ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on aspects of the leadership’s appeasement policy in the post-prison era. The appeasement policy, the second dimension of al-mudafa‘a, indicates a gradual reduction of confrontation, conflict and tension with the Monarchy. Since their release from prison in June 1999, the three scholars have been changing their mudafa‘a from an opposition policy, involving a high-risk political struggle as illustrated in earlier chapters, towards an appeasement policy, indicating a lower-risk political struggle. This does not mean political change and reform has become unimportant. The quest remains important, but the way to achieve this has changed.
