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States are not homogenous entities. They are composed of dozens of different interest groups and cliques, each with their own vision for what the state ought to do and what society ought to look like. In functioning states, these groups agree on more things than they disagree on--or at least, the powerful groups are able to monopolize power enough to keep dissident voices drowned out. Carefully crafted power sharing arrangements, usually aided along by some sort of common enemy or common mission, keep states functioning well enough to work as coherent actors in the international arena. But these alliances are not set in stone. Like the sands of the Rub’ al Khali, they shift with the winds. One day, two factions may be the closest of allies. The next, one might overreach. One might think they have become too powerful to need to be held down by the commitments they’ve made to their erstwhile allies. And what happens when they’re wrong? Chaos. Power in Saudi Arabia On paper, the King of Saudi Arabia holds near-absolute power over the country. With no constitutional constraints, it would seem that the King (or more recently, the Crown Prince) enjoys unlimited power in Saudi society. There is no elected--nor even appointed--legislature to serve as a check on the King’s power. If the King wishes to permit women to drive, he need nearly decree it, and so shall it be. Viewing Saudi Arabia through this lens, however, flattens the existing power dynamics in the country. The King’s absolute power is in practice constrained by the varied interest groups that help to lend legitimacy to the institution of the monarchy, such as (to name a few) the military, the House of Saud, and the religious establishment (the ulema). The relationship between the ulema and the monarchy has been critical to the continued existence of the Saudi Arabian state. Starting with the 1744 alliance between Muhammad ibn Saud, the founder of the al-Saud dynasty, and Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, the two groups have formed something of a symbiotic relationship. The House of Saud provides the Wahhabist movement with protection and propagates its beliefs, and in exchange the Wahhabist movement lends legitimacy to the monarchy. The Grand Mosque Seizure; or, Why Saudi Arabia is the Way it Is In November 1979, hundreds of armed religious militants took control of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca--the holiest site in Islam. Their leader, Juhayman al-Otaybi, declared his brother-in-law, Mohammed Abdullah al-Qahtani, to be the *Mahdi--a redeeming figure in Islami prophesied to arrive on Earth several years before Judgement Day. For a period of two weeks, al-Otaybi and his supporters managed to maintain control of the Mosque. The ensuing assault led to the deaths of hundreds of fighters and pilgrims. The Grand Mosque Seizure was, in part, a response to the growth of “western influence” within Saudi Arabia. Al-Otaybi condemned the West calling for the abolition of television and radio, the expulsion of non-Muslims, and the removal of women from the workplace. For al-Otaybi, the ruling al-Saud family’s refusal to resist this western influence had robbed them of their right to rule. While al-Otaybi was ultimately unsuccessful in overthrowing the House of Saud, his insurrection did led to an important revelation for the Saudi monarchy: religious extremism was perhaps the single greatest threat to their continued hold on power in Saudi Arabia. Rather than restricting the power of the ulema in an attempt to curtail this threat, King Khalid dramatically expanded the role of the ulema and the religious police, surrendering some of the House of Saud’s power in exchange for additional stability and security. This state of affairs, with some tinkering, would remain the status quo for the next three decades. Shifting Sands Since the September 11th, 2001 attacks and the beginning of the Global War on Terror, the monarchy has taken significant steps to attempt to curtail the influence of the ulema. The monarchy has become much less tolerant of clerics that speak out against the monarchy, often arresting them (though these arrests are usually temporary, they are enough to scare the dissident clerics into silence). The rise of Mohammad bin Salman in the mid-2010s accelerated this curtailment of the ulema’s power. Viewed as a youthful reformer, MbS has undone many of the laws that were put in place following the Grand Mosque Seizure: in 2018, he removed the ban on female drivers, while in 2021, he legalized gambling and the consumption of alcohol. While he was within his rights to do so--again, the monarchy has no formal restrictions on its authority--these actions flew in the face of the alliance struck between the House of Saud and the ulema. Had the Crown Prince stopped there, conservative opposition to his rule might have been vocal, but nevertheless manageable. Resistance in this period was largely restricted to existing Saudi exile groups like Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia and Hizb ut-Tahrir. A collection of senior clerics in Saudi Arabia rallied together to compose a new Memorandum of Exhortation--a call-back to the 1992 Memorandum written in the aftermath of Gulf War--condemning the Kingdom’s slide away from righteousness and towards western hedonism. The participating clerics were quickly stripped of their positions, arrested, or forced into exile, but their memorandum nevertheless made the rounds--especially in more rural, more conservative communities, where the monarchy had less power (relatively) than the ulema. Still, it spawned little but discontent whispers and prayers that someone would do something to set the Kingdom back on the righteous path. But he didn’t stop there. No more than four months later, Saudi Arabia invited the Bahraini Shi’a cleric Isa Qassim to Saudi Arabia. By itself, this would have created a diplomatic incident--Qassim was, in essence, the leader of the Shi’a opposition to the Saudi-aligned Sunni ruling dynasty of Bahrain, serving as a persistent thorn in the side of the Bahraini royal family. The fact that the House of Saud was inviting him to Saudi Arabia not just as a guest, but paying for the construction of a Hawza (a Shi’a seminary), was nothing short of sacreligious. The moment this news went public, conservative Saudi society flew into an outrage. How dare the monarchy collaborate with the radifa. Whatever control the monarchy had over the clergy melted away overnight, with most every Sunni cleric in the country denouncing the government’s support of the heretics in some form or another. Eight of the twenty-one members of the Council of Senior Scholars, the highest religious body in the country (and also one of the religious institutions most aligned with the House of Saud) resigned in protest. Among those resigning included several members of the al ash-Sheikh family, the foremost family of religious scholars and the direct descendents of al-Wahhab. Even Abdul-Rahman Al Sudais, the Imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca, issued a public denouncement of the government’s decision to fund the Hawza. Protests broke out throughout the country, especially in Mecca, Medina, and the Nejd, and while Saudi security forces were able to break their resolve after a week or two of protests, their discontent did not dissipate. The Saudi government’s 2022 decision to invite sixteen new American military bases only reignited tensions. Overnight, Saudi Arabia went from having no American bases to being the country with the sixth most American military bases. That anger stayed, bubbling beneath the surface. Waiting for an outlet. It finally found that outlet in 2022. At the opening ceremony of the new Hawza 'Ilmiya Dammam, a car bomb ripped through the crowd, destroying the largest building in the compound. When first responders arrived at the scene to treat the casualties, another suicide bomber--this one disguised as a first responder himself--detonated his vest, killing several dozen paramedics and security personnel. Several hours later, on the other side of the country in Jazan, a car bomber struck an under-construction American base, killing several Saudi construction workers (most of whom were migrant workers from South Asia or the Philippines), two American contractors leading the construction effort, and three American officers. