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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic State. Its religion is Islam. Its constitution is Almighty God's Book, The Holy Qur'an, and the Sunna (Traditions) of the Prophet (PBUH). Arabic is the language of the Kingdom. [52] Unlike most Muslim countries, Saudi Arabia gives the ulema direct involvement in government, and fields a ...
Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocracy and the government has declared the Qur'an and the Sunnah (tradition) of Muhammad to be the country's Constitution. Freedom of religion is not illegal, but spreading the religion is illegal. Islam is the official religion. Under the law, children born to Muslim fathers are also Muslim, regardless of the ...
Irreligion in Saudi Arabia is difficult to measure as it is illegal to leave the Islamic faith in the country. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Most atheists in Saudi Arabia communicate with each other via the Internet. [ 4][ 5] According to a 2012 poll by WIN-Gallup International, 5% of 502 Saudi Arabians surveyed stated they were "convinced atheists". [ 6][ 7][ 8]
According to official statistics, in 2022 90% of Saudi Arabian citizens were Sunni Muslims, 10-12% are Shia. [ 19] More than 30% of the population was made up of foreign workers [ 19] who are predominantly but not entirely Muslim. [ 20] The two holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are in Saudi Arabia.
Sunni Islam ( / ˈsuːni, ˈsʊni /) is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world. Its name comes from the word Sunnah, referring to the tradition of Muhammad. [ 1][ 2] The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over ...
Islamic fundamentalists, or at least "reformist" fundamentalists, believe that Islam is based on the Qur'an, Hadith and Sunnah and "criticize the tradition, the commentaries, popular religious practices ( maraboutism, the cult of saints), deviations, and superstitions. They aim to return to the founding texts." [ 23]
According to T. W. Arnold in The Preaching of Islam, by the 2nd century of the Islamic calendar, Arab traders had been trading with the inhabitants of Ceylon, modern-day Sri Lanka. The same argument has been told by Dr. B.H. Burger and Dr. Mr. Prajudi in Sedjarah Ekonomis Sosiologis Indonesia (History of Socio Economic of Indonesia). [ 264 ]
Diya ( Arabic: دية; pl.: diyāt, Arabic: ديات) in Islamic law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage by mistake. It is an alternative punishment to qisas (equal retaliation). In Arabic, the word means both blood money and ransom, and it is spelled ...