26. Saudi Arabia has around 100,000 air-conditioned tents that sit unused most of the year. 

27. Over 98% of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s historical and religious sites have been destroyed since 1985, according to the U.K.-based Islamic Heritage Research Foundation. 

28. If you are an atheist, Saudi Arabia considers you a terrorist which is punishable by death.

29. In 2000, a Canadian citizen was arrested and tortured into a false confession by Saudi Arabia for terrorism. During his sham trial, he refused to cooperate, calling the country “politically corrupt, socially regressive, morally bankrupt, and genetically degenerate” and insulted Mohammad to boot.

30. There are more than 1 million Catholics in Saudi Arabia.

31. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia abolished slavery and freed 1,682 slaves in 1962.

32. In order for Saudi Arabia to overcome water scarcity, about 50% of drinking water comes from desalination, 40% from the mining of non-renewable groundwater and only 10% from surface water in the mountainous South-West of the country. 

33. At the Mosque of the Prophet in Saudi Arabia, there is an open grave next to the Prophet Muhammad’s resting place that is meant for Jesus upon his return.

34. Saudi Arabia, where sodomy is punishable by death, has a thriving gay community, which includes many who don’t identify as gay. “If they wanted to arrest all the gay people in Saudi Arabia,” one man said, “they’d have to put a fence around the whole country.”

35. A UAE delegate was deported from Saudi Arabia because authorities feared he was too handsome and might corrupt impressionable women at the annual Janadriyah Festival.

36. In 1979, the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia was attacked and taken over by Muslim terrorists. The Saudi government called a French counter-terrorism unit, but since non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca, the French soldiers had to convert to Islam before they were allowed to liberate the mosque.

37. There are no laws in Saudi Arabia making it illegal to abuse women. 

38. There are Baboons in Saudi Arabia who kidnap puppies and raise them as pets. 

39. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has volcanoes. “The last well-documented eruption in Saudi Arabia occurred in the northern end of Harrat Rahat near Al-Madinah in 1256 AD / 654 AH continued for 52 days, and the lava flow reached to within 12 km [7.4565 miles] of the city before activity ceased.”

40. When Starbucks opened stores in Saudi Arabia, they were built with a wall to separate women, and the woman was removed from the Starbucks logo. 

 /  Source: kickassfacts