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks the next day. In total, some eighty-four people, including three American servicemen, two American contractors, and forty Saudi nationals, died in the attacks, while another two- to three-hundred were wounded. Among those dead were several of the most important clerics of the new Hawza, including Qassim and the Pakistani marja’ Muhammad Hussain Najafi. The other Pakistani marja’ involved in the Hawza, Bashir al-Najafi, succumbed to his injuries a week later. The response from the predominantly Wahhabi Sunni clergy in the country ranged from silence (for those not willing to risk the ire of the monarchy) to celebratory (for those more dedicated to their faith than self-preservation). For the Saudi government, this was a concerning sign of what was to come. Older members draw comparisons between the current political moment and that of the 1990s, when outrage against the monarchy led to the formation of conversative opposition groups and an increase in terror attacks by groups like al Qaeda. And indeed, their fears may be legitimate. Anti-American protests are becoming increasingly common throughout the country, with the country’s American embassies, consulates, and base construction sites under near constant siege by conservative protesters. The Sahwa movement, a peaceful Islamist group affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood opposed to American bases on the Arabian peninsula, has returned in full force after being all but crushed by government repression in the 1990s. Increasing numbers of Saudi clerics are issuing open criticisms and condemnations of the government and its recent activities, posing a serious challenge to the legitimacy of the rule of King Salman and the Crown Prince. In a different world, the monarchy might have been able to find some way to placate these dissidents. The warnings were there. But once the genie is out of the bottle, it’s impossible to put it back in. In April 2022, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman launched an unprecedented purge of the religious establishment and the non-ruling branches of the House of Saud. Over the course of 48 hours, Saudi security forces rounded up and arrested numerous prominent figures on corruption charges. While this was in and of itself insignificant--MbS had already used corruption arrests to establish his power in the House of Saud in the past--the scale of them was substantially larger than any previous arrests. Moreover, those royals detained through this process found themselves stripped of the rights and comforts they had come to expect during detentions like these: rather than the Ritz Carlton, they instead found themselves thrown into dank, musty jail cells, as though they were any other criminal. This was a signal to the rest of the House of Saud: Mohammad bin Salman would no longer tolerate anything even remotely resembling opposition to his agenda. The Prince’s seizure of power did not end there. Later that week, King Salman announced that the Wahhabi religious clerics would no longer have any temporal power outside of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia, according to the King, was going to become a more tolerant, progressive nation. Non-Muslims would have the same rights as Muslims for the first time in the Kingdom’s history. As if this weren’t an insult enough to the religious establishment, the King then declared that the Kingdom would be holding an interfaith celebration in the city of Mecca. This celebration would mark the first time that non-Muslims were (legally) allowed entrance into the Grand Mosque in over a thousand years--flying in the face of a restriction that predated the House of Saud itself. While King Salman’s decree robbed the Wahhabi religious establishment of its temporal power, it could never hope to so suddenly deprive them of their ability to sway the hearts and minds of the masses. Almost every cleric in the country, Salafi or Sufi, Wahhabi or Shafi’i, Sunni or Shi’a, immediately and unequivocally condemned the King’s decision to reverse a thousand years of tradition and allow non-Muslims into the holiest site of Islam. The Imam of the Grand Mosque resigned in disgust, stating that he would rather die than preside over kafirs gaining entrance to Holy City. Most of the Mosque’s clerics resigned with him.
The Situation on the Ground
The country has exploded into massive protests, attended by millions of people across the country. There are near-constant masses of people in the streets of Saudi Arabia’s major cities, while construction work on the proposed Church in Riyadh has been unable to continue due to the hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters surrounding the site at all times. Every day, their grip on Saudi society seems to slip further. Saudi Arabia has long relied on the cooperation of the religious establishment to quash dissent and break up protests. With that alliance shattered by King Salman’s recent actions, Saudi Arabia has had a harder time containing these protests than ever before. There are frequent reports of Saudi security personnel collaborating with the protesters, often sneaking advance warning of police crackdowns to protesters or allowing protest leaders to slip away from arrest warrants. This environment has allowed numerous critics of the government a new lease on life, as dissent is simply too large and too widespread for the government to crack down on all dissidents at once. One major resurfaced critic of the Saudi government has been the Muslim Brotherhood. Once an ally of the Saudis, the Muslim Brotherhood was declared a terrorist organization in 2014, after its Egyptian leadership was deposed in the 2013 coup d’etat. Since then, the group’s Saudi Arabian leaders were forced to flee into hiding in Qatar, Iraq, and, to a lesser extent, Bahrain. While the Muslim Brotherhood itself is not Wahhabist, and has many doctrinal disputes with the leading branch of Islam in Saudi Arabia, it has nevertheless made significant inroads into Saudi society over the past several months. As clerics and Saudi conservatives have become convinced that monarchy is unable to deliver the Sharia-adherent society they so desire (and worse, that they have little ability to coerce the monarchy into doing so), many have turned towards the Muslim Brotherhood and its promises of democracy. If nothing else, at least the system promoted by the Muslim Brotherhood would allow them to vote out incompetent royals like Mohammad bin Salman! While many of these groups are not openly violent and are content to continue peaceful (if still terribly disruptive) means of protest against the government, other groups are not. Saudi intelligence is reporting a large surge in the membership numbers of extremist groups like Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and their affiliates. These groups are able to tap into the discontent that has manifested in Saudi society, using the more peaceful groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and Sahwa Movement as a front for radicalizing and recruiting disenfranchised and disgruntled Saudi conservatives. Saudi intelligence suspects that the Kingdom’s sky-high youth unemployment rate--about 25 percent in 2019--has not helped matters, with many of the new recruits coming from the under-30 age group. Saudi intelligence suspects that the growth of these dissident and jihadi groups has also been assisted by covert funding from Qatar and the Qatari nobility (and in the case of the Muslim Brotherhood only, from Turkey as well), though as of yet, they have been unable to find concrete proof. Perhaps the most major opposition to Saudi rule, though, comes from the Wahhabi clerics that once lent so much legitimacy to the Saudi monarchy. Wahhabi clerics that had erstwhile been major supporters of the Saudi government took to every venue available to them--the pulpit, the streets, the internet, the radio--and loudly and repeatedly condemned the actions of the King and the Crown Prince, declaring that they had strayed from the path of the righteous and no longer had the moral authority to lead. Throughout the country, these Saudi intelligence and security forces have been overwhelmed trying to track down and arrest all of the clerics that have broken the law--either by insulting the King, calling for the death of unbelievers, or some other crime. Increasingly, they find that the public is providing a great deal of assistance in avoiding security personnel, providing housing, food, and other essentials that allow the clerics to go to ground and avoid arrest. Worse still, upper levels of the Saudi security apparatus have reported that their subordinates are, in some cases, simply refusing to carry out these arrest orders. Finally, elements of Saudi intelligence loyal to the Crown Prince himself are reporting rumors that should have Mohammad bin Salman very concerned. The recent instability in Saudi Arabia has led several members of the House of Saud to think that they could do a much better job running the country than this upstart reformer. While intelligence is unable to pinpoint exactly who is a threat to Mohammad bin Salman at this time, they have managed to suss out that there are ongoing talks between some members of the House of Saud and some members of the religious establishment that a palace coup might be the best way to ensure that their interests are protected. King Salman and MbS go away, the House of Saud can continue with its graft and corruption, and Sharia law and the power of the Wahhabis comes back. It’s a win for everyone. In short, Mohammad bin Salman faces a great number of issues that must be addressed--quickly--if he is to retain power.
