I think westerners just love to say "Sharia law" without any understanding what that actually means, as a Saudi who followed closely our recent reforms, Saudi Arabia is moving in a big way from Sharia law to a more western/international common/civil law, where's the Sharia law only remains in marriages/inheritance and many parts of that are being reformed and codified under the new legal status law.
not everything is great as everywhere, but I think because the rate of change in Saudi Arabia is so fast, we're barely keep up with the changes while the outsiders still stuck in the era before 2015. simple searches on Youtube for "riyadh boulevard" & "mdlbeast" will easily show how ignorant this comment is.
