The emerging awakening virus

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Since His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman declared his intention to combat the Sahwa movement, which had permeated society since 1979, and to eradicate all sources of extremism in Saudi Arabia, the influence of the Sahwa figures, both leaders and followers, has waned. Their voices have disappeared from the public sphere and the platforms they occupied for 40 years. Most people believed (and still believe) that the Sahwa movement had ended and vanished; but in reality, their assumption was far from correct. The Sahwa movement did not end; rather, it assumed the status of sleeper cells, waiting for any opportunity to reactivate and reassert its control over society. The COVID-19 pandemic presented an ideal opportunity for its resurgence, but…