Government Pockets Dry Up
(Written by Erhard) Saudi Arabia has been largely discounting oil export revenues to favor stronger relationships with its allies. This was destined to cause problems when $200 Bn, over 90% of total Saudi exports, come from revenues off of the oil they export. These oil revenues are so critical to the Saudi economy, that cutting off the revenue would send the economy into recession. The targets of these discounts were namely strong Saudi allies like the US, UK, Australia, India, Japan, and many more who are all known to be heavy oil consumers. Saudi Aramco, one of the largest companies on Earth by revenue, had shored up many of its accounts and had begun selling off assets to private investors and other companies just to keep itself afloat. The company, a state-owned enterprise, had to consult the government for this, but had really no other way to save itself. There were rumors in the company of bankruptcy, in one of the most profitable organizations, and layoffs had begun. Of the 76,000 employees, the company quickly shrunk down to 40,000 to recoup the losses. Oil prices across the world had never ever been lower. Fuel across the US was reporting record prices of $1.12 per gallon, which made consumers very happy while the Saudi economy was doing damage control, preparing for an implosion. It would seem the only way the company could recover would be to cut oil operations to slow the quantity to the market, and jack up the price to 20% over market value, effectively eliminating the discount and charging premiums to those who formerly had discounts. If implemented, the US consumer’s dream would be short-lived as they would approach prices of $4.15 per gallon, but would likely save the economy.
The Paper Tiger
A recent series of arrests has also brought to light an unanticipated vulnerability in the Saudi security establishment. Early in 2022, the Ministry of Defense announced plans to double the number of active-duty personnel in the Saudi Land Forces in a period of just two years. Assuming no retirements or fatalities (something that is hard to assume, given the ongoing Saudi intervention in Yemen), the Royal Land Forces will have to hire over three hundred people per day. Meeting this requirement in a country without conscription has required a massive increase in recruitment targets, coupled with a corresponding decrease in the standards used in hiring. In essence, anyone with a warm body that can hold a rifle and walk is being allowed into the military. Moreover, the massive increase in junior enlisted personnel has further taxed the brass’s ability to maintain discipline and unit cohesion: the army’s absenteeism rate has sky-rocketed, as there are simply too many recruits and too few skilled officers and NCOs in order to adequately enforce punishments. While the drop in Saudi Arabia’s combat capacity that this has caused is concerning on its own, far more concerning is the fact that not all of the recruits to the Saudi military have the country’s best interests at heart. A recent arrest of an Al Qaeda member in Riyadh revealed that numerous terrorist organizations, as well as other dissident organizations, have infiltrated substantial amounts of their members into the newly-expanded Saudi military. If left unchecked, these cells will pose a significant threat to the security of Saudi Arabia, and will be able to use their military training to greatly improve the efficiency of their parent organizations in the future. Moreover, it will give their parent organizations access to classified intelligence on Saudi (read: American) weapons systems, and likely lead to some of these systems ending up in the hands of militant groups in countries like Yemen. Similarly worrying is the monarchy’s deteriorating control of the Saudi Arabian National Guard. Separate from the traditional command structures of the Saudi military, the SANG has long served as the anti-coup, counter-insurgency, and counter-protest wing of the Saudi security establishment. It is comprised of a mixture of (largely conservative) tribal militias and personnel recruited from the Wahhabi religious establishment. Traditionally, these affiliations have helped protect the government from coups by the more liberal-minded military. In this instance, where the threat to the regime’s existence comes from conservative, religious parts of society, the loyalty of the National Guard has been called directly into question. Some worry that the ousted clerics and the more conservative elements of the House of Saud have compromised the integrity of the SANG, and may be able to use it in order to depose the current ruling family. Whatever the case, most agree that something needs to be done--and soon.
Issues Abroad
Naturally, when things go badly in a country as large as Saudi Arabia, they have a tendency to spill over into their neighbors. Below is a brief summary of some of the spillover effects in neighboring countries. The United Arab Emirates While the United Arab Emirates has long been the most “progressive” of the Gulf States, it is not without hardliners and conservatives. The country’s recent decision to decriminalize gay marriage has been met with considerable criticism from the country’s right-wing. Outrage against this decision--coupled with, Emirati intelligence suspects, but cannot prove, some assistance and funding from Qatar--has led to a revival of Al Islah, the UAE-branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. The US presence in the UAE at Al Dhafra Air Base has also under scrutiny as the Sahwa Movement has spread across the border into the UAE, but so far, the movements are still content to resort to peaceful protest. Bahrain The death of Isa Qassim has sent shockwaves throughout Bahraini society, worsening already-existing tensions in the Shi’a-majority, Sunni-dominated nation. An important leader of the Shi’a community and political movement on the island, Qassim served as a constant voice for peace, frequently working to curtail the more militant wings of the Shi’a rights movement and channel them into peaceful activities like protest and, before the suspension of the legislature, voting. His martyrdom (and indeed, he is viewed as a martyr now in Bahrain) on Saudi territory has led to a great deal of suspicion in the Shi’a community of Bahrain, with many believing that Saudi security forces let the assassination occur in order to eliminate one of the peninsula’s largest Shi’a opposition leaders. Whether this is true or not is irrelevant: enough people believe it that the new leaders of the opposition who have risen to fill the void have become more convinced that the only way to have their demands met is through violence. In the future, Shi’a opposition groups on the island will be more likely to turn to violence in order to have their demands met. The royal family has become increasingly skeptical of Saudi Arabia’s commitment to their continued existence and independence following its actions in Qatar. While they are not brave enough to stand up to Saudi Arabia (yet) owing to their proximity to the country, the Royal Family is deeply uncomfortable with the Saudi coup in Qatar. In essence, it appears to the Royal Family that Saudi Arabia will abuse the Crown Prince’s marriage ties in order to replace other leaders of the GCC as punishment for working against Saudi interests. Given the marriage ties between the grand daughter of the King of Bahrain and the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Bahrain considers itself to be at heavy risk of one of these new “succession coups.” As such, Bahrain has started to (quietly) search for new allies to help guarantee its security against an aggressive Saudi Arabia. Iraq The death of Grand Ayatollah Basheer al-Najafi on Saudi territory at the hands of Sunni jihadists has led to a dramatic flare-up in sectarian tensions in Iraq. As one of the Big Four clerics in the holy city of Najaf, al-Najafi was one of the preeminent leaders of the Shi’a faith. Candlelight vigils and other mourning ceremonies have been held throughout the country to mark the passing of one of Shi’a Islam’s greatest minds, while anti-Saudi sentiment has been further cemented in the country. tl;dr
Saudi Arabia has dramatically curtailed the powers of the religious establishment, and broken a thousand-year-old prohibition on non-Muslims entering the Holy City of Mecca
There are massive conservative protests in Saudi Arabia. The largely conservative security establishment is sympathetic to these protests, hampering the Saudi response.
