{UAH} Saudi prince defects from royal family
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This is a sad story that needs to be balanced. As if the journalist's desire is to publish a negative story against the Saudi Royal family. Otherwise they should have also included the view from the other side as impartial, true journalism requires.
Because I know that His Royal Highness King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz is a very humble man and a truly devout muslim.
We used to pray with him at the mosque on 60 street Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, back in the day when he stayed on that street and was still Prince.
I know for sure that he is a man of his word and feels for his people.
At my fathers death in 2003, King Abdullah personally called us from Paris, France where he was on a State visit, with condolences. And made sure the late Crown Prince Sultan came home and comforted the family.
For them it was simply an Islamic gesture when a fellow devout Muslim that they knew passed away. Period.
It was the surprise of my life to hear him on the other side of the phone and to have his brother the Crown Prince as the first mourner at Amins house.
But getting back to the issue, there could be other young royals who have done some wrongs and hidden behind their position in the Royal family. But that definitely isn't government policy.
Trust me, it is so difficult to make any change in that country because of the strong conservatism involved.
To his credit, the current King has tried. Even paving the way for women representation in local municipal affairs and also at work.
The first King to ever pose with around 12 Saudi women entrepreneurs and scholars after a meeting that discussed womens role in the country...And publish the picture in the media.
For Saudi Arabia, that was a HUGE step. Socially equivalent to the one of the first man to walk on the moon.
This King did it.
He braved the situation in order to break new ground for the sake of women and for the future of a modern Saudi Arabia knowing what the ultra conservatists would say.
Yet he didn't have to in the first place. Until then, women weren't even allowed to meet the King.
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz is definitely trying to do something for that country in terms of making improvements, correcting mistakes, uplifting the standards of living of poor Saudi's and definitely fighting corruption.
And thats the reason why the Arab spring has failed to catch on in Saudi Arabia. They have the best person as King at the moment. They have known him for his humility and righteousness ever since he became a prominent public figure back in the 70s.
I suspect this prince who is complaining could have been dealt with by the government in the renewed effort to discipline even the misbehaving royals as well as corrupt government officials.
But that effort usually doesn't make it in the media.
And if there was ever a chance to really try and solve the socio-economic issues in Saudi Arabia and steer the country towards an even better future, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz is the man InshaAllah.
Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin
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--Saudi prince defects from royal family
Prince Khalid Bin Farhan Al-Saud has announced his defection from Al Saud royal family through a statement, calling on other princes to break their silence and reveal the truth for sake of God.
In his statement on Saturday, the Saudi prince referred to his 'sufferings' under reign of Al Saud regime describing them as bitter experiences that will be revealed by the Saudi twitter writer Mujtahid and Saudi activist Saad al-Faqih, who is currently living in London.
He said he thanked God that helped him understand the truth about Saudi regime through a "direct horrible personal experience" so that he could have a taste of what people suffered from throughout the country.
With pride, I announce my defection from Al Saudi family in Saudi Arabia,
he wrote in his statement.
"This regime in Saudi Arabia does not stand by God's rules or even (country's) established rules and its policies, decisions, and actions are totally based on personal will of its leaders." "All that is said in Saudi Arabia about respecting law and religion rules are factitious so that they can lie and pretend that the regime obeys Islamic rules."
He criticized the royal family for considering the country as its own property while silencing all voices from inside and outside the government calling for any change and reforms.
Khalid Bin Farhan said the ruling family has deliberately pulled the country to the current condition where cries of oppressed people are ignored.
"They don't think about anything but their personal benefits and do not care for country's and people's interests or even national security,"
he added.
He warned that current problems of the Saudi Arabia are not "temporary or superficial" and they do not end at unemployment, low wages and unjustified distribution of common wealth, facilities and services.
"The problems are deep and real,"
he said adding that they are concerned with political and financial corruption and abuse of power by the regime and fraud in the parliament and judiciary system.
The Saudi prince said everything that the pro-reform opposition says about country's political, economical, judiciary, social and security condition as well as their abuse of religious values are true and
"the situation is even worse than what is said in criticisms"
He called on all those who cared for the future of the country to join him and the reform stream and break their silence on Al Saud corruptions.
http://topinfopost.com/2013/07/28/saudi-prince-defects-from-royal-family___________________________________Gwokto La'Kitgum
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