King Salman seems bent on returning Saudi Arabia to the past. (Photo: the Guardian) On January 3, Saudi Arabia announced that it had executed 47 people. Among them were prominent Shiite cleric and protester Nimr al-Nimr. As Rob Prince wrote at Focal Points, it may have been an attempt at goading Iran, ever growing in … Continue reading Saudi Arabia v. Iran as Much of a Schism as Arabs v. Israel