Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia Research Paper

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The Majlis al-Shura is appointed every four years while the Majlis al-Ummah members are elected every four years. The Majlis al-Shura serves in a monarch while the Majlis al-Ummah serves in a democracy. The running of Majlis al-Shura requires expertise in various fields.The council members are therefore some of the most educated people in the country. On the contrary, Majlis al-Ummah deals with issues that are mubar and do not necessarily need experts to make conclusions. These decisions by the Majlis al-Ummah are referred to as 'mashura'.The opinion of the majority are taken as the binding opinion since mubah issue have no wrong or rights. The other difference that exits between Majlis al-Shura and Majlis al-Ummah is that Majlis al-Shura has more members (150 members) when compared to Majlis al-Ummah (60 members).

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Majlis al-Shura also appears to be more of a political council that is mandated to run the country's technical committees while Majlis al-Ummah is more of a religious council which advices the leadership on the desires of the people in relation to the religious guidelines. It however has political factions within it.

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It is therefore important for the leadership of the Arab countries to pay close attention to the voice of their citizens and allow for democracy and equality in order to prevent future chaos and revolutions such as the ones that dominated the popular uprisings of 2011 some of which are still happening in 2012......

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