Questions tagged [saudi-arabia]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
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How Would Trump Go About Adding Other Nations to the Travel Restriction List?
I ask this because everyone is accusing Trump of banning 7 majority-Muslim countries which were already part of the "Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015" and "Visa Integrity and Security Act of ...
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Why is Egypt transferring the control of two islands to Saudi Arabia?
Why is Egypt transferring the control of two islands to Saudi Arabia? (See here.)
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How people in US and UK think about selling weapons to Saudi-Arabia?
US and UK are major suppliers of Saudi-Arabia with weapons. We see that these weapons used to kill innocent people in Yemen (and maybe in other countries by Al-qaeda). But as Philipp's answer ...
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Does Saudi Arabia support Baathist resistance in Iraq?
Does Saudi Arabia support Baathist resistance in Iraq, currently led by Ad-Douri? Do they want to install a similar regime as in Egypt to counter the Qatari influence?
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How much of America does Saudi Arabia own now days? [closed]
I watched Fahrenheit 911 last night, and they claim that at the time Saudi Arabia owned 7% of the United States. That was a few years ago; how much do they own now?
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Who supplies Saudi Arabia with weapons?
More than 140 people were killed and over 525 wounded on Saturday, by a Saudi Arabian airstrike on a funeral. (See nytimes, rt, theguardian, and foxnews.)
The questions are:
Who supplies Saudi ...
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Are the “the 28 pages” and “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act” interrelated? [closed]
We know that US news of "The 28 pages" and "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act" were spread almost at the same time period and both of them concerned Saudi Arabia interests.
Now, can we say ...
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Why was Saudi Arabia removed from the UN's blacklist of child rights violators?
What is the UN's reasoning (or excuse) behind removing Saudi Arabia from a blacklist of child rights violators despite being blamed for the killing of hundreds of Yemeni children?
What is the ...
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What does Islamic State offer that Saudi Arabia doesn't?
As a secular agnostic, I perceive both Islamic State and Saudi Arabia as extremely theocratic Sunni Muslim governments.
But to some people, Islamic State must be offering something that Saudi Arabia ...
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Is there an official website to check if Saudi Arabia is member of the United Nations human rights council
I told someone about Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council. He denied. Is there an official website to check if Saudi Arabia is member of the United Nations human rights ...
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Why are war atrocities in Yemen reported less often than war atrocities in other conflicts? [closed]
UPDATE: Wikileaks just released the Yemen files. Who would have guessed that, the US funded yemeni forces to force the war (once again).
There are many terrible things happening in Yemen, they are ...
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What political influence does the chair of the UN Human Rights Council have?
In September 2015, Faisal bin Hassan Trad, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the UN, has been elected chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Considering that the human rights situation in Saudi-...
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Why there's no reaction about Saudi Arabia criminal actions? [closed]
We see that Saudi regime is spreading criminal actions among Muslims. Founding bastards of ISIS terrorist group, Founding Al-Shabab terroris group, Massacre in Bahrain, War in Yemen, and recently ...
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US relationship with Saudi Arabia
How does the US justify its relationship with Saudi Arabia when half its population are in essence property i.e. slaves (women). Besides the oil, and if that is all how do we in the US reconcile our ...
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Are there any political parties in Saudi Arabia?
Are there any political parties in Saudi Arabia? If there aren't any, then what stops the establishment of such parties?
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Why do Iran and Saudi Arabia share the same “age of majority”?
According to Wikipedia, backed by a couple of sources, Iran and Saudi Arabia share the same age of majority: 8 for girls, 14 for boys.
Now, according to the sources, this is due to sharia law.
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