Saudi Arabia Is Attempting To Rewrite The Legislation That Governs Its Flag | Saudi Arab | thetutee

The Saudi national flag has green color background with a white sword on it. The Arabic writing is called as Kalma e Shadat on it is from the holy book of Quran, “ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله” which says that there is no God but Allah; Muhammad is the last messenger. It is being used since March 1973.

According to the international news resources Saudi government is planning to remove sword and the Kalma e Shadat from the national flag. But after days the advisory council of Saudi government approved a unanimous draft that there will be not any changes in the Saudi nation flag or in the nation anthem.

They clarify with a statement that the Saudi Shura council amendment does not include any content changes, what the media was saying. But early this week according to the media resources they have made the amendments.

Saad Al Otaibi a member of Saudi Shura who tabled the draft said that its aim is purely to the protect the flag and the national anthem from disrespecting in any event or protect it from tempering as it contains the verses of the holy Quran. The flag will be hoisted in certain place under specific time and the government will decide the places, he added.

But according to the independent sources they are saying that the government is reluctant to share every detail regarding these changes. Some of the Ulama, religious leaders are against these changes, but the youth is seen to be optimistic for whatever the plans are going under the king MBS rule. The ultra-conservative Arabian society which was only being defined by the region has now seen a paradigm shift and is turning to be more secular and more open to the outside world.

These plans are thought to be part of mission 2030 in which MBS has announced that they will grow globally, and the next Europe will be in the middle East he said in the summit. Somedays ago, Bangladeshi guys were arrested by the police they were accused of disgracing the national flag and dumping it in the dust bin. In the absence of a free press, state-controlled media channels offered further details on the Shura Council's proposal for flag and anthem rules, which would be presented to King Salman for approval.

 

According to organizations such as Reporters Without Borders, there is no local independent media in Saudi Arabia, and persecution has increased under the new king. According to the daily Ashraq Al-Awsat and Sabq news sites, the concept arose because of the kingdom's fast transformation in recent years. Changes to current legislation are being adopted to promote the aims and ambitions of Vision 2030, the crown prince's ambitious national project to revamp Saudi Arabia's economy and make it more robust in the face of changing oil prices and the use of renewable energy.