> Clearly the sharia is in force in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, and seemingly with a strong popular support. I think you might be very interested in this

> Clearly the sharia is in force in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, and seemingly with a strong popular support. I think you might be very interested in this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/04/mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-palace-interview/622822/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/04/mohamme... Take it with a giant grain of salt of course as it is an attempted puff piece. The Gulf states are not sharia. They want to be Vegas. > And I agree that it will wane over time And wax. All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again. > Regarding Shia vs Sunni, that's right but I don't think it negates my point. There were many rivalries between Stalinism vs Maoism vs Trotksism, etc, but it is still right to refer them as communist ideologies with a common goal. I don't think that is super accurate. One of them generally wants to be a state religion the other wants to take over the region and afterwards the world.