Which of the Following Accurately Characterizes the Challenges to Saudi

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately characterizes the challenges to Saudi rulers in the 1990s?

• A) Islamists outside of the official ulama circles presented their demands more forcefully, and emphasized in particular Saudi ties to the West
• B) A liberal reformist group of businessmen and writers signed a petition in late 1990 requesting the establishment of a consultative council
• C) Islamists presented similar demands to those of the secular reformers, but they framed their demands in terms of the need to observe the shari'ah and to grant the ulama a greater role in the decision-making process
• D) All of these statements accurately characterize the challenges to Saudi rulers in the 1990s

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