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Protests erupted around the world calling for justice after the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The United States vowed to end the Saudi-backed war in Yemen weeks after news broke about the Crown Prince’s involvement in the murder.

over his own security forces. Khashoggi died at a Saudi consulate in Turkey while being questioned by Saudi security officials.Whether or not the exact truth about Khashoggi’s death gets told, the story so far is that several security officials known to be close to Mohammed bin Salman were the ones interacting with him when he died. The crown prince has initiated a crackdown on corruption that appears to be meant to scare both his own government officials and political opponents. Critics say he has been brutal in his efforts and indifferent to the opposition he is stirring by arresting so many government officials,many of them his relatives.The government is seeking the deathpenalty for several popular religious clerics caught up in the crackdown.The prince appears to be someonewho is trying to squelch opposition rather than effectively deal with corruption. MbS is staking SaudiArabia’s future on building an international, state-of-the-art tech, construction, and tourism infrastructure. To attract the investment and talent that the country requires, the cities that house this infrastructure will need to be able to accommodate people fromall different cultures, just like anymetropolitan city.This plan would contradict the stance of theWahhabis, whose ideology calls for purging Saudi land of all foreign influences.

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