Preaching Moderate Islam and Becoming a TV Star (Published 2009)Ahmad al-Shugairi, host of a TV show on religious themes, with students at his cafe in Jidda.Credit...Bryan Denton for The New York Times JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — As Ahmad al-Shugairi took the stage, dressed in a flowing white gown and headdress, he clutched a microphone and told his audience that he had no religious training or titles: “I am not a sheik.” But over the next two hours, he worked the c
