The first Saudi lady joined the “ID Revolution” in which a number of Saudi citizens posted separately posts in YouTube attacking the regime. The following is a translation of the clip posted on Youtube by a lady calling herself Ali’niziyah (From the tribe of ‘): In the name of God. ...
Read More »Saudi’s Lonely, Costly Bid for Sunni-Shiite Equality
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — MIKHLIF AL-SHAMMARI has been jailed repeatedly, declared an infidel, ruined financially and shot four times — by his own son — all for this: He believes his fellow Sunni Muslims should treat Shiites as equals. In a Middle East torn by deepening sectarian hatred, that is ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia bans 50 baby names
Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has banned 50 given names including “foreign” names, names related to royalty and those it considers to be blasphemous. Saudis will no longer be able to give their children names such as Amir (prince), Linda or Abdul Nabi (Slave of the Prophet) after the civil ...
Read More »Qatar plot to kill Saudi King prompts Riyadh rancor: Analyst
An alleged plot by Qatar to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has been the main reason behind Riyadh’s withdrawal of its ambassador from Doha, a political analyst says. Citing diplomatic sources, Egyptian newspaper al-Shorouk‘s Editor-in-Chief Emad El-Din Hussein said in a recent interview that Saudi Arabia is in possession of authentic ...
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