The threat of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia has increased dramatically
So far, two Al Qaeda attacks have led to the destruction of the Hawza in Dammam (and the death of three very important Shi'a marja') the death of 84 people (including forty Saudi nationals, three American servicemen, and two American contractors), and the injury of another two- to three-hundred
Saudi Arabia is facing a massive revenue crisis due to its heavy discounting of oil exports
There is large resistance to the rule of MbS and King Salman within conservative circles, with some suspecting that they will not be in power for much longer.
Smaller conservative protests are occurring in the UAE
Princes of peace? Jared Kushner, MBZ and the Abraham Accords
BY: Derek Royden - September 4, 2020 Read the article here:https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/09/04/princes-of-peace-jared-kushner-mbz-and-the-abraham-accords/ This past Monday, a plane from Israel’s national airline, El Al, landed in Abu Dhabi, the first such flight in history, at least officially. It was also the culmination of a joint project that reportedly began in 2018 to open up relations between Israel and the seven wealthy city states that make up the United Arab Emirates, which also include Dubai, a major regional economic hub. On the fight were several high level American and Israeli officials, including the U.S. president’s son in law, Jared Kushner. The group was traveling from Tel Aviv to a ceremony to celebrate what are called the Abraham Accords, an agreement set to end a long running boycott of Israel by the Emirates and normalize relations between the two countries. While Kushner’s main reason for pushing the agreement seems fairly obvious: a rare foreign policy ‘win’ for the Trump Administration in the run up to the country’s November elections, the motivations of the other parties to the deal are more difficult to discern. For Benjamin Netanyahu, the deal seems like a bit of a political gamble. Unable to secure a victory in three elections in less than two years amid an ongoing corruption scandal and now widespread criticism of his government’s handling of the Covid 19 crisis, the prime minister and his Likud Party risk disappointing their far right settler base in the West Bank. These settler communities, numbering some 600,000 people, were expecting concrete plans to move forward with the annexation of at least 30% of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley, under the terms of the so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ Kushner was promoting earlier this year. This arrangement was not negotiated with and was quickly rejected by the Palestinian leadership in both the West Bank and Gaza. Perhaps to placate this far right settler audience, in his public statements, the Israeli PM has signaled that he hasn’t agreed to stop the process of annexation, despite spokespeople for the UAE arguing this was what was promised. Instead, Netanyahu claimed only to have paused the process, while insisting on his country’s sovereignty over the areas covered by Kushner’s deal. As reported by Reuters, intentional or not, the ‘misunderstanding’ may be the result of a difference in wording between the English and Arabic versions of the deal. Kushner, who could be used as an advertisement for entitled privilege, publicly scolded the Palestinian Authority in January when it became clear they couldn’t be forced to accept his one sided deal, “If they screw up this opportunity—which, again, they have a perfect track record of missing opportunities—if they screw this up, I think that they will have a very hard time looking the international community in the face, saying they are victims, saying they have rights.” For Israel’s business community, opening up ties with the wealthy Emirates is sure to be viewed favorably, especially by the country’s agricultural and tech sectors. As an absolute monarchy, the UAE and its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, whose name is often shortened to MBZ, have less to fear from niceties like elections. A sweetener to the deal for the Emiratis seems to have been an American offer to sell F35 fighters and possibly stealth technology to a country that has already bought billions worth of advanced arms and been accused of human rights abuses in both Yemen and Libya. Israel reportedly objected to this transfer of technology on the grounds it could erode their “qualitative military edge” in the Middle East, but it appears set to go ahead. The vast sums collected by defense contractors from the side deal will almost certainly show up in White House talking points in the weeks ahead. MBZ is an interesting figure, older than either Kushner or the more famous Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, he may be the most influential of the Gulf despots. His main foreign policy focus, and by association his country’s, has been on the rising influence of Islamism as an ideology and the Muslim Brotherhood in particular in the region, which he has said in the past are a threat to the stability of unaccountable governments like his own. One example of the seriousness of his approach to these perceived enemies is reporting that he was one of the main instigators of the Egyptian military’s overthrow of that country’s Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammad Morsi in 2013. This was also part of the reason for the blockade of Qatar in 2017, as well as ongoing tensions with Turkey, which is ruled by a Brotherhood like party and has its own regional ambitions. These tensions are more in the open than ever as the two countries support opposite sides in Libya’s ongoing war. Although the Emirates have been less aggressive in their criticism of Iran than their Saudi allies over time, the newly established ties with Israel seem to signal that MBZ and others might take a harder line on the Islamic Republic in the years to come. While the UAE, an incredibly wealthy country with a population under 1 million, is usually thought of as one of the more liberal Gulf states, there is a dark underbelly to the ritzy exterior of the Emirates, where activist voices often mysteriously disappear. In Dubai especially, which has a large tourism industry, almost all of the work is done by guest workers, who often pay for the privilege of a low paying job that allows them to send money home to their families in countries like Sri Lanka. This already disturbing portrait of a life akin to slavery turned surreal under the lockdowns that took place to address the spread of the novel coronavirus, which left service and other workers without the means to earn a living or return home. On top of this, as explained by a recent Guardian story profiling two such workers, many of these workers are also paying the debts related to securing their jobs and travel to the Emirates. “These are worrying reports,” May Romanos of Amnesty International told the paper, “Given the already vulnerable position of migrant workers in the UAE, abrupt redundancies are likely to have a devastating effect.” Considering the widespread worry that other countries might want to influence the upcoming American election, it might be worth mentioning how much the UAE has given to Donald Trump over the years, most recently through his son in law. At the height of the Covid 19 crisis in the Spring, the Emirates arranged for 3.5 million tests to be delivered to their embassy in Washington and on to Kushner, who was running a ‘private sector’ task force parallel to the official one under the direction of Vice President Mike Pence. Unfortunately, the tests had not been properly refrigerated and were useless. Kushner, perhaps wisely, left the Emiratis holding the $52 million bag for what might have also turned out to be an illegal transaction under American law. Besides, as noted by Vanity Fair’s Katherine Eban, who broke the story, the thinking at the time was that the pandemic would mostly tear through states controlled by Democrats. a partisan victory of sorts for the current U.S. administration amid widespread misery. In the end, the misunderstanding must have been resolved, as the deal with Israel moved forward in the aftermath. While support for the Jewish state, regardless of what kind of government it has, is a fraught issue, especially for the progressive left in the United States and allied countries like Canada, the diplomatic support given by most of these states to the despotic kingdoms of the Persian Gulf, especially the UAE, reveals the dishonesty of those, conservative and centrist, whose empty rhetoric about human rights is a tool of convenience rather than a deeply held belief.
