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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: Saudi schoolbooks-What does it take to recontextualize Islam
Description: Two decades of snail pace revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references to Jews, Christians, and Shiites suggest a willingness to delete offensive language while keeping in place fundamental concepts of an ultra-conservative, anti-pluralistic, and intolerant interpretation of Islam.Â