Just listened to the BBC, they played Prince Turki bin Faisal talking about the recent bombings in Saudi Arabia. This is the Prince who is head of the security agency, and something of a “hard liner.” So I found this interesting, as the Prince stated (about Al Qaeda): “These are people who want us to return to the 8th century A.D.” Not “C.E.” (Common Era), but A.D., anno domini, the more explictly Christian form, this from a Wahhabi with conservative inclinations! Weird.
Posted by razib at 06:09 PM