How does Islam affect Saudi Arabia?

Answer 1

Answer (with some hints on Prioktan918's Expert Answer above) The question refers to how Islam affected life in Saudi Arabia and not addressing only the women life. Now to mention how Islam affected life in Saudi Arabia, it is enough to mention that:

• Islam unified the country that was before just dispersed tribes
• Saudi Arabia is currently in a very distinguished situation among Muslim Majority countries for having Kaaba (in Makkah or Mecca) surrounded by the Grand Mosque (or AlMasjid Alharam) and the prophet Mosque (or AlMasjid AlNabawi) in AlMadinah (or Medina) and many other religious sites to where Muslims allover the word go for pilgrimage (or Hajj).
• Saudi Arabia is very much cooperating with other Muslim majority countries and offering support to them.
• The tremendous amounts of meat coming from sacrifice during pilgrimage (or Hajj) are maintained and distributed over poor countries.

As hints on answer 1 above, it is important to clarify that many people mix between traditional practices and local cultures in a country and Islam religion requirements and laws. In this regards, the following need be clarified according to Islam laws and rules to resolve the misunderstandings about how women is considered in Islam religion:

• Woman has the full right to choose her husband and agree upon; otherwise marriage is not licit. She has the full right to seek divorce when necessary.

• Wearing Hijab is a cloth requirement per religion of Islam. However, if one doesn't wear it, then it is her choice and no one will blame her. It is something between herself and God the Creator.

• Per Islam teachings, it is absolutely mistaken that a Muslim Woman cannot go out in public without a Male Guardian or that she can not drive by herself. There could be some exceptions in some countries although this again not due to religion teachings but due to local traditions and cultures.

• Abortions is forbidden in all God religions (although in Christianity and may be Judaism they allowed it opposing their religion requirements) except in cases if there is danger on the mother or health problems with the child. It is never left for man to decide woman abortion.

• It is not true that Women do not receive equal pay for equal work and are treated discriminatorily as concerns job benefits, raises, and advances and that they may be forced to work in a different factory or facility to keep them gender-segregated from the male workers. Many private business even in USA and Europe, they may prefer men than women just to avoid the work interruptions due to pregnancy and child taking care of. However, this discrimination is not per Islam religion teachings. Remember that before Islam religion, women in the West were not even allowed to work and when given this right she was obliged to give her earnings to her husband.

• If the woman nature of work or housing requires her to possess a weapon for self-defense, she is allowed to have it. Joining military service for women is not usual just for her conveniences. However, in many Muslim majority countries women are entitled to join military. I personally (Egyptian Muslim) have some female relatives joining military.

• Women education is a requirement per Islam teachings even at the time of prophet Muhammad, some women were teaching Muslims. Almost in all Islamic countries, there are Muslim women students and teachers in all levels of education. Again, one should not mix between Islam role and fundamentals and local traditions and cultures.

• Voting is guaranteed for all women when entitled by age (as Men).

• Women domestic abuse and/or workplace abuse is illegal in Muslim countries and who do it is subject to penalty. I wonder from where you got the information that women abuse is legal in Islamic Fundamentalist States. It is even mentioned explicitly in Quran that one should not gaze at a woman.

• It is absolutely mistaken that Women are afraid to report rapes and sexual crimes to the police out of fear of being raped by the police as well. The Muslim police are respectable people who work for the people benefit and security. There are many articles in Muslim law that penalize these crimes. Again, don't mix between traditions and Islam fundamentals.

• It is completely wrong that women are forbidden from reading texts of other religions or speaking to individuals of other religions to make up her own mind about which faith she wishes to believe in. Converting from Islam to other religions or vice versa is not forbidden per Islam teachings. It was only at the beginning of Islam era because some people used to convert to Islam back and forth to level up doubts in non Muslims against Islam.

• Women are allowed to participate in politics, represented in the political institutions, and have the rights to freely assemble or petition for better treatment.

• It is true that women cannot be; to some extent; romantic or affectionate with her partner in public. This is due to the general oriental cultures and not due to religion. You find the same attitude in oriental Christians and/or Jews.

