The government fostered close relationships with the more conservative ( and oil-rich ) Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

During the time of conflict, the Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Government of Saudi Arabia gave strong criticism to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his government for destabilizing the East Pakistan as well as the Pakistan.

By 2000, only Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

After the terrorist attacks by the group formed by the multi-millionaire Saudi Osama bin Laden on New York and Washington in the United States in 2001, American foreign policy began to call for the removal of the Ba ' ath government in Iraq.

In Saudi Arabia, while the maximum punishment for homosexual acts is public execution, the government will generally use lesser punishments — e. g., fines, jail time, and whipping — as alternatives, unless it feels that individuals are challenging state authority by engaging in LGBT social movements.

Jordan's boundaries with Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia do not have the special significance that the border with Israel does ; these borders have not always hampered tribal nomads in their movements, yet for a few groups borders did separate them from traditional grazing areas and delimited by a series of agreements between the United Kingdom and the government of what eventually became Saudi Arabia ) was first formally defined in the Hadda Agreement of 1925.

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, a prominent Saudi government official, was staying at the same hotel that night, although there is no evidence that they met or knew of each other's presence.

On August 3, 2005 the Mauritanian military, including members of the presidential guard, seized control of key points in the capital of Nouakchott, performing a coup against the government of President Maaouya Ould Sid ' Ahmed Taya who was out of the country, attending the funeral of Saudi King Fahd.

A group identifying itself as the Military Council for Justice and Democracy overthrew the Taya government on 3 August 2005 during the absence of the President in Saudi Arabia.

Although the Saudi involvement in mosques around the world can be traced back to the 1960s, it was not until later in the 20th century that the government of Saudi Arabia became a large influence in foreign mosques.

Beginning in the 1980s, the Saudi Arabian government began to finance the construction of mosques in countries around the world.

An estimated US $ 45 billion has been spent by the Saudi Arabian government financing mosques and Islamic schools in foreign countries.

The spelling of the name in English was officially changed to this form by the Saudi government in the 1980s, but is not universally known or used worldwide.

However, the Saudi government removed the structure to give space for hotels and business buildings near to the Grand Mosque.

The city takes in more than $ 100 million, while the Saudi government spends about $ 50 million on services for the Hajj.

Health care is provided by the Saudi government free of charge to all pilgrims.

The Saudi government supports their position using Sura 9: 28 from the Qur ' an:

The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising.

On September 10, 2001, Hanjour, Mihdhar, and Nawaf checked into the Marriott Residence Inn in Herndon, Virginia where Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, a prominent Saudi government official, was staying – although no evidence was ever uncovered that they had met, or knew of each other's presence.

On 22 September 2001 the United Arab Emirates and later Saudi Arabia withdrew their recognition of the Taliban as the legal government of Afghanistan, leaving neighboring Pakistan as the only remaining country with diplomatic ties.

Sharif signed an agreement with Musharraf and his military government and his family was exiled to Saudi Arabia in December 2000.

The Saudi government estimate is at 2, 217, 949 square kilometres, while other reputable estimates vary between 2, 149, 690 and 2, 240, 000 sq.

The King of Saudi Arabia is both head of state and the head of government, but decisions are, to a large extent, made on the basis of consultation among the senior princes of the royal family and the religious establishment.

Saudi Arabia is almost unique in giving the ulema a direct role in government, the only other example being Iran.

Saudi Arabia has an oil-based economy with strong government control over major economic activities.

Since ascending to the throne in 2005, King Abdullah has followed a more activist foreign policy and has continued to push-back on US policies which are unpopular in Saudi Arabia ( for example, refusing to provide material assistance to support the new Iraqi government ).

On September 22, the United Arab Emirates, and later Saudi Arabia, withdrew recognition of the Taliban as Afghanistan's legal government, leaving neighbouring Pakistan as the only remaining country with diplomatic ties.

A 1974 agreement between Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia would have settled the Abu Dhabi – Saudi border dispute ; however, the agreement has yet to be ratified by the UAE government and is not recognised by the Saudi government.

In 1964, the new British government under Harold Wilson announced their intention to hand over power to the Federation of South Arabia in 1968, but that the British military would remain.

At the same time, Saudi Arabia maintained direct contact with Yemeni tribes, which sometimes strained its official relations with the Yemeni government.

In some places, such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, religion and government are one, and anyone caught promoting a religious practice outside of the government complex can be subjected to severe punishment.

* Saudi Arabia: Although the maximum punishment for homosexuality is execution, the government tends to use other punishments ( fines, prison sentence, and whipping ), unless it feels that homosexuals have challenged state authority by engaging in LGBT social movements.

The committee said it was " deeply alarmed " over the discretionary power judges hold to treat juveniles as adults: In its 2004 report the Saudi Arabia government had stated that it " never imposes capital punishment on persons ... below the age of 18 ".

This is puzzling to an outsider conscious of the classic tradition of liberalism, because it is clear that these Democrats who are left-of-center are at opposite poles from the liberal Jefferson, who held that the best government was the least government.

Why, in the first place, call himself a liberal if he is against laissez-faire and favors an authoritarian central government with womb-to-tomb controls over everybody??

That is particularly true of sovereignty when it is applied to democratic societies, in which `` popular '' sovereignty is said to exist, and in federal nations, in which the jobs of government are split.

Others are confined to vast reservations, and not only does the Australian government justifiably not wish them to be viewed as exhibits in a zoo, but on their reservations they are extremely fugitive, shunning camps, coming together only for corroborees at which their strange culture comes to its highest pitch -- which is very low indeed.

Hence government must establish greater controls upon corporations so that their activities promote what is deemed essential to the national interest.

When the proprietor dies, the establishment should become a corporation until it is either acquired by another proprietor or the government decides to drop it.

We are reminded, however, that freedom of thought and discussion, the unfettered exchange of ideas, is basic under our form of government.

Since the slogans have little application to reality and are sanctimonious to boot, the applause is faint even in areas of the world where we should expect to find the greatest affection for free government.

Although we continue to pay our conversational devotions to `` free private enterprise '', `` individual initiative '', `` the democratic way '', `` government of the people '', `` competition of the marketplace '', etc., we live rather comfortably in a society in which economic competition is diminishing in large areas, bureaucracy is corroding representative government, technology is weakening the citizen's confidence in his own power to make decisions, and the threat of war is driving him economically and physically into the ground ''.

`` The argument that is cutting most ice is that Hearst is the only candidate who is fighting the trusts fearlessly and who would use all the powers of government to disrupt them if he were elected.