Strange Rules and Less known Facts about Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arab is a country famous for its natural oil resources and sacred place of Mecca Medina. Today, I share some Strange Rules and Less known Facts about Saudi Arabia.

Strange Rules and Less known Facts about Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arab, four out of three peoples have age less than 35 years.

Saudi Arab holds the fourth position in the world for spending money on Gold.

The tallest building taking its place is Jeddah Tower or Kingdom Tower which is under construction in Saudi Arabia. It is planned to be the world’s first 1 km high building.

In Islam religion, there are two holy cities known as Mecca and Medina. Every year huge number of people visit there for Hajj. The interesting thing is that no person of any other religion is allowed to visit there without Muslims. Hajj is special practice in Islam.

80% of labourers work in Saudi Arab are outsiders. Most of the people work in Oil and Gas factories.

There is no constitution in Saudi Arab. Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, and has no legally binding written constitution

The last country which provided permission to women’s for voting is Saudi Arab.

95% of the area in Arab is sandy and water is very costly due to lack of water resources like ponds and lakes. They purify sea water for drinking.

No doubt that in Arab there is a shortage of water but there are huge number of oil resources as compared to the other countries of the world.

Every day the people of Saudi Arab spend almost 8$ on smoking.

You cannot celebrate Valentine Day in Saudi Arabia.

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This country holds the fourth position for giving death penalty and it is given by cutting the heads with Swords. Now, due to the decrease in decapitating person (man who cuts the head) they will change the order of death penalty in another way.

In Saudi Arab, it is important for a woman to cover their full body with Hijaab, but still, there are many rapes happening there. One of the reason is their rule, because they do not accept, any case a rape case, if it is not witnessed by four people.

It is highly restricted to watch porn in Saudi Arab and if you were found watching porn then you get a hard punishment.

There were no cinemas in Saudi Arabia from 1983 to 2018, although there was occasionally talk of opening movie theaters. The government wants to open some 350 theaters by 2030.

In 2017, Saudi Arabia king Salman granted women the Right to Drive. Before 2017 driving was banned for women’s.

Black magic is highly restricted in Arab. There are police officers who investigate these matters and if someone found doing this, the officer can shot him on spot.

So, these are Strange Rules and Less known Facts about Saudi Arabia.
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