WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, although, according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia’s de facto constitution, adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (that is, Islamic law) and the Qur’an. The Qur’an and the Sunnah are declared to be the de jure country’s constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Constitution: As Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, the country does not possess a legally-binding written constitution. However, the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia was adopted by royal decree in 1992.

Detailed explanation-3: -Saudi Arabia has since been an absolute monarchy governed along Islamist lines. Saudi Arabia is sometimes called “the Land of the Two Holy Mosques", in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca) and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (in Medina), the two holiest places in Islam.

Detailed explanation-4: -King Abdel Aziz ibn Saud unified the kingdom of Saudi Arabia following a series of military conquests between 1902 and 1926. He established an absolute monarchy, which gained legitimacy from an 18th century alliance between the Al Saud family and the Wahhabi sect of Islam.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over the centuries, the peninsula has played an important role in history as an ancient trade center and as the birthplace of Islam, one of the world’s major monotheistic religions. Since King Abdulaziz Al-Saud established the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, its transformation has been astonishing.