YAZID III

Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik. This is an Islamic doctrine that operates to this day together with the stricture that a bad ruler must be endured and not revolted against UNLESS he does not follow his Islamic religious obligations. This is why many Islamic rulers curry favor with the clerics. As long as they do not claim he is violating the word of God, his rule is safe from revolution. However, if the clerics turn on him, he is in deep trouble. Thus Saudi Arabia endures a monarchy and the ruling family pays the Wahhabi enormous sums to avoid their religious condemnation.

Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik. His concerns were twofold. First, it was difficult to maintain morale of troops in the field for a long period of time. But for him the more important reason was the cost. He cut the military budget by 10 percent which outraged the “hardliners”. It was expensive to keep troops in the field.

Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik. This is an Islamic doctrine that operates to this day together with the stricture that a bad ruler must be endured and not revolted against UNLESS he does not follow his Islamic religious obligations. This is why many Islamic rulers curry favor with the clerics. As long as they do not claim he is violating the word of God, his rule is safe from revolution. However, if the clerics turn on him, he is in deep trouble. Thus Saudi Arabia endures a monarchy and the ruling family pays the Wahhabi enormous sums to avoid their religious condemnation.

Yazid ibn al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik. His concerns were twofold. First, it was difficult to maintain morale of troops in the field for a long period of time. But for him the more important reason was the cost. He cut the military budget by 10 percent which outraged the “hardliners”. It was expensive to keep troops in the field.