Saudi Arabia: The Coming StormDrawing on personal experiences, hundreds of interviews, and unpublished primary sources, veteran journalists Peter Wilson and Douglas Graham examine the challenges confronting the House of Saud in the wake of the war in the Persian Gulf. Among the provocative topics discussed are: Saudi Arabia's growing indebtedness, and the government's inability to balance its budget; the reasons why the kingdom's armed forces were unable to defend the country despite hundreds of billions of dollars in arms spending; the country's worsening unemployment problem; the growing strength of Saudi Arabia's fundamentalists, who possibly could topple the regime. Saudi Arabia is essential reading for scholars and students of the Middle East, Islamic culture, and international affairs. |
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Page 52 - Government believes that the time has now come for the promulgation of a Basic Law for the Government of the country, drawn from the Koran and the Traditions of His Prophet and the acts of the Orthodox Caliphs, that will set forth explicitly the fundamental principles of government and the relationship between the governor and the governed, organize the various powers of the State, and the relationship among these powers, and provide for the basic rights of the citizen, including the right to freely...
Page 104 - The Iranian revolution is not exclusively that of Iran, because Islam does not belong to any particular people. . .We will export our revolution throughout the world because it is an Islamic revolution. The struggle will continue until the calls 'there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah' are echoed all over the world.
Page 52 - From time to time the form of government in Saudi Arabia has in fact undergone certain developments which reflected the development of our community and tried, at the same time, to help the community to reach a higher level. His Majesty's Government believes that the time has now come for the promulgation of a Basic Law for the Government of the country, drawn from the Koran and the...
Page 113 - We are prepared to deploy these forces to defend the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. If you ask us, we will come. We will seek no permanent bases. And when you ask us to go home, we will leave.
Page 93 - Majesty that he would do nothing to assist the Jews against the Arabs and would make no move hostile to the Arab people.
Page 109 - UAE yet again of conspiring with 'world imperialism and Zionism' to 'cut off the livelihood of the Arab nation'. He cautioned, 'if words fail to afford us protection, then we will have no choice but to resort to effective action to put things right and ensure the restitution of our rights'.
Page 73 - Islam is our social and political law. It is a complete constitution of social and economic laws and a system of government and justice.
Page 175 - Howarth, op. cit. 196 reign may be famous for all its conquests and its cohesion of the country. My reign will be remembered for what I do for my people in the way of their welfare, their education and their health.
Page 115 - sees no harm in any Arab country giving its Arab sister land a site or a position on the sea," he told Arab journalists in Riyadh.
Page 240 - The child witnesses the disdain shown for his mother and sisters by his father; this open contempt leads to his scorn of all females, and makes it impossible for him to enjoy friendship with anyone of the opposite sex. Taught only the role of master to slave, it is little wonder that by the time he is old enough to take a mate he considers her his chattel, not his partner. And so it comes to be that women in my land are ignored by their fathers, scorned by their brothers and abused by their husbands.
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| Titre | Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm |
| Auteur | Peter W. Wilson |
| Éditeur | M.E. Sharpe, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0765633477, 9780765633477 |
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