Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. By ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 18, 2011 00:23 Updated: Mar 18, 2011 01:44 RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will address the nation at 2 p.m on Friday, a statement of the Royal Court said on Thursday. The king will also issue a numb[...]
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Is Saudi Arabia the next to fall?
from Spiegel By Bernhard Zand Translated from German by Christopher Sultan The Arab world to which Abdullah had returned was no longer the same one it had been a few weeks earlier, when he left for New York. When Abdullah arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh last Wednesday, it was no longer just [...]
March 6th, 2011 - 11:55 am § in Politics, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Government Says Demonstrations, Marches Prohibited by Kingdom’s Laws
from Bloomberg News: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said that : Protests “contradict” Islam and the values of society, the Riyadh-based news service cited the official as saying. They harm public interest, infringe on the rights of others, spread “chaos” and lead to bloodshed, the offici[...]
February 26th, 2011 - 1:39 am § in Politics, Saudi Arabia
Selling People
Black market for Indonesian maids thrives in Makkah MAKKAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The black market for Indonesian domestic workers in Makkah has received a boost after the recruitment of workers from Indonesia was recently suspended. CLICK IMAGE for shocking video.[...]
February 18th, 2011 - 6:22 pm § in Saudi Arabia
Bahrain: Where Saudis go to see cinema.
Fans cross border to savor cinema JEDDAH: Many Saudis often travel abroad for short periods of time to nearby countries such as Bahrain to watch movies in cinemas, which are illegal in the Kingdom.[...]
February 11th, 2011 - 7:19 am § in Saudi Arabia
1300 years ago, the flag of Islam brought something eerily like democracy to a world ruled by currupt relics of a theocratic state. What if the fires of Islamic democracy spread back to Mecca?
Living in a Christian tradition, my view of history saw the 7th century explosion of Islam as a the first crusade, a holy war with the crescent and scimitar presaging than the cross and long sword . I missed the point. Today, I think our allies in Saudi Arabia may may be in for a […][...]