Arabian Peninsula

Outline Thesis: Saudi Arabia’s importance in the Middle East cannot be underestimated. As a key ally in the Global War on Terrorism, we need to comprehend its role in the modern world and its pivotal role in Islam. I. Saudi Arabia and Islam go hand in hand. a. With 1.6 billion followers, Islam is the second largest religion in the world. b. In 670 A.D., Muhammad set out to spread the word of Allah and in turn changed the world. c. Saudi Arabia sees over one million pilgrims visit Mecca each year

economy, and many different aspects. In 1933, Saudi government bestowed oil concession to California Arabian Standard Oil Company (Chevron). The main factor for this grant was to explore the oil in the eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. After discovering a huge amount of oil, part of the

The second phase: Planning to establish Al-Qaeda had began in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the nineties of the last century, and it was remarkable there were some operations of Al-Qaeda organization before actually inception., such as: • In 1995, car bomb attack on Vinnell Corporation Office led to the deaths of six people, including five Americans. • In 1996, The building is inhabited by US soldiers in Khobar as a result 19 dead and about 500 wounded, that was a coordination between al-Qaida

with age-old traditions and belief systems that are derived from the Arab culture. The country has a prevailing monarchy that is rich in Arab and Islamic heritage and a characteristic homogeneity in culture (Anon, n.d). It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula and it shares boundaries with Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the Red Sea (Wikipedia). The introduction and acceptance of Islam as a major religion is seen to be a driving force in its conservatory approach. This cultural

In 1902, Ibn Saud, 21, and 60 of his brothers and cousins went to take back their land from the Rashids tribal. He took control over Riyadh, but to take over all the Arabian Peninsula he asked for help from the Ikhwan “Muslim brothers”- they are Wahhabi Islamic Puritans that want to expand their version of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula, and nomadic Bedouins. With the help of the Ikhwan, ibn Saud took territory after another, until he captured Mecca and Medina and became the ruler of the two holy

Period of Arabian People Religion is a complicated multi-dimensional phenomenon that embraces all the spheres of people’s lives. Therefore, to analyze the meaning and objective effects of any religion, the researchers need to study e a particular society before the appearance of religion. It is common knowledge that understanding beliefs requires awareness of sociological, political, economic, psychological and philosophical life of a particular society. This paper is aimed to explore the Arabian society’s

be seen, however, that the ideology of this region has predated the founding of the country and even the birth of Islam. The cultural norms of the Arabian Peninsula, Islamic faith affirming these standards, and the legislative support of these values have led to the degradation of Saudi women’s rights. Before Islam, the society of the Arabian Peninsula was based on tribal and familial relationships.

In 610 CE, a merchant named muhammad was meditating in a cave on mount. Hira found in the Arabian Peninsula when the archangel Gabriel came with a message for muhammad telling him to believe in the one and only true god Allah, therefore creating the religion of Islam. Over the years Islam grew but Islam spread much more quickly than other religions, but why? Some historians believe that it spread quickly because of military conquest, while others are certain it was because of trade routes all around

Kuwait Diplomacy Over the twentieth century there has always been a struggle of power within the middle east, and particularly between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Amongst the nations in the Arabian Peninsula, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always been at the most power and influential country. Saudi Arabia and Iran were always polar opposites of each other. When Saudi Arabia first produced its oil, it saw its economy benefit and heighten much more than Iran could do with its oil reserves.

1 Impact of Climate Change: Rainfall and temperature are the main parameters to measure the climate in a region. These two variables were studied in detail for the Arabian Peninsula as well as for Saudi Arabia (Elagib and Mansell, 2000; Lazaro et al., 2001; Moonen et al., 2002; Islam et al., 2010). It is worth mentioning that, the frequencies of rainfall intensity are significantly required for several engineering purposes; one of them is the estimation of extreme floods. Besides, rainfall data