Saudi Arabia: State and Politics

Kosach, G.

doi:10.20542/0131-2227-2016-60-9-48-56

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“…In modern times, not most people would support the absolute monarchy as they feel the decision-making process in absolute monarchy does not capture the people's best interest. Grigory (2016) adds that in the event of an absolute monarchy, once the ruler decides on an issue, the subjects are unable to challenge his decrees. 57 Just like in other absolute monarchs, the people of Saudi have to make decisions made by the King.…”

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General Introduction of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia and Parliamentary Diplomacy

Alshareef¹

2021

IJLPA

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Aim: The thesis aims to evaluate the role of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia's transition and identify if Shura Council can be a catalyst for change in the nation's foreign policy. Saudi's economy is over-relying on oil production, which increases the Kingdom's vulnerability due to uncertainties in the oil markets and other risks. Saudi's vision 2030 aims to decrease Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil and expand the Kingdom's economic resources. The vision 2030 is anchored on three pillars: solidifying the Kingdom's locus in the heart of the Arab and Islamic nations; the quest to become an international investment powerhouse; the Kingdom's strategic site with the capacity to be a hub that connects three continents Africa, Asia, and Europe.Method: The thesis adopts literature review as the main method to establish the composition and effectiveness of the Shura council its design functions.Findings: As currently constituted, the Shura council cannot freely champion effective foreign policies and regulations that support the Kingdom's goals. Shura council is fully under the kings' absolute power, denying them the opportunity to meet their democratic mandate.Concision: The Shura studies and interpret the laws, development plans, and the annual reports of Ministries and Government Sectors. Hence, the council also proposes and amend laws. As long as the Shura Council Members are still King's appointees, the political, social, and economic reforms that Saudi Arabians are eagerly waiting for will take decades to come by. Human rights violations are still evident.Recommendations: The study recommends constitutional monarchy adoption, need for human rights, and fundamental freedom laws to be upheld and allow public participation in legislative process. Strengthening the parliament's oversight roles require the Kingdom to grand Shura Council's independence granting power to partake a vote of no confidence, hearing, interpellation and make committees of inquiry where need be to help Saudi to attain vision 2030 goals.

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General Introduction of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia and Parliamentary Diplomacy

Alshareef¹

2021

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Political Islam: Postscript

Polosin

2024

Minbar. Islamskie issledovaniâ

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The article gives a detailed theological and linguistic analysis of the term “pan-Islamism” in its connection with the concepts of “Muslim union”, “Islamic solidarity”, “political Islam”, etc. Moreover, the paper analyzes the false and dangerous dualistic ideology of sects of political Islam with a rigid division of the world into “we” and “they”, “the world of Islam” and “the world of Jahiliyyah” with the announcement of all those who are not part of the party of political Islam, the “ignoramus” (who are in Jahiliyyah) and pagans. The research also considers the concept of the relationship between religious, ethnic and national in Islam, the concept of a modern nation-state, as it is formed in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The article deals with the reaction of apologists of political Islam to the monograph by V. S. Poloshin “Political Islam: in search of an “earthly paradise””, in particular, the review by D. R. Gilmutdinov. The review is based on an incorrect, expansive deﬁnition of the subject of the study of the monograph, it has no signs of scientiﬁc argument. It is replete with distorted citation of the peer-reviewed text and logical errors. In a meaningful plan, D. Gilmutdinov supports the binary opposition: “we are them” inherent in the ideology of representatives of political Islam. The article considers the circumstances of the declaration by the Ottoman Empire of the “jihad” against the Russian Empire in 1914 and the introduction of pan-Islamism in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the tendency to reconstruct this expansion 100 years after the “fatwas” of the Ottoman Sheikh-ul-Islam Khairi Efendi.

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Saudi Arabia: State and Politics

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General Introduction of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia and Parliamentary Diplomacy

General Introduction of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia and Parliamentary Diplomacy

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