![]() ![]() Mohammed shared his ideas about Islam, Arab leaders, and how a ruler should run a country. So there was Mohammed, sipping coffee on the couch and talking about world history, while Ouda, one of the Muslim world’s most popular imams with more than thirteen million Twitter followers, sat listening. It wasn’t good practice to ignore the son of the crown prince. Ouda would have politely turned the meeting down, but he had already rebuffed Mohammed once, about a year earlier, at a wedding. ![]() He didn’t even know why Mohammed bin Salman, whom Ouda knew as a princeling of uncertain influence in the Royal Court, had invited himself over in the first place. ![]() Islamic leader Salman al-Ouda didn’t know what to make of the young prince sitting across from him in his living room in October 2012. Listen and subscribe to the Religion Unplugged podcast for a conversation between Justin Scheck and executive editor Paul Glader. The book, by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Justin Scheck and Bradley Hope, shows how a rift in the world’s most powerful ruling family, Saudi Arabian royalty, produced Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a charismatic leader with a ruthless streak. The following excerpt from Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power is republished with permission from Hachette Books. ![]()
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