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    The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia (alternative name: Basic System of Governance; Arabic: النظام الأساسي للحكم, Al Nizam Al Asasi lil Hukm) is a constitution-like...
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    approximately 31.5 million Saudi Arabian residents are Muslims. The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia states that it is the duty of every citizen to defend Islam;...
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    The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Quran and the Sunnah (the traditions) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad...
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    dismantled pre-existing power-sharing dynamics. The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia contains many characteristics of what might be called a constitution in other countries...
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    Upon the death of King Khalid in 1982, Fahd ascended to the throne. He is credited for having introduced the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia in 1992. He suffered...
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    general affairs of the state." It functions in accordance with the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia and is advised by the Consultative Assembly. Legislation must...
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    2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni...
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    sæˈʕuːd]; 14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who was King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964 until his assassination...
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    The Saudi Arabian national emblem (Arabic: شعار السعودية) was adopted in 1950. According to the Saudi Basic Law, it consists of two crossed swords with...
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