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	Encyclopedia: Islam in Saudi Arabia
		It borders Jordan on the north, Iraq on the north and north-east, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the south and south-east, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its north-east and the Red Sea to its west.
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of the first king, Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		The nature of the Islamic society Saudi Arabia wished to have in the future, however, was one of the important and passionately debated issues in the kingdom in the early 1990s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Islam-in-Saudi-Arabia (681 words)

	Islam in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Saudi Arabia already claimed to be an Islamic government whose constitution is the Qur'an, the kingdom has not been immune to this conservative trend.
		In Saudi Arabia, the 1960s, and especially the 1970s, had been years of explosive development, liberal experimentation, and openness to the West.
		Islam remained the primary cohesive ideology in the kingdom, the source of legitimacy for the monarchy, and the pervasive system for moral guidance and spirituality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia (2414 words)

	Islam in Saudi Arabia: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Islam (The monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran) is the established religion, and as such its institutions receive government support.
		Although Saudi Arabia already claimed to be an Islamic government whose constitution is the Qur'an (The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina), the kingdom has not been immune to this conservative trend.
		In Saudi Arabia, the 1960s (The decade from 1960 to 1969), and especially the 1970s (The decade from 1970 to 1979), had been years of explosive development, liberal experimentation, and openness to the West.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/is/islam_in_saudi_arabia.htm (2393 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saudi Arabia is known to be in possession of 260.1 billion barrels of oil reserves as of 2003, about 24% of the world's proven total petroleum reserves.
		Saudi Arabia was a key player in the successful efforts of OPEC and other oil producing countries to raise the price of oil in 1999 to its highest level since the Gulf War by reducing production.
		Islam forbids the eating of pork and the drinking of alcohol, and this law is followed strictly throughout Saudi Arabia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saudi_Arabia (2683 words)

	Saudi Arabia (08/05)
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of King Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		Saudi Arabia was a key player in coordinating the successful 1999 campaign of OPEC and other oil-producing countries to raise the price of oil to its highest level since the Gulf War by managing production and supply of petroleum.
		Saudi Arabia supports a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict but rejected the Camp David accords, claiming that they would be unable to achieve a comprehensive political solution that would ensure Palestinian rights and adequately address the status of Jerusalem.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3584.htm (5065 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula, with the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east.
		Saudi Arabia is not only the homeland of the Arab peoples—it is thought that the first Arabs originated on the Arabian Peninsula—but also the homeland of Islam, the world's second-largest religion.
		Saudi Arabia was neutral until nearly the end of the war, but it was permitted to be a charter member of the United Nations.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107947.html (1360 words)

	Mena 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As Saudi Arabia's highest ranking cleric and head of the Council of Senior Religious Scholars for three decades, bin Baz's religious rulings had strongly impacted on Saudi life, including the ban on women's driving.
		Saudi Arabia is not a party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, and there are no legislative procedures for granting asylum to refugees.
		Saudi Arabia continued to be a major customer for U.S. manufactured weapons systems as well as training and maintenance contracts, and the U.S. had 4,873 military personnel in the country as of September 1998.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k/Mena-08.htm (1641 words)

	Aid to the Church in Need - Religious Freedom in the Majority Islamic Countries. 1998 Report
		According to the theological interpretation of the dominant Wahabi school, the soil of the Arabian peninsula is the country of the prophet Mohammed, the most holy of territories, where it is not even possible to permit the exercise of the tolerated religions of the Book, Judaism and Christianity.
		Saudi Arabia considers itself the custodian of Islamic purity.
		On the occasion of this tragedy the human rights organisation Christian Solidarity made an appeal to the government of Saudi Arabia to desist from its persecution of Christians and to undertake to respect religious freedom, but they have never gone beyond declarations of principle.
	www.alleanzacattolica.org /acs/acs_english/report_98/saudi_arabia.htm (1447 words)

	Islam: A Global civilization
		Islam is not, as some imagine in the West, a religion of the sword nor did it spread primarily by means of war.
		Islam was destined to become a world religion and to create a civilization which stretched from one end of the globe to the other.
		Moreover, Islam was not opposed to learning from the earlier civilizations and incorporating their science, learning, and culture into its own world view, as long as they did not oppose the principles of Islam.
	www.templemount.org /islamiad.html (10273 words)

