Weekly Saudi Arabian Trivia

Each Monday a new and interesting tidbit of Saudi Arabian information will be posted. Monday, September 26 Basic Law: Economic Principles Article 15: No concessions shall be awarded or permission given for the utilization of the country's natural resources, except as permitted by the law. Article 16: Public property is sacrosanct. It shall be protected by the State and preserved by both citizens and foreign residents. Saudi Arabian Information Resource: Basic Law: System of Government Permanent Page Link   Monday, September 19 A New King of Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz was proclaimed the sixth King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on August 1, 2005, upon the death of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz is also Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers and Commander of the National Guard. He had previously acted as de facto regent and thus ruler of Saudi Arabia since 1995 when King Fahd was incapacitated by a major stroke. He was formally enthroned on August 3, 2005, but he inherited the title of King immediately after the death of his half-brother. Permanent Page Link   Monday, September 12 Simple Funeral In Saudi Arabia no caskets are used when a person is buried. Usually the women in the family clean and prepare the body for the funeral by wrapping it in a cloth. The photo above shows the body of the late King Fahd being carried to his grave site by male family members after it arrived to the grave yard in an ambulance, which is the usual method of transportation. Permanent Page Link   Monday, September 5 King Fahd's Simple Funeral In keeping with Saudi Arabia's austere Islamic tradition, King Fahd, one of the world's wealthiest and most extravagant monarchs, was laid to rest in a sprawling public cemetery in Riyadh alongside hundreds of other unidentified dirt graves. Permanent Page Link

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