Their take is that "moderate" means very different things to a Saudi audience than to a western audience.
A western audience might assume they're talking about adopting western-style reforms. But in Saudi Arabia, threats to the established political power structure are "extremists" and this is probably primarily aimed at cracking down on the royal family's political enemies.
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"Moderate" means different things to Westerners, too. I view the burkas and niqabs as an "extreme" religious belief. I base that on the fact that it is not prescribed in the Koran and the harm it causes to women, men and society.
Other Westerners view burkas as a charming and exotic cultural distinction, which must be protected by law from people like me who see it for what it really is - a denigration and oppression of women. It denigrates even women who do not wear it, as being
**** with no modesty. I don't believe in making it easy for women who want to participate in their own oppression/denigration.
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