Anti-Corruption & News TLDRs - Dec/4/2019 :: Several high ranking officials charged _ President Serj _ Deputy minister _ Cadastre _ Colonel :: All-Armenia Fund stats :: BHK vs Mayor _ Gago's hotel :: Pashinyan & Parliament bills :: Foreign Affairs :: more inside
👁NSS👁 has busted the Deputy Minister of Education/Sports/Culture Ministry, his driver, a the president of Lokomotiv soccer club who also serves as a chief of a firm that delivers products to govt, with bribery. Report says: Deputy Minister Gevorg Loretsyan (current administration) used his driver as a middle man to make a corrupt deal with the soccer official to prioritize the latter's business for item purchases. The ring was busted while making the bribe transaction. The felony investigation continues. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175412 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175438 3rd president Serj Sargsyan has been charged with aiding and embezzling 0.5bln. He is told not to leave the country. Several other officials are implicated. HHK called it a "political persecution". SIS report says: In Jan-2013 the govt approved the agricultural aid program to subsidize fuel prices for farmers for the Spring harvest season. Fuel firms Flash (owner is reportedly friends with Serj) and Maxhur participated in a govt auction. Maxhur offered to sell the fuel to govt for the cheaper price. Serj knew that Flash was offering it for higher prices, but instructed his subordinates to make sure Flash wins the auction, for personal benefit. A month later the govt gave Flash 1.8bln to distribute fuel to farmers. Some of the purchased fuel was not used. Govt decided to keep it under Flash's possession so it can give it to farmers during the Autumn harvest. During the Autumn harvest, govt paid Flash again to purchase fuel. Felony case is launched. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175408 https://youtu.be/_g-K-VWGbaY?t=33 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175439 Vernatun statement coming in 3, 2, 1... HHK MP Vahram Baghdasaryan's factory's property price was purposely reduced to avoid taxes, says the police. Report says: In 2005 an independent firm valued VABA firm's property as being worth 130mln. In 2009 the Cadastre committee officials falsified its value by claiming it's worth less than 40mln. This way the firm paid 4.5x less in taxes, which converted into 1bln in unpaid taxes. Felony case is launched against Cadastre officials. https://factor.am/204746.html Update: The court issued a 2-month arrest verdict for the former HHK MP prosecutor Gevorg Kostanyan. He is charged as part of the March 1st investigation. Investigators earlier released a lengthy report of how the former regime deployed the army then took steps to cover-up. Kostanyan was mentioned as being one of the key players, the handler, who allegedly coordinated various law enforcement agencies to cover up crimes and purge evidence. Kostanyan is currently in Russia. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175398 Pashinyan: Some officials who are currently wanted by the police were allowed to freely exit Armenia, even though they - and everyone else - knew at that time that they were going to be arrested. Nonetheless, they weren't stopped at the border because at the time the law enforcement didn't have a permission. The criticism of allowing people to get away in this manner is of a political nature. The law enforcement has to act legally. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175434 The former military police chief of Gyumri has been charged with bribery. Investigators say in 2014 Colonel Muradyan helped his friend's son, who was wanted by the Russian police, to freely enter Armenia by closing the eye on it, in exchange for a 22.1mln bribe. He then helped the fugitive, a Russian citizen, to obtain an Armenian passport and faked his travel stamps. For the next 2 years the official allowed the fugitive to use his house as a hiding place. Felony case is launched. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175348 Pashinyan about ARF protests: "Չուք չաք, չարաք, չաք, գնացքի մասին մի այսպիսի երգ կար, հեռացող գնացքի անիվների տրոփյունն ենք ընդամենը լսում." The education reform protests aren't by "students", they are by ARF. ARF was one of the pillars of the former corrupt regime. If the party members don't recognize what the party leadership was doing under the former regime, this party won't have a future. Education reforms are government's agenda, not just Education Ministry's. If there are suggestions, they needs to be heard, and if there are mistakes they need to be admitted. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175442 Update: The former chief of All-Armenia charity fund was arrested last year after authorities discovered he was stealing donation money. He admitted to wasting it on gambling. He was released, then arrested again after more charges were pressed due to new evidence. He allegedly stole 150mln from a project meant to be done in Artsakh. Today he posted a 10mln bail and was released. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175385 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175391 (All-Armenia Fund has a new management.) Pashinyan: You shouldn't compare donation levels to All-Armenia Fund with the past years. In 2008, $35mln donation pledges were made publicly but only $9mln was received. (also $12mln promised last year but received ~$9mln) In past, the emphasis was on using the fund's resources to go after some oligarchs and beg them for money. In some cases they even threatened people to donate. In other cases they told these few rich people to at least publicly make pledges with no intention to pay (to inflate numbers). Now we want the All-Armenia Fund to truly become all-Armenia. In its entire existence, it only collected $350mln. This is ridiculously little. Some of the repeated donors are honest and have no connection with the aforementioned pressures, but you can't forever expect them to donate. Now the emphasis is on reaching a higher number of smaller donors. End of Pashinyan speech. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175437 Artsakh's largest Hayrenik Party MPs joined Pashinyan's pyramid scheme and will each donate $20/mo to the All-Armemeia fund. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/997646.html Where did the All-Armenia donations come from? France: $2.9mln USA: $2.7mln Armenia: $1.8mln Tashir Group firm: $1.5mln UK $220k Argentina $94k Germany $72k. Brazil $42k Greece $26k Australia $25k Swiss $20k Egypt $10k etc. 2017: 3240 telethon donations 2019: 9644 telethon donations https://factor.am/204856.html https://armenpress.am/arm/news/997702.html Police says they busted several police officials with causing 1.3mln damage to budget by not letting anyone know that their colleague was serving a jail time in Russia for 10 months. A police official traveled to Russia in May-2018, did some bribery, got arrested and served 10 months in Russia, came back to Armenia and cashed-in his checks. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175401 An Azeri woman Aysel Mustafayeva made a video addressed to president Aliyev in which she informed about buying a ticket to move to Armenia soon, due to "unbearable conditions and injustice" in Azerbaijan. She complained about no response by the authorities around some issue for several years. She was arrested by security services earlier for trying to get close to Aliyev to ask him for help. This isn't the first time she said she would move to Armenia, but it appears this time she has purchased a ticket dated for December 5th. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175347 https://youtu.be/Abdr_vypSk0 mugham intensifies Ilham Aliyev's wife VP Mehriban Pashayeva earlier said her dream is to listen to mugham in Artsakh. 