Against this background, Saudi leaders remain conspicuously wary of popular empowerment and disruption of the Arab order that they have dominated for the last three decades. For Saudi Wahhabism, in which absolute power is granted to the royal family by religious mandate, innovative forms of political Islam that anchor legitimacy in genuine representation are a strategic threat.
在这样的背景下，沙特阿拉伯领导人显然对过去三十年他们所支配的民权运动和阿拉伯秩序的破坏十分担心。对沙特瓦哈比主义（皇室家族根据宗教训令被授予绝对权力）来说，将合法性建立在真正的代表制之上的政治伊斯兰教的创新形式是一个战略威胁。