DUBAI—Saudi Arabia has made little progress in removing textbook content that promotes violence and hatred towards religious minorities and others, a U.S. government watchdog said, encouraging Riyadh to take the issue more seriously.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, currently on his first visit to the United States as heir apparent, has promised to promote a more moderate form of Islam in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. The kingdom became ultraconservative during the 1980s at a time when politicized Islamic movements were sweeping through the Arab world. In 1992, Saudi Arabia’s Basic Law, based on Sharia law and the Quran, was adopted by royal decree under King Fahd.