1st lady Anna Hakobyan (later joined by Artsakh president's spokesman) today invited Mehriban to visit Artsakh as a guest. "Artsakh knows hospitality. One of the rules is to play the music that a guest wants to hear. We can play mugham. If Mehriban accepts this invitation, I'd be willing to visit Baku. But if Mehriban meant to listen to mugham after invading Artsakh, then her wish won't happen", said Hakobyan. Full story inside https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175366 https://news.am/arm/news/548142.html կռիվ, կռիվ BHK chief Dodi Gago earlier accused Yerevan mayor Hayko Marutyan of not allowing a hotel and a hospital to be built in Yerevan center by an Arab sheikh. Marutyan addressed the reasons why the foreign investor's plan didn't go through. He also revealed that the hotel Gago was trying to build was being built illegally and was permitted by the previous administration, and that it was suspended by the court. Dodi Gago fired back showing a document which showed Marutyan's signature under a document. He claiming Marutyan gave him the construction permission, not the previous mayor. The municipality responded by mocking Dodi Gago for "not knowing the difference between a construction permit and a design permit". (Gago's document showed the latter) https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175356 Yerevan municipality released more details about Gago's unfinished hotel: In Feb-16-2017, the former mayor Taron Margaryan gave a permit to Gago (aka his Multi Group firm) to build the hotel. Few days later his neighbor sued Gago and had the construction halted. A year later, during the June-July 2018 political turmoil, Gago took advantage of the situation and decided to illegally build the structure, thinking no one would notice. At one point, before Hayk Marutyan became the mayor, Gago was fined 200k for the violation. He was then fined 2mln. After the second violation the case was sent to the law enforcement. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175397 Parliament MPs also discussed Gago's recent statements about the hotel and hospital. He took some heat. BHK fired back. BHK decided to organize a "political boycott" by leaving the Parliament building. Gago criticized the բոլոլա around his name, telling the critics to "knock it off". A confrontation happened between him and journalists. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175387 https://youtu.be/aITJsqYxJCE?t=20 Boycott https://youtu.be/T4J4Eh91QHo https://fip.am/9606 During a Q&A in Parliament, Pashinyan was asked to comment BHK Dodi Gago's claims about Yerevan municipality not allowing royal sheikhs to invest to open a hospital. Pashinyan said: I'm not entirely sure they were royal sheikhs or their representatives, tbh. If they were UAE sheikh's official delegates, they wouldn't need to call Gago first to ask him to schedule meetings with the mayor. Delegates can easily use official channels to organize meetings. It was strange that sheikh's delegates would appear to a business meeting with sneakers, jeans and t-shirts. They asked for land in the Center of Yerevan. Mayor responded telling that the city doesn't own such large lands suited for a hospital in the center. Mayor offered to help if they purchased a land from a private land owner elsewhere. The discussions were interrupted repeatedly when the guests begun taking calls one after another. Mayor realized there isn't much else to discuss. I think he handled it right. I also find it suspicious that Gago begun throwing these accusations about ruined investments soon after Gago's Multi Group's director was charged with felony embezzlement during the North-South highway project. North-South project was a good investment project, too, but they "milked" it. Now we're cutting their (corruptionaires) paws one-by-one. End of Pashinyan speech. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175407 UAE embassy released a statement clarifying that the aforementioned investor was not a sheikh's royal heir. It's a complicated story... https://armenpress.am/arm/news/997716.html https://hetq.am/hy/article/110604 Update: 2 days ago a soldier was killed and another one wounded in Artsakh's north-eastern border. Today the parents gathered outside of Parliament to demand answers. Security committee chief said the investigation isn't over yet but he has info that the incident is being treated as a murder and not a combat death. The parents ended the protest. The investigative committee released an official statement saying they are treating it as a murder and attempted murder. Several soldiers were questioned. Cell phone and CCTV records are being examined. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175368 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175383 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175386 Figure skater Anastasia Galustyan won the international "Santa Claus Cup" competition held in Budapest. 🥇 https://armenpress.am/arm/news/997601.html Parliament rejected the LHK bill that would allow the heads of NSS and Police to be appointed from "outside". The idea was that these agencies have deep problems, and the current law, which requires the chiefs to be from the agency's high ranking board, won't allow big reforms. The bill would effectively declare the chiefs of these agencies as being "political figures". Although the bill was passed during the first vote, it was then sent to the Legal committee which found problems with the bill. Pashinyan said the problem with the bill is that the chiefs in these institutes have "military ranks". If the bill is passed, they would either need to be stripped of their ranks to become "political" chiefs, or the outsider non-ranked candidates would need to be given military ranks out of the blue to become chiefs of these institutes. QP's official stance is that the bill would violate the Constitution due to some terminology. Voted 19-89 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175357 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175416 Parliament passed a govt bill to hand over the control of country's medical system and facilities, including private, under Healthcare Ministry control in the event of war. Voted 112-1 https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175359 Parliament passed a govt bill to pay the utility bills for (not a large number of) lonely pensionaires living in special apartments. Their income isn't enough to pay for electricity, gas etc. so they were accumulating debt. http://arka.am/en/news/society/armenian_government_to_pay_utility_bills_of_lonely_pensioners/ Parliament passed a govt bill to give a 3-5 year air tax waiver to airline companies that launch flights to new destinations. Voted 108-1 https://armenpress.am/arm/news/997580.html President Sarkissian accepted guests from Microsoft and Synopsis who visited for a Silicone Mountain tech conference in Armenia. They discussed cooperation and next year's ATOM (Advanced Tomorrow) tech conference that will be held in Armenia. 300 Chinese businessmen are expected to arrive. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175425 http://arka.am/en/news/technology/around_300_chinese_businessmen_expected_in_armenia_for_2020_october_it_conference/ Ireland has ratified the EU-AM comprehensive cooperation agreement https://armenpress.am/arm/news/997707.html Armenia had its first ever participation in London-based Foreign Direct Investments expo. They presented an electronic platform, created by UN and Economy Ministry, which allows foreign investors to easily learn about 18 types of rules and regulations in Armenia. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175441 Armenia sent 80 tons of aid to Armenian diaspora in Syria. https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/175427 Disclaimer: All the accused are innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, even if they may sound as being guilty. Currency in Armenian Drams unless specified otherwise. Older posts can be found at: PART 1 ; PARTa 2 ; PART 3 ; PART 4 , credits to Idontknowmuch.
