Saudi Arabia: Between the Name of God and the Politics of Power (Part Two) Author: Gouya Roshan


Saudi Arabia: Between the Name of God and the Politics of Power (Part Two)

Saudi Arabia presents itself as the Guardian of the Two Holy Mosques, and its national flag bears sacred words. But when a state identifies itself in the name of religion and the sacred, people naturally expect more from it than from an ordinary government. Such a state is judged not only by its economy, military strength, or foreign policy, but also by its moral principles and humanitarian conduct.

My question is this: How can a government that places the name of God at the highest symbolic position allow its policies to contribute to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of innocent people?

The war in Yemen has been one of the greatest moral tests of Saudi Arabia's policies. Since 2015, the Saudi-led coalition's military intervention in Yemen—a poor and vulnerable country—has resulted in the deaths of thousands and has pushed millions into hunger, disease, and displacement.

The children who died in Yemen were not warlords. The mothers who lost their children were not politicians. The people whose homes were destroyed were not the ones making decisions in regional power struggles.

Power is always able to find justifications: security, fighting an enemy, or defending national interests. Yet no political justification can erase human suffering. History repeatedly asks one simple yet difficult question: Who paid the price for the decisions of the powerful?

The problem is not only the war itself; it is the contradiction. When a government speaks of religious values while innocent people become victims of its political actions, a painful gap emerges between its words and its deeds.

The name of God is far too sacred to be used as a source of political legitimacy. Religion came to protect humanity, not to sacrifice it in the games of power.

Saudi Arabia may build skyscrapers, accumulate immense wealth, and expand its political influence, but no amount of wealth can silence the voices of children who die in war.

History may record political victories, but it will never forget human suffering.

For the greatest sign of respect for the name of God is not engraving it on a symbol, but protecting the lives of those whom God has created.


 

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