Saudi cleric issues fatwa on snowmen Religious leader forbids building of anti-Islamic idols that might resemble human beings, after winter storm in north of country Reuters in Dubai The Guardian, Monday 12 January 2015 17.18 GMT The building of snowmen has been forbidden by a top Saudi cleric. Photograph: Vadim […]
By Bloomberg on 09:20 pm Jan 13, 2015 The financial debacle that has befallen Russia as the price of Brent crude dropped 50 percent in the last four months has […]
Source: Gulfnews.com Dubai: Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, condemned Wednesday’s shooting attack on a French satirical magazine known for its send-ups of radical Islam. “The kingdom therefore strongly condemns and denounces this cowardly terrorist act that is rejected by true Islamic religion as well as the rest of the […]
Muslims attend the Friday prayer at the Sehitlik mosque in Berlin, Germany, Friday. Believers in the mosque commemorated the victims of the terror attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ALI KHALIL | AFP Published — Friday 9 January 2015 Last update 10 […]
Geopolitical Weekly JANUARY 6, 2015 | 09:00 GMT Print Text Size Stratfor By Michael Nayebi-Oskoui The Middle East is one of the most volatile regions in the world — it is no stranger to upheaval. The 2009 uprisings in Iran and the brinksmanship of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government were followed by […]
Indonesian pilgrims leave Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in this Oct. 11, 2013 file photo. (AP) JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 4 January 2015 A total of 1.1 million Umrah visas have been issued until Friday, said a top […]
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 3 January 2015 Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has warned against celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace be upon him), saying that it is a superstitious practice that was illegally added to the religion. “It is a bida (a sinful […]
Saudi Women Driving Activists Sent to Terrorist Tribunal Loujain al-Hathou and Maysa al-Amoudi, two women’s driving rights activists are being sent to a special terrorism court to stand trial. ClarionProject.com Saudi women’s driving activists Loujain al-Hathoul and Maysa al-Amoudi. Two women activists who were arrested at the beginning of December […]
By HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 2 January 2015 In the verse, “Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them to enjoy. Do not […]
JUBAIL: SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Friday 2 January 2015 Many here believe that heavy use of social media is harming family life in the Kingdom and can cause psychological problems. […]
The Kingdom has decided to allow Syrians to stay in the country without iqamas as long as their visit, Haj, or Umrah visas are valid, but they would have to correct their status later. According to the Minister of Justice Mohammed Al-Issa, the ministry would allow Syrians holding these visas […]
‘Visiting Madinah is a dream of every Muslim’ MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 22 December 2014 Last update 21 December 2014 11:57 pm The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah is bustling with pilgrims and visitors of different nationalities all year round. Everyone is delighted to make their dream […]
MOHAMMAD IRTAZA Published — Friday 19 December 2014 Last update 19 December 2014 2:52 am Violence has no place in Islam. This is the reminder of the Qur’an — “We made a covenant with you, that you shall not shed your blood, nor shall you evict each other from your […]
By Syed Zubair Ahmad, “Al Mamlikat Al Saudia Al Arabia”. It’s clear from the name itself that this empire has nothing to do with Islam or Muslims at all. It is a pure dynastic monarchical and dictatorial regime of an Arab family, ‘Al Saud’. Saudi Arabia is the only country […]
Source: Arab news In a race against time, over 6,000 individuals, from engineers to construction workers, are pooling their efforts to complete the expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque. That huge […]
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Published — Monday 15 December 2014 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved a project to install about 300 sunshades in the courtyards of […]
JEDDAH: HANI HAZAIMEH Published — Friday 12 December 2014 A $104 million (SR390 million) donation from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has helped restore food vouchers for […]
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID To ensure a smooth worshiping experience for everyone at the Grand Mosque this Umrah season, the director of the Gates Administration at the mosque in Makkah, Abdullah […]
Two female women’s rights activists have been detained by Saudi Arabia at the border from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a protest against the kingdom’s ban on women driving. Saudi celebrity and human rights activist Loujain al-Hathoul, aged 25, attempted to drive a car across the border from the […]
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 Perspective: Wahhabism to ISIS – how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism By Karen Armstrong ________________________________________ Although IS is certainly an Islamic movement, it is neither typical nor mired in the distant past, because its roots are in Wahhabism, a form of Islam […]