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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud called for lifting the blockade and establishing humanitarian corridors in Gaza, and also rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians. Turkey urged the Muslim world to take action for the establishment of a Palestinian state .
Saudi Arabia has allegedly provided support to the Kurdish militants within the KDPI, PAK, and PJAK through its consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraqi Kurdistan. [352] Saudi Arabia and the UAE has also supported the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, as part of CJTF-OIR. [353]
The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia states that it is the duty of every citizen to defend Islam; [1] most non-Muslim foreigners attempting to acquire Saudi Arabian nationality must convert to Islam. Hanbali is the official version of Sunni Islam and it is used in the legal and education systems.
Saudi Arabia joined the UN in 1945 [39] [219] and is a founding member of the Arab League, Gulf Cooperation Council, Muslim World League, and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation). [220]
The country also does not accept Israeli passports. However, there is informal cooperation between the two countries on security policy. Negotiations have been held on normalizing diplomatic relations. Saudi Arabia, however, demands the implementation of a two-state solution for full normalization of relations. [33] Israel and Saudi Arabia Somalia
The Society of the Muslim Brothers (Arabic: جماعة الإخوان المسلمين Jamāʿat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood (الإخوان المسلمون al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn) is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. [27]
Pakistan also enjoys extensive cultural & defense/military ties with most of the Arab League member states. Pakistan also has extensive trade ties with Arab League states, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE with Saudi Arabia ranking as Pakistan's second largest trading partner after the United States.
On 4 January 2016, Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations with Iran, following attacks on the Saudi embassy in Tehran after predominantly Sunni Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shiite cleric. This was directly followed by Bahrain's dissolution of diplomatic ties with Iran. [9] Saudi Arabia influences the policies of the Arab countries.