,” said Bassim Alim, a lawyer in Jeddah. “When they see the ulema [religious scholars] appeasing the government,” he added, “people become dismayed because they thought they were pious and straightforward and just. “ “I believe people started being fed up with how religion is really controlling their life and how only one interpretation of religion should be followed,” said activist Fahad AlFahad. Together, the appearance of atheists, a growing wariness of religious controls on society, as well as the continuing lure of jihad and ultraconservatism signal a breakdown in the conformity and consensus that has marked the Saudi religious field in the recent past. It is becoming a more heterogenous and polarized faith scene.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:40:18 +0000
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