Finally, there are more than 50 Muslim majority countries. Each country has its own special local cultures and traditions. It is enough to mention that in some Muslim majority countries women got the presidency position; something that never happened in the USA and many European countries.

Answer 2

Wahhabi Islam influences all aspects of Saudi life. The Wahhabi clerics determine what types of speech are offensive and may merit persecution. They also maintain the public school curriculum to advocate for their idea of Islam. The Morality Police of Saudi Arabia arrest people for Un-Islamic Actions.

Answer 3

While there is an argument as to whether the oppressive laws in Saudi Arabia are based on Islamic Laws or are just cultural norms, the Saudi government believes that the following limitations on human rights are derived from Islamic Law. However, most other Islamic Countries are not as stringent or repressive of women and minorities. The following are these restrictions:

Concerning Women

• Women have almost no say in marriage or divorce. These things are decided for her by her fiance/husband and her father. She has minimal ability to petition for any change in marital status based on her desires.
• Women cannot go out in public without at least wearing a hijaab, but usually must wear a more covering garment such as a niqab or burqa.
• Women cannot go out in public without a Mohram or a Male Guardian and in some cases can not drive themselves.
• Women are not in control of whether or not they get abortions, with that being decided by the man.
• Women do not receive equal pay for equal work and are treated discriminatorily as concerns job benefits, raises, and advances. Additionally, they may be forced to work in a different factory or facility to keep them gender-segregated from the male workers.
• Women and Religious Minorities are forbidden from possessing weapons for self-defense or from joining any military.
• Women are prevented (although not entirely) from receiving an education.
  
• Women are not allowed to vote or if they are allowed, they must vote under the supervision of a Mohram or a Male Guardian, effectively preventing her from expressing her own desires.
• Women feel unsafe reporting domestic abuse and workplace abuse because such things are usually legal in Islamic Fundamentalist States.
• Women are afraid to report rapes and sexual crimes to the police out of fear of being raped by the police as well, being honor-murdered by someone in her family, or being charged as criminally liable for getting raped (i.e. guilty for being a victim).
• Women are effectively silenced politically and when women are allowed to hold political positions, they are token positions and her personal opinion must be "modified" for her to continue in the post. Minorities do not have representation in the government at all.
• Women and Minorities cannot freely assemble or petition for better treatment.
• Women cannot be romantic or affectionate with her partner in public.

Concerning Religious Minorities

• All Non-Sunni Muslim religious paraphernalia (holy books, specific religious garments, religious items - like rosaries, etc.) are banned by law and confiscated if seen.
• Proselytization of any religion other than Sunni Islam (generally of the Hanbali school) is banned by law and those accused of proselytizing any other religion can be jailed.
• Houses of worship of any Non-Sunni religion, especially Shiite Islam, are banned. The Saudi government has even burned Shiite Muslim mosques to the ground. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world with hundreds of thousands of Christians and Hindus but not a single legal church or mandir. Secret centers of worship are subject to destruction when discovered.
• Saudis in general are forbidden from reading texts of other religions or speaking to individuals of other religions to make up his own mind about which faith he wishes to believe in. People of minority religions are unable to build houses of worship, sell alcohol or pork to one another, and are not allowed to openly discuss their religions.
  
• Religious Minorities are not allowed to have private schools for their religions.
• Employment opportunities can be rescinded or terminated for a Non-Sunni Muslim on the basis of his religion.
• Jews are effectively banned from Saudi Arabia. Prior to 2010, the Saudi Immigration ministry officially listed a ban on all applications from all Israelis and SEPARATELY a ban for all Jews. After pressure from the United States, the ministry has officially rescinded the ban, but most foreign policy experts argue that the ban is unofficially in effect still to this day.
• Atheism is persecuted by the state with the notable case of Raif Badawi who is receiving 1000 lashes for his tweets on the subject of God.

Answer 4

All Saudi citizens must be Muslim. They can't practice any other religion. All Saudi laws are supposed to be based on the Shari'ia or Islamic law.

Answer 5

these are three ways that islam influenced saudi arabia:-that because the atmosphere of that place create influenced of islanm 2 in saudia arabia there is a worship placed of islam

Answer 6

te ottoman empire took over