	93113: Saudi Arabia: Post-War Issues and U.S. Relations
		Saudi Arabia was a key member of the allied coalition that expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991, and approximately 6,000 U.S. troops remain in the country.
		Saudi Arabia was a key member of the allied coalition that expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait in February 1991.
		Saudi Arabia), a U.S. citizen alleging disabling injuries inflicted on him during imprisonment in Saudi Arabia lost a case before the Saudi grievance board because he was unwilling to testify in Saudi Arabia.
	www.fas.org /man/crs/93-113.htm (6745 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saudi courts continued to impose corporal punishment, including amputations of hands and feet for robbery, and floggings for lesser crimes such as "sexual deviance" and drunkenness.
		Saudi women continued to face severe discrimination in all aspects of their lives, including the family, education, employment, and the justice system.
		Saudi Arabia continued to provide refuge and financial support to Idi Amin, the exiled Ugandan leader whose regime was responsible for a reign of terror that left an estimated 300,00 dead in the 1970s.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k1/mideast/saudi.html (2012 words)

	saudi arabia religion and other saudi arabia related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		of Islam with extremist Wahhabism, the officially-established religion of Saudi Arabia.
		RELIGION Saudi Arabia Table of Contents Early Development of Islam The vast majority of the people of Saudi Arabia are Sunni Muslims.
		Islam is the established religion, and as such its...
	www.nethorde.com /saudi_arabia/saudi-arabia-religion.html (292 words)

	Saudi Arabia (from history of Arabia) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula, is the original homeland of the Arab population in the Middle East, of Arabic language and culture, and of the major world religion of Islam.
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies four fifths of the Arabian Peninsula.
		Saudi Arabia is separated from Egypt, The Sudan, and Eritrea by the Red Sea to the west; from Iran by the Persian Gulf to the east; and from Bahrain by the Gulf of Bahrain, also to the east.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-46005 (790 words)

	USATODAY.com - Saudi crackdown on dissenters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In a strong message to Saudis seeking democratic reforms in the kingdom, authorities Sunday issued sentences of up to nine years for two academics and a poet who were calling for increased political participation.
		The predominant influence in Saudi Arabia is religion and popular clerics are able to quickly galvanize thousands of supporters, as they did with Islamist candidates during the municipal elections.
		The staunchly conservative Saudi judiciary is one of the main bastions of power of the country's proponents of the strict Wahhabi ideology.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-05-15-saudi-crackdown_x.htm (1104 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia is a monarchy without elected representative institutions or political parties.
		The oil industry has been the basis of the transformation of Saudi Arabia from a pastoral, agricultural, and trading society to a rapidly urbanizing one, characterized by large-scale infrastructure projects, an extensive social welfare system, and a labor market comprised largely of foreign workers.
		Although in general Saudi culture greatly prizes children, new studies by Saudi female doctors indicate that severe abuse and neglect of children appears to be more widespread than previously reported.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8296.htm (12214 words)

	Terrorism - Islam, Saudi Arabia
		While the ulema should not be considered king-makers in Saudi Arabia, their support is essential.
		In the meantime, increasingly dire economic conditions have curbed prosperity, highlighted fissures within Saudi society, and exposed the royal family to charges of waste and corruption.
		Islam, in the aggregate, is in many ways a revolutionary movement.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/saudi.cfm (1581 words)

	Studying Islam Overseas - Study in Saudi Arabia's Universities
		Saudi Arabia hosts a number of Islamic colleges and educational institutions that provide opportunities for non-Saudis to come and learn Islam abroad.
		Umm al-Qura (Umm al-Quraa) University in Makkah (Mecca), Saudi Arabia
		Dar al-Hadith (Daar al-Hadeeth al-Khayriyyah) in Makkah (Mecca), Saudi Arabia
	www.bakkah.net /studying.htm (412 words)

	Saudi Arabia : Location, Map, Area, Capital, Population, Religion, Language - Country Information
		It is bordered to the northwest by Jordan, to the north by Iraq and Kuwait, to the west by the Red sea and to the east Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, and to the south by Yemen.
		The Wahhabi sect, comprised of reformers who settled in Arabia during the 18th century and who have sought to purify and simplify the practice of Islam, has greatly influenced the Sunnites of Saudi Arabia.
		Membership: Saudi Arabia is a member of the UN, the Arab League, the Gulf Co-operation Council and OPEC.
	www.arab.de /arabinfo/saudi.htm (193 words)

