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The Saudis’ Preaching Inspired Terror, and Then It Turned on Them

HOLIER THAN THOU

For decades Saudis exported their austere religious vision as a tool of soft power. But 9/11 exposed the grim effects, and the Saudis cannot control them now even when they try.

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