Bill Of Rights Vs Saudi Arabia

In this essay, we’ll compare some of the differences between Saudi Arabia civil liberties and the United States Bill of rights. For one thing, the United States runs in agreement with the constitution, which outlines the rights and freedoms of its citizens. On the other hand, the government of Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, and Saudi criminal law is based totally on sharia .For that reason, the 1st amendment is one of the main differences between these two countries. Is there such thing as too much freedom? Is the First Amendment to blame or commend for?

What's more, Saudi Arabia political system is very conservative when compared to the United States. For Muslim countries our freedoms can be seen as threatening by those who value that

On the contrary, Saudi Arabia is an Absolute Monarchy under absolute rule of the Saudi royal family and one of the most controlled governments on the earth. Saudi Arabia is an Islamic theocratic monarchy, and it is the largest country in the Middle East. Is the home of the two holiest places in Islam, and it's ruled by the House of Saud. And according to reports from the freedom house organization “The strict regime ruling the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is consistently ranking amongst “the worst of the worst” in Freedom House’s annual survey of political and civil rights. (freedomhouse.org)

Furthermore, Islam is the state religion of Saudi Arabia, and nearly all citizens of the country are Muslim. Non-Muslims must convert to Islam before they are eligible to naturalize.

While no law formally prohibits Saudi Arabian citizens from practicing another religion, Freedom of religion does not exist. According to Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia “systematically discriminates against its Muslim religious minorities, in particular Shia and Ismaili’s”. (Wikipedia, S.A. Human right) By divine law this is so

Those caught preaching another faith may be arrested and imprisoned. They may even be sentenced to death. The basic law contains no legal recognition or protection of religious freedom other than for Islam; if an Islam wants to change his religion then that person can legally be killed. “Apostasy”, is considered a crime which is legally punishable by death. In the same way, that blasphemy is a crime against Sunni Islam which may also be legally punishable by death. According to the International religious freedom report “one citizen was publicly lashed 50 times in accordance with a sentence based on his 2013 conviction for violating Islamic values, violating sharia, committing blasphemy, and mocking religious symbols on the internet. (International Religious freedom Report for