I am 15 years old, Mentally exhausted, I want to escape. Please advice me on what to do.
As the title says, I'm 15 y/o, I want to escape my family, they've been mentally, physically abusive to me for as long as I can remember, They order me around like I am a maid/slave, or even worse, never allow me to speak, never allow me freedom, tie me to home, lock the doors when I am home alone. They do not trust me, despite me doing nothing wrong, they would never trust me, and they brutally hit me when I disobey them or say no to them. They forced me to study, participate in competitions, win them, for them to show off my achievements, to top it off, they also take all the rewards and give me nothing in return. If I dare disobey them, or speak back to them, I would get hit badly, and insulted. I'm always called useless by them, despite me doing everything, I am fragile, I cannot take beatings from my parents, therefor I force myself to do their errands. Recently, I've met a guy who's really kind, nice, cared about me, at first, we were just friends, but I eventually confessed to him, lucky for me, he felt the same about me, I know some of you might say "oh well she is 15 she probably does not know what love is" well, I do understand it, I do know that love would be supporting each other, being dedicated to each other. Truth be told, he is a genuine nice guy, I can entrust my future to him, we dated for 2 years, later my parents found out and made a huge scene, immediately called him to come to our house. I thought they'd ask him about us, instead. they only cared for their benefits, all what they thought of was how to benefit themselves, my boyfriend decided to let them know, and try to get engaged to me The first thing they told him was to get gold jewelry, buy a wedding hall, buy a house, buy furniture, and pay for my college fees, get a car, including some other stuff I do not recall P.S: My boyfriend is still below 20 years old; he already has a full-time job, plus is a student, and is taking driving classes and living cities apart from his university/work and home. he is trying his best to secure us a future. My parents are Muslims, and we live in Dubai, therefor a country that follows the Sharia Law, I cannot escape, I cannot marry him, I cannot do anything in this country, it is making me hate myself. They also mentioned a condition which is memorizing the holy Quran (fully) which consists of 604 pages, they said that unless we both memorize it fully, they would never agree to our engagement. note: when someone memorizes the Quran, as per Islam' he has the ability to ask god to forgive people, therefor they most likely want that for their advantage. or simply to push him away. My boyfriend agreed as he had no choice, later on I heard from my cousin that she heard my mom and my aunt speaking over the phone on how they are going to benefit off my boyfriend, and how they were not planning to get me to college, will try to make him pay for it instead and pay my expenses, support them in various stuff. They also said that throughout the next 3 years, they will expect me to get A's on every subject, otherwise they will kick my boyfriend out, and now.. the threatening has gotten worse. in everything I do, they tend to threaten me with my boyfriend, if you don't do that, you'll never see him again, If you don't do this, he'll never see you again As awkward as it may sound, they only allow him to see me at our own house for only an hour or two as they stay close to us to make it as awkward as possible, they took all my phones, laptops, they are asking him to get a new job, get a higher salary. his salary is already more than enough, in fact. my dad is a gambling addict, he is in debt, and he can barely afford anything anymore. Some of you might think that they do care about me, but they don't, they've never cared about how I feel, nor listened to my responses, always hit me when I disobeyed, stalked me, gave me ZERO privacy throughout my whole life, even the phone that i got with my own money, they've always stalked me and asked for my passwords. I was never able to do anything without them finding out, not even talking to my friends was easy (the only way I actually had “some” privacy to talk to my friends was in school) I am mentally, physically tired from all of this, I want to escape, and I need your help & advice I currently live in the UAE, The laws differ from other countries, I don't know how long I need to wait, whether it is 18, or 21, or if it is even possible to escape. I am willing to travel, if possible without my guardian's permission
Is it legal to host online gaming tournaments with entry fees?
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I am 15 years old, Mentally exhausted, I want to escape. Please advice me on what to do.
As the title says, I'm 15 y/o, I want to escape my family, they've been mentally, physically abusive to me for as long as I can remember, They order me around like I am a maid/slave, or even worse, never allow me to speak, never allow me freedom, tie me to home, lock the doors when I am home alone. They do not trust me, despite me doing nothing wrong, they would never trust me, and they brutally hit me when I disobey them or say no to them. They forced me to study, participate in competitions, win them, for them to show off my achievements, to top it off, they also take all the rewards and give me nothing in return. If I dare disobey them, or speak back to them, I would get hit badly, and insulted. I'm always called useless by them, despite me doing everything, I am fragile, I cannot take beatings from my parents, therefor I force myself to do their errands. Recently, I've met a guy who's really kind, nice, cared about me, at first, we were just friends, but I eventually confessed to him, lucky for me, he felt the same about me, I know some of you might say "oh well she is 15 she probably does not know what love is" well, I do understand it, I do know that love would be supporting each other, being dedicated to each other. Truth be told, he is a genuine nice guy, I can entrust my future to him, we dated for 2 years, later my parents found out and made a huge scene, immediately called him to come to our house. I thought they'd ask him about us, instead. they only cared for their benefits, all what they thought of was how to benefit themselves, my boyfriend decided to let them know, and try to get engaged to me The first thing they told him was to get gold jewelry, buy a wedding hall, buy a house, buy furniture, and pay for my college fees, get a car, including some other stuff I do not recall P.S: My boyfriend is still below 20 years old; he already has a full-time job, plus is a student, and is taking driving classes and living cities apart from his university/work and home. he is trying his best to secure us a future. My parents are Muslims, and we live in Dubai, therefor a country that follows the Sharia Law, I cannot escape, I cannot marry him, I cannot do anything in this country, it is making me hate myself. They also mentioned a condition which is memorizing the holy Quran (fully) which consists of 604 pages, they said that unless we both memorize it fully, they would never agree to our engagement. note: when someone memorizes the Quran, as per Islam' he has the ability to ask god to forgive people, therefor they most likely want that for their advantage. or simply to push him away. My boyfriend agreed as he had no choice, later on I heard from my cousin that she heard my mom and my aunt speaking over the phone on how they are going to benefit off my boyfriend, and how they were not planning to get me to college, will try to make him pay for it instead and pay my expenses, support them in various stuff. They also said that throughout the next 3 years, they will expect me to get A's on every subject, otherwise they will kick my boyfriend out, and now.. the threatening has gotten worse. in everything I do, they tend to threaten me with my boyfriend, if you don't do that, you'll never see him again, If you don't do this, he'll never see you again As awkward as it may sound, they only allow him to see me at our own house for only an hour or two as they stay close to us to make it as awkward as possible, they took all my phones, laptops, they are asking him to get a new job, get a higher salary. his salary is already more than enough, in fact. my dad is a gambling addict, he is in debt, and he can barely afford anything anymore. Some of you might think that they do care about me, but they don't, they've never cared about how I feel, nor listened to my responses, always hit me when I disobeyed, stalked me, gave me ZERO privacy throughout my whole life, even the phone that i got with my own money, they've always stalked me and asked for my passwords. I was never able to do anything without them finding out, not even talking to my friends was easy (the only way I actually had “some” privacy to talk to my friends was in school) I am mentally, physically tired from all of this, I want to escape, and I need your help & advice I currently live in the UAE, The laws differ from other countries, I don't know how long I need to wait, whether it is 18, or 21, or if it is even possible to escape. I am willing to travel, if possible without my guardian's permission
