Comparison between USA and Saudi Arabia

Religion in the United States and Saudi Arabia

The United States is the most religious of the developed nations in the world . Research has revealed that religion plays a very important role in the lives of the Americans . Even so , their country has no official religion . Seeing that the European history of religious wars is marked by lack of freedom of religion , those who designed the United States constitution ensured that their government would not have the power to establish one religion over another as the official religion This is partly the

reason why the United States remains one of the most diverse nations in the world in the area of religion . There are more than one hundred different religions and religious sects represented in the nation , while the majority (approximately eighty percent ) is Christian . Fifteen percent of the Americans are said to have no religion whatsoever , while the Muslims and the Jews are each represented by one percent of the population respectively (Religion , 2007

On the United States currency is written the phrase , In God We Trust ' Moreover , the U .S . Pledge of Allegiance declares that the states of America form one nation under God (Religion . Indeed these words describe the essential mentality of Americans with regards to religion . Most Americans are believers in God , who is the same God that the majority of people in Saudi Arabia believe in . The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has Islam as its official religion , and Muslims believe in one God , who is the God of all prophets , including Adam , Noah , Abraham Lot , Jacob , Joseph , Moses , Jesus , and Muhammad . Thus , the Muslims also believe in the Bible of the Christians that the majority of Americans read . The only difference between the main religion of United States and that of Saudi Arabia is that the Muslims do not believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God . Rather , they believe that the Christ was God 's Spirit and messenger

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and God cannot have any children . The other major difference between the religions is that the Christians do not believe in any divine book beyond the New Testament . They do not believe that Muhammad , too , was a messenger like Moses . Therefore , the new law of God brought through Muhammad is rejected by the Christians (Status , 2007

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is known as an Islamic theocratic monarchy . The law of the land allows only Muslims to become the citizens of the kingdom . Non-Muslims are permitted visits and also allowed to work in the kingdom . However , non-Muslims are not allowed to visit the holiest cities of Saudi Arabia . The holiest city of the kingdom happens to be Mecca , which houses the Ka 'aba , a Muslim pilgrim shrine that God had asked Abraham to build for His remembrance (Status . Saudi Arabia , like the United States , values freedom of religion All the same , the kingdom does not permit public worship to non-Muslims who are allowed only to...