Saudi Arabia has recently banned the Tablighi and Da’wah group known as ‘Al-Ahbab’. The defense
minister, and the son of the king of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Bin Salman back in 2016 came with vision
2030. This previously ‘conservative’ Islamic state has seen drastic changes since then.
What exactly is this Vision 2030?
Apparently, the Saudi government has directed its efforts
in making this oil-rich country somewhat less
dependent on its oil reserves and oil trade. And the current government is doing that by giving a
welcoming gesture to the international community around the globe. So, basically
Saudi Arabia is on its way to modernization,
so that liberal and secular states like France, the United Kingdom, the whole of
the West actually, invest in their relations with Saudi Arabia.
In light of this vision, we have witnessed a series of western, liberal, modern events
being conducted in the country.
Women now are allowed to drive. Concerts by the Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Shilpa
Shetty took place quite successfully with huge turnouts.
Justin Bieber was there too a few months back!
And these celebrities were personally invited by Muhammad Bin Salman
to come and help in the radical modernization of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia had to face strong condemnation from its fellow Muslim countries for its weak stance on
the Ghaza killings in Palestine. Saudi Arab was, in fact the first Muslim
country to put normalization with Israel on the table. Not just that,
in 2020, when the Muslims around the world were devastated on the
killings and confiscation of the property of the Muslims in Ghaza,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a secret visit to Saudi Arabia.
The secretly cordial relations between the US, Israel, and the Arab states have been
happening for quite a while.
But lately, they have come out in the open. This is how much important trade is for this seat of
Islam, Saudi Arabia. Now, let’s connect the two:
One side of the picture shows the country's modernization that is mostly
concerts, music, and freedom to women. While, the other side,
is the Saudi government giving up on the Muslim brotherhood and basic human rights
for its trade and economy. King Salman has been in an
open fight with the Israeli troops for a long time. But this new face of the
Saudi government has given all that up for Vision 2030.
Muslims worldwide have more or less adopted a more liberal
approach in their every day lives. The dress code of women, or women getting an education and
driving licenses are no longer big issues in most Muslim Countries. Music concerts are a casual
happening too. But when it comes to Saudi Arabia, Muslims from all over the world kind of look
forward to Saudi Arabia as a benchmark Islamic State.
All these drastic changes were once unthinkable for us.
If it goes on like that, people will get used to witnessing such events.
But when it comes to stitching your mouths, bowing over to the Islamophobic
states, and remaining silent on their heinous crimes against Muslims,
we can never get used to that.
Saudi Arabia is getting its favorite ‘Friend of the west’ face after all,
but the solidarity, unity, and Strength of the Muslims and Muslim countries is at stake.
I would like to mention here that Saudi government did speak up after all, after the OIC meeting last
year. This speaks for the spark of Muslim community and
integrity. But we, the Muslims from all over the world look forward to the strongest stance and the
biggest unit of Muslim countries against the West. Governments like those Turkey and Pakistan speak
often and it gives us a ray of hope. We look forward