[apta]

What does "being an Islamist theocracy" have anything to do against becoming a tech hub or finance center? They're not mutually exclusive in any way.

> executed homosexuals

Claims like this make it hard to take these comments seriously.

[hnarn]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia

[apta]

Exactly my point. The executions listed there were not done just for homosexuality, but were associated with other crimes including child molestation and murder.