{"id":4223,"date":"2023-03-02T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2023-03-02T13:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:45:25","slug":"global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asadmirza.in\/?p=4223","title":{"rendered":"Global Indignation Over Saudi Development Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4223\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 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href=\"https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/editorial\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans-639570\n\">https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/editorial\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans-639570<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewsmen.co.in\/opinion\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/100588\n\">https:\/\/thenewsmen.co.in\/opinion\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/100588<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smetimes.in\/smetimes\/in-depth\/2023\/Feb\/27\/saudi-devt907118.html\n\">http:\/\/www.smetimes.in\/smetimes\/in-depth\/2023\/Feb\/27\/saudi-devt907118.html<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/opinion\/\n\">https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/opinion\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/\n\">https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianewsstream.com\/world\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/\n\">https:\/\/www.indianewsstream.com\/world\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daijiworld.com\/news\/newsDisplay?newsID=1054789\n\">https:\/\/www.daijiworld.com\/news\/newsDisplay?newsID=1054789<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theindianawaaz.com\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/\n\">https:\/\/theindianawaaz.com\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lokmattimes.com\/international\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans-opinion\/\n\">https:\/\/www.lokmattimes.com\/international\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans-opinion\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.punjabtodaytv.com\/english\/mukaab\/\">https:\/\/www.punjabtodaytv.com\/english\/mukaab\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global indignation over Saudi development plans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia has announced plans to build a large cube-shaped structure as part of a re-development project in the capital, Riyadh, triggering angry reactions from Muslims on social media, saying it resembles the Kaaba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) announced the launch of the New Murabba Development Company, last week. The new company will oversee developing a new downtown area spread over 19 sq.km in capital Riyadh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities claim that plans have been created keeping sustainability and environment in mind. The project would include green spaces, walking and cycling pathways, to improve the quality of life by encouraging active, healthy lives and social interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Mukaab?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main feature of the project has been named the Mukaab, a gigantic cube structure has been described as the future &#8216;face of the city&#8217;, and critics say it may even be the face of a new Saudi Arabia, focussing and generating more revenue through tourism than petroleum. At present, the plan is to fill the cube with 100,000 residential units as well as 9,000 hotel rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, it will also have over 80 entertainment and cultural venues. A renowned museum, and a campus for a technology and design university. The 19 km space will accommodate thousands of people. The 25 million sq.mt. floor area is divided strategically into 104,000 residential units, 9,000 hotel rooms &amp; 620,000 sq.mt. of leisure assets. Additional 980,000 sq.mts. will be covered by retail and 1.8 million sq.mt. will be dedicated to recreational facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building, will be 20 times bigger than the New York City&#8217;s Empire State Building, and will be a one-stop location for shoppers and business owners, with more than 980,000 square metres of retail shops and 1.4 million square metres of office space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mukaab&#8217;s core structure will be an atrium, allowing for tons of natural light and foliage to thrive inside. The government brief promises an immersive &#8216;gateway into another world&#8217; that is completely powered by the latest digital, virtual, and holographic technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s abundance of oil money has sparked the design of some absolutely insane architectural projects. In 2021, MbS announced his $500 billion futuristic Neom city in the northwest of the country, with promises of robot maids, flying taxis, and a giant artificial moon. And last year, he unveiled a giant linear city, The Line, which aims to stretch over 106 miles and house 9 million people. The one-trillion-dollar project will essentially be its own massive city in the middle of a desert once it&#8217;s finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new Kaaba?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities claim that the project will add 180 billion riyals ($48 bn) to the Saudi economy and &#8220;create 334,000 direct and indirect jobs&#8221;, though the cost of the gargantuan project has not been mentioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Murabba (square) and the Mukaab were widely ridiculed by social media users, both within and outside Saudi Arabia, apart from a large number of Muslims all across the globe, as soon as the plans were announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mukaab was also denounced for its likeness to the most important cube-like structure in Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world: the Kaaba. During namaaz, Muslims around the world face towards the structure in the centre of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, and circumambulate it during Haj and Umrah pilgrimages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though one would have expected a much more vociferous outcry from the clerics in Saudi Arabia, but it has not happened as they can&#8217;t unyoke clutches of the ruling dispensation and have lost free voice and expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In India, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has condemned the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, general secretary of the Board Maulana Yasoob Abbas said the Saudi government was deeply hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims across the globe by building a structure that resembles the Kabaa which is the holiest sites of Islam. Maulana Abbas said a massive movement would be launched to oppose this project. The first protest will be held at the Imambara in Lucknow on March 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why this new developmental push?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently it seems that Saudi Arabia, has embarked on an ambitious project to diversify the economy away from oil and shed its image as a conservative, closed-off state. Besides promoting new narratives of development and progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, it has serious regional competition from neighbouring Dubai and the Qatari capital Doha, both of which have for decades tried to position themselves as regional tourism and investment hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kingdom already has an $800 billion plan to double the size of the capital in the next decade, as well as transform it into a cultural and economic hub for the region, according to Saudi media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years Saudi Arabia, which has seen an economic boom and a desert country transformed into a modern developing country was essentially based on the petroleum industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition it earns billions in revenues through the Umrah and Haj pilgrimages. In recent years, it has made travel to the kingdom friendlier for the pilgrims and expansion plans in the two holy cities of Mecca and Madinah are underway to accommodate more number of tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a strategy it also is promoting the Umrah pilgrimage more than the annual Haj, as the revenues through Umrah pilgrims flows throughout the year and the government is not forced to spend more on providing facilities and security to the Umrah pilgrims, whose stay is much shorter as compared to the Haj pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the government was focussing more on promoting tourism, but with the ascension of MbS, it seems to have changed tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As his critics say he is pursuing a growth plan which seems more &#8216;unIslamic&#8217; than his parleys with the Israelis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"pvc_stats all \" data-element-id=\"4223\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> &nbsp;215&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;215&nbsp;total views, &nbsp;1&nbsp;views today https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/editorial\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans-639570 https:\/\/thenewsmen.co.in\/opinion\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/100588 http:\/\/www.smetimes.in\/smetimes\/in-depth\/2023\/Feb\/27\/saudi-devt907118.html https:\/\/kashmirvision.in\/opinion\/ https:\/\/muslimmirror.com\/eng\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/ https:\/\/www.indianewsstream.com\/world\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/ https:\/\/www.daijiworld.com\/news\/newsDisplay?newsID=1054789 https:\/\/theindianawaaz.com\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans\/ https:\/\/www.lokmattimes.com\/international\/global-indignation-over-saudi-development-plans-opinion\/ https:\/\/www.punjabtodaytv.com\/english\/mukaab\/ Global indignation over Saudi development plans Saudi Arabia has announced plans to build a large cube-shaped structure as part of a re-development project in the capital, Riyadh, triggering angry reactions from Muslims on social media, saying it resembles the Kaaba. 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