Saudi Arabia has announced it will lift a ban on
commercial cinemas that has lasted more than
three decades.
The ministry of culture and information said it
would begin issuing licences immediately and
that the first cinemas were expected to open in
March 2018.
The measure is part of Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salman's Vision 2030 social and economic
reform programme.
The conservative Muslim kingdom had cinemas
in the 1970s, but clerics persuaded authorities to
close them.
As recently as January, Grand Mufti Sheikh
Abdul Aziz Al al-Sheikh reportedly warned of the
"depravity" of cinemas , saying they would
corrupt morals if allowed.
Saudi Arabia's royal family and religious
establishment adhere to an austere form of
Sunni Islam known as Wahhabism, and Islamic
codes of behaviour and dress are strictly
enforced.
Saudi Arabia's royal family and religious
establishment adhere to an austere form of
Sunni Islam known as Wahhabism, and Islamic
codes of behaviour and dress are strictly
enforced.
"It is a beautiful day in #SaudiArabia!" wrote the
Oscar-nominated Saudi director Haifaa Al
Mansour on Twitter following the announcement .
Saudi authorities also began sponsoring concerts
this year.
US hip hop artist Nelly and Algerian singer Cheb
Khaled will perform in the Red Sea city of
Jeddah on Thursday , though the event is open to
men only.
In September, King Salman announced that
women would be permitted to drive in Saudi
Arabia for the first time from June 2018 -
another move opposed by clerics,
And at an economic conference attended by
foreign investors the following month, Prince
Mohammed declared that Saudi Arabia would
once again be "a country of moderate Islam that
is open to all religions, traditions and people".

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nonsense!

prince Mohammed bin Salman is truly working