Hajis arrive from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, S. Africa
MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN & FOUZIA KHAN | Published — Thursday 4 August 2016 RIYADH/JEDDAH: The first batch of Hajis from Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and India arrived at Jeddah and […]
Saudi labour crisis
Source. Dawn THE news coming out of Saudi Arabia of thousands of foreign workers — Pakistanis included — not having been paid for months and reportedly running low on food is reason for concern. As reported, over 8,500 Pakistanis employed with two Saudi firms have not received their salaries for […]
Saudi Arabia’s dreaded Kafala system which plagues Indian workers
what is Kafala system? employee cannot quit his/her job without employers consent By: Vicky Nanjappa Updated: Monday, August 1, 2016, 13:02 [IST New Delhi, Aug 1: Watching your fellow countrymen stand in queue for food is never a good sight. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said that the number […]
India Rescues 10,000 Starving Workers In Saudi
Source: Sky News By Neville Lazarus, Sky Reporter in India The Indian government has come to the rescue of more than 10,000 of their starving citizens in Saudi Arabia. Some […]
Over 10,000 Indian workers facing ‘food crisis’ in Saudi Arabia
New Delhi, July 31: In what has come as a shocking development, over 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing a “food crisis”, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. “The number of Indian workers facing food crisis in Saudi Arabia is over Ten Thousand,” Sushma Swaraj said […]
As the Saudis Covered Up Abuses in Yemen, America Stood By
Source: Politico By SAMUEL OAKFORD The United Nations has long been bullied by its most powerful members, and U.N. secretaries-general have usually been forced to grit their teeth and take […]
Saudi Arabia: Unpaid for 7 months, workers hold protest
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 30 July 2016 JEDDAH: Hundreds of protesting Saudi Oger employees, demanding unpaid wages from the company for over seven months, were dispersed by police. The employees caused traffic disruptions in northern Jeddah and shut down a gas station. Col. Atti Al-Qurashi, Makkah region police […]
200 women allowed by courts to travel alone (in Saudi Arabia)
ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 29 July 2016 JEDDAH: At least 200 Saudi women were permitted by courts to travel without guardians once or several times for the purpose of study, treatment or tourism. More than 350 Saudi women had applied for travel permission in cases where they have […]
Worn-out clichés
Jul 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The final communiqué of the 27th Arab Summit is disappointing to say the least. This disappointment comes as no surprise, since most of the results of previous Arab summits have been the same. The decisions of the attending Arab leaders or their representatives paid […]
Fatwa No. 21,758: Saudi clerics ban Pokemon Go
Source: USA Today By Doug Stanglin, USATODAY Top clerics in Saudi Arabia have issued a fatwa banning the playing of Pokemon Go as a form of gambling. The decree was issued […]
Over 4 million attend Khatm Al-Qur’an in Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque
Jul 4, 2016 MAKKAH/MADINAH — Over two million worshipers attended the completion of recitation of the Holy Qur’an (Khatm Al-Qur’an) at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Sunday night, the 29th night of Ramadan. They included visitors, Umrah pilgrims, citizens and expatriates, Saudi Press agency reported. The worshipers thronged the […]
From Wahhabism to Isis … by Karen Armstrong
François Hollande’s declaration of war against Isis (also known as Islamic State) was, perhaps, a natural reaction to the carnage in Paris but the situation is now so grave that we cannot merely react; we also need sustained, informed and objective reflection. The French president has unwittingly played into the […]
You can’t understand ISIS if you don’t know the history of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia
Alastair Crooke The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face of […]
Suicide bombers hit Saudi cities of Madinah, Qatif and Jeddah
Agencies (Photo via Twitter) PrevNext The bomber detonated his suicide vest Monday evening when most residents of the neighborhood were at home ending the Ramadan fast. A blast occurred on Monday in Saudi Arabia outside one of Islam’s holiest sites, the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, a Saudi-owned television channel reported. […]
Blast strikes near Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi
A photo from social media reportedly shows a flaming car from a bombing in the parking lot of the Al-Haram Al-Nabawi, the Prophet Mohammad’s mosque, in the city of Madinah […]
Strategy for Saudi-Iran War to Come?
REUTERS James B.T. Dickey 06.23.16 A 30-year-old prince disillusioned with the U.S. is running the show in Saudi Arabia—fighting Iran directly and through proxies all over the map. Is there a strategy? Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of the king and ever more obviously the heir […]
Grand Mosque illuminates with 2m worshippers on Ramadan 27 night
ARAB NEWS | Published — Sunday 3 July 2016 PRAYERS AT ITS PEAK: Worshippers throng in Makkah to take optimum benefits from the Qiyamul Layl prayer, on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. (SPA photo) PRAYERS AT ITS PEAK: Worshippers throng in Madinah to take optimum benefits from the […]
Pilgrims consume 35,000 tons of Zamzam water
ARAB NEWS | Published — Monday 4 July 2016 A report revealed that the amount of Zamzam water consumed reached 35,000 tons. (SPA) MAKKAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also chairman of the Central Haj Committee, reviewed a report presented by the adviser to the province, Hisham Al-Faleh, […]
Confused about the US response to Isis in Syria? Look to the CIA’s relationship with Saudi Arabia
In the 20 years between 1996 and 2016, the CIA and British security and foreign policy agencies have consistently given priority to maintaining their partnership with powerful Sunni states over the elimination of terrorist organisations such as al-Qaeda and Isis Patrick Cockburn @indyworld Friday 17 June 2016 In 1996 the CIA […]
Inside Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian jail, an Islamist prisoner talks of the regret for his killing
‘I was a maths teacher. I shot him in the back of the head. Three times. I felt nothing. Now I regret.’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 1 July 2016 Unlike his […]