Yes. The crimes are murder, rape, drug trafficking, sodomy, armed robbery, apostasy, sorcery and certain other offences.
It is illegal in Saudi Arabia, but i know that you can still find it in certain places.
Saudi Arabia is an incredibly hot country. In the dead of winter, it is still around 15oC.
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Yes only in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Arabia is a piece of land. Saudi Arabia is a country. Since Saudi Arabia occupies over 80% of Arabia, many people use the terms interchangeably even though they are not so. Arabia is still called Arabia, even though its geopolitical divisions have changed often in the last 500 years. As for Saudi Arabia, the story is more interesting. In 1920, the British recognized the Kingdom of Nejd in central Arabia, which was ruled by the Saud familiy. The Saud proceeded to attack and conquer the neighboring Arabian Kingdom of Hejaz in 1921-1922. The Union of Nejd and Hejaz was renamed as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to recognize that it was all of Arabia under the Saud family in 1924.
Saudi Arabia is still an absolute monarchy, and has been since 1992, when The Basic Law of Government 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.
Yes. Look at Kuwait, Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
A country like Bahrain does have less oil and a lower GDP per capita than a country like Saudi Arabia because oil is a precious mineral. The standard of living in Bahrain because it does not do a lot of importing like Saudi Arabia.
not 100% but still very highly. hope that helps! ;)
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and UAE are monarchies.
There are still some functional monarchies around. Saudi Arabia for example still has a ruling family with government influence.