	Online NewsHour: Into the Kingdom: Saudi Arabia
		From Saudi Arabia, Elizabeth Farnsworth explores a country and culture that have remained inaccessible to most foreign reporters.
		From Saudi Arabia, Elizabeth Farnsworth explores the connections between religion, education and terrorism.
		The former head of Saudi Intelligence discusses the effects of Sept 11 on Saudi Arabians.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/saudi_arabia/index.html (108 words)

	Worldandnation: Saudi form of Islam wars with moderates
		Some Muslims say Wahhabism, the fundamentalist version of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia, is intent on stamping out all other sects.
		At the time, this newspaper called it a "scuffle between two Moslem sects." In hindsight, the "scuffle" was one in a dramatic series of struggles at mosques throughout the country between fundamentalist and moderate Muslims.
		Wahhabism, the state religion of Saudi Arabia, claims to revive the original practice of Islam from the time of the prophet Mohammed and views other Muslim traditions as heretical.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/03/11/Worldandnation/Saudi_form_of_Islam_w.shtml (1589 words)

	Saudi Arabia Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		This deserted village, a fascinating remnant of old Arabia, is like no place on earth.
		Its vast swathes of desert were the swaddling clothes of infant Islam, the Arab race and of Arabic, a language considered holy by Muslims.
		It's also home to two of Islam's holiest cities and a host of modern, thriving, oil-rich metropolises.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /destinations/middle_east/saudi_arabia (193 words)

	Steven Stalinsky on Wahhabism and Saudi Arabia on National Review Online
		Saudi Arabia created the monster, exported it abroad, and then lost control of it.
		One article written by Khaled Al-Ghanami condemned the Saudi government's religious police and criticized the "spiritual father of Wahhabism," calling his philosophy "the real problem," and "a mistake" for Saudi Arabia.
		As current events play out in Saudi Arabia, the royal family would do well to listen to the critique by reformist Muslims on how Wahhabism has negatively impacted their communities.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/stalinsky200406280902.asp (560 words)

	Islam in Saudi Arabia
		Has the two most holy shrines in Islam: Mecca and Medina and was the home of the Prophet.
		Presence in Saudi Arabia of large numbers of American troops.
		Involved Saudi Arabia in a war against a Moslem state into alliance with non-Moslem states.
	www.revision-notes.co.uk /revision/36.html (312 words)

	Saudi Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who died Monday, sought to modernise his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a ruler in name...
		Saudi King Fahd modernized kingdom while balancing with tradition and orthodox Islam
		Saudi Arabia: Cradle of Islam and Al-Qaeda terror
	archive.wn.com /2005/08/01/1400/saudipost (662 words)

	Saudi Times
		Saudi Times - latest news stories and top headlines.
		New figures show live sheep exports are on track to hit their highest level since 2002, signalling a big industry recovery after the end of a two-year ban on shipments to Saudi Arabia.
		Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, joined other members from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in saying the group should maintain curren...
	www.sauditimes.com (502 words)

	Consulate Jeddah Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped forward together to inaugurate the U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 13, 2005...
		President Bush Hosts Iftar Dinner at White House President cites "spirit," "compassion" of Islam at gathering Hosting his fifth Iftar dinner October 17 at the White House, President Bush spoke of the spirit and compassion of Islam and thanked the Muslims nations that have joined the coalition in the War on Terror.
		The Embassy of the United States of America in Riyadh expresses its profound gratitude to the people and government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the many expressions of sympathy and concern and for the generous pledges of assistance in support of the relief and recovery effort in the wake of Hurricane Katrina...
	jeddah.usconsulate.gov (548 words)

	Adherents.com: By Location
		But some Saudis, a group of wandering herdsmen called the bedouin, have changed their way of life very little in the last thousand years.
		The Ruala Bedouin, a division of the Anizah, are located in the north central section of Saudi Arabia.
		"In large but lightly populated Saudi Arabia fewer than 1,000 Protestants could be found, and a Protestant population would be virtually nonexistent in Yemen.
	www.adherents.com /adhloc/Wh_294.html (1626 words)

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