Differences Between Canada And Saudi Arabia

Rights and freedoms are often taken for granted by many people every day. When compared, the rights in Saudi Arabia differ in many ways to the rights in Canada. In Canada, we have our rights protected by the charter of rights and freedoms, which includes fundamental freedoms, legal rights, democratic rights, equality rights, and mobility rights. However, in Saudi Arabia, many of those rights are not protected. Overall, Canada offers greater rights and protections than Saudi Arabia. Those protections include religious freedoms, legal rights, and gender equality rights.

Canada’s religious freedoms are more protected than the religious freedoms in Saudi Arabia. Although Saudi Arabia allows non-Muslims to work there, they are not allowed to practice their religion publicly or allowed to hold Saudi Citizenship. In addition to that, no one in Saudi Arabia is allowed to promote any other religion or say something against the Muslim religion. Apostasy, which is the
Canada has equality rights that protect Canadians from being discriminated because of gender, however, that is not the case in Saudi Arabia. Women in Saudi Arabia are treated differently than the males and have different rights. For example, women can't make big decisions (marriage, divorce, etc.) without her male guardian's (father, brother, or husband) permission. They also have to wear a hijab whenever they go to a public place and are not allowed to associate with men other than the ones that are related to them. Additionally, they have sex segregation in public places so that the women are separate from the men. To emphasize on Saudi Arabia's equality rights, women were not allowed to drive until just recently in October. Many women tried to protest the ban but were arrested. Saudi Arabia views women’s rights different because their laws are based on their