But the young, in particular, have grown sceptical of Wahhabist injunctions that command blind obedience to rulers.

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Instead, he has equated blind obedience to the dictates of foreigners with corruption, and promises to redress the balance.

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The idea of blind obedience isn't as important in these studies as the larger message about the power of the situation, Burger said.

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"The emperor was a symbol of absolute and blind obedience to authority, and that still influences the way Japanese people think, " says Sakurai of the Expel Political Misfits group.

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They've been taught blind obedience to the emperor, but their loyalty collides with their instinct for survival as they come to understand that they're destined to die inside their caves.

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