Hello there, quite glad i find this sub and even though you probably cannot give me all the information i need to know i might get at least some. I'm 29 years old with a bachlor degree in business information systems. However 5 years ago i was stupid (or clever) enough to quit my job and germany and search for something new. After not finding anything appropriate i ended up playing online poker during my time of unemployment until i realized that with that profession i'm able to make 5-10times the money i made in my fairly well paid job in a big chemical company before and decided to go for it. Still a lifechanging decision which i haven't regret a single day so far and online poker is my only source of income for over 5 years by now. Because of tax issues which might have occured while staying in Germany i pretty much directly packed my stuff and moved to Malta where you don't have to pay taxes on income from (Online-)Poker. During the last years i spent appr. 75% of my time in Malta, but was travelling alot in winter and lived in London for 6 month as well which wasn't for me though. During my travels beginning of the year i visited Dubai for a week and realized pretty quickly that this might be the right place to go next for longterm. So far so good, now to the tricky part: 1. I know even though Dubai seems fairly western it still is an arabic country and gambling is forbidden, so there are no casinos and such. However i exclusively play online and the servers of my provider (pokerstars) are located at the isle of man. Does anybody know how the government stands towards playing online from Dubai?! Does this even get controlled? If it is forbidden and they would catch me for any reason (which is still unlikely if playing with a VPN) what would happen? Would they just ban me from the country or worse put me straight away into jail? I saw some other players against whom i played who were registered in UAE so it cannot be completely forbidden in my opinion bc otherwise i would expect pokerstars to not allow them to play at all... but what do i know? 2. Because i'm playing poker i obvsiouly don't have any sort of employer. Pokerstars is my provider but i don't work for them so the next very big and maybe even bigger issue than legality is the visa. - is there any way for me to get/buy a longterm visa. I would be willing to spent decent amount of money for such a thing but have no clue if that is even a possibilty. - what about if i go for a visa run like each month? If i would move to dubai i very likely would spent 7-9months in dubai and the rest abroad but i would assume it might get tricky once they see 15 stamps in my passport and then start asking questions - or are there other people who do so as well? Can i even rent a flat for longterm without a longterm visa? - fake employment: would it be an option to pay of a company to fake-employ me in order to get a visa? but i would assume that is probably the worst and most illegal option and i definitely rather play this one safe 3. I'm 29 and single, i still like going to nightclubs alot and i rarely cook, order alot from deliveries and get takeaway from restaurant, i also wouldn't mind a beach closeby even though that's not mandatory. What would be the best place for me to live in Dubai? Moneywise it would be no problem to spend up to 3k$ for a 1-2br. When i was staying there i was living close to Dubai mall and i liked it but i still assume there might be places better suited for me?! 4. Currently i have a car in Malta. Would it be a big hassle to get that one shipped and registered into Dubai or should i rather buy a new one when i'm down there? Thanks alot in advance, point 1+2 are the important ones, 3+4 would be nice to know but thats all. cheers and best rgds from Malta! :)
The UAE is composed of seven emirates: Umm al-Quwain, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, and Ras al-Khaimah. Casino gambling is strictly forbidden as well as the advertising of any form of gaming and the penalties for breaking the law can be severe. Cruise liners are not permitted to run any gambling activities when docked in UAE. Article 414 of the UAE Criminal Code provides for punishment for gambling in the form of imprisonment for up to two years! However, there are not so many cases when people were actually imprisoned for gambling in the UAE. Violators are usually fined and foreign nationals deported. Much more severe punishment will be given to those who are caught opening or running a place where you can gamble Despite the blanket prohibition on gambling, it is permissible to run competitions (including raffles) in the UAE, subject to prior permission from the relevant regulatory department. Additionally, the UAE Civil Code permits wagers in specific circumstances – namely in respect of racing, shooting, sports and trials of strength. A number of requirements must be met: there must be certainty of the prize, certainty of the person who must give the prize, and certainty of the subject matter and • Types of Legal Gambling: There are no legal forms of gambling allowed in UAE, though Dubai Duty Free shops do sell a variety of raffle tickets at airports. • Regulatory Bodies: Gambling is not legal in UAE, and as such, there are no regulatory bodies overseeing the industry here. Online Gambling Laws in the UAE: The Main Characteristics. 26 june 2020. The UAE is considered one of the richest countries in the world. It is noteworthy that this state cannot boast of monuments of ancient history. However, UAE residents managed to attract tourists and investors from all over the world thanks to the unique, modern image of the country, its impressive architectural and Religious opposition to gambling. As mentioned earlier, gambling is not legally permitted in Dubai, as is the case with anywhere in UAE. The government and culture of the UAE strictly goes by the Islamic law, considering indulging in games of chance a huge sin. However, that doesn’t mean that Muslims don’t gamble ever. Undoubtedly, gambling laws in the UAE will change in the future. No one knows how long it will take to accept some innovations. However, the progress on this issue can move much faster than many people may think. The Main Things about Online Gambling Laws in the UAE. Unfortunately, gambling laws in the UAE are very strict. They are Broadly speaking, gambling is illegal in the UAE, as it is throughout much of the Middle East and in many other Muslim nations around the world. That’s been the case since 1998, when laws were changed to remove the gambling that had been allowed at some luxury hotels. However, you can find a few exceptions if look close enough around the country. For starters, approved raffle gambling is allowed. The largest gambling “raffle” in UAE comes from UAE Duty-Free. There are odds to win prizes such as digital cameras. They sell expensive raffle tickets for multi-million dollars’ cash prizes and cars. So it may come as something of a surprise to find out that gambling is illegal in the Arab country, but in during our research of Asia we again find that some legitimate sites will accept the UAE. Currently, the most active gambling site in the UAE is Betway ; an Asian specific brand that works with UAE countries.
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