The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Ar…

Salman Rushdie
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam. ✨ 'There is no right not to be offended’ by Mukund Padmanabhan, www.thehindu.com. October 6, 2012.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam. ✨ 'There is no right not to be offended’ by Mukund Padmanabhan, www.thehindu.com. October 6, 2012.

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