Ban on salesmen in lingerie stores to be enforced from Thursday
By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, starting Thursday, will implement the Ministry of Labor rule that only females can work in women’s lingerie stores. The Labor Ministry […]
Book review: Surrendering Islam
The Subversion of Islam Throughout History Until the Present Day. This is a book and here a review is quoted from the original site. By David Livingstone and Sahib Mustaqim […]
The Acton princess leading the fight for Saudi freedom
Royal runs campaign for change in her homeland from a suburb in west London Cahal Milmo. Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdul Aziz is one of the […]
Saudi women to run for office, vote, without male approval — in 2015
Riyadh: Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said. The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but […]
Saudi Arabia: 28,000 Saudi women ready to replace men in sales jobs
Source: Sikandar Malik of Germany 01-01-2012 RIYADH, (Arab News): Over 28,000 Saudi women have come forward to take up jobs at shops selling lingerie and women’s accessories throughout the Kingdom, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Labor. Fahd Al-Tukhaifi, assistant undersecretary for development at the ministry, said […]
Riyadh oil aid to help Sanaa end severe crisis
By SIRAJ WAHAB | ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: Saudi Arabia has promised to donate fuel to Yemen with a view to helping the neighboring country tide over severe economic crisis and rising fuel shortage. The decision to help Yemen was first taken by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah […]
Saudi Arabia buying 84 new jets
Source / Courtesy: China Daily RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday that it has signed a deal to buy 84 new US fighter jets to maximize its […]
Love on a shoestring
By ROGER HARRISON | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A first-time visitor to a Wednesday Open Skies riding class for disabled children murmured, “It must be done for love, ‘cause it’s not […]
Saudi Arabia: Have we become a nation of idlers?
Have we become a nation of idlers? That’s what official statistics seem to indicate. According to a report by the Central Statistics and Information Department (CSID), there are about 11.8 million Saudis of working age, but only 3.8 million are actually working. That leaves eight million Saudi citizens, or two […]
Haram cleaners hit on YouTube
By SULTAN AL-TAMIMI |ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A YouTube user uploaded a video clip showing Makkah’s Grand Mosque cleaners in synchronized moves during a routine cleaning around the Holy Kabba. The […]
Crimes committed in the name of Al-Qaeda
Not surprisingly, different countries resort to using scarecrow tactics to keep internal differences at bay. Over the last decade, different players have created Al-Qaeda bogey for various political agendas. For instance, the United States exploited the issue of this radical organization in the running up to elections, Iran capitalized on […]
Young Saudis invent ploys to enter family-only malls
By NADIA AL-FAWAZ | ARAB NEWS ABHA: Entering malls and shopping centers have become a real challenge for young Saudi men, who have innovated many ways and means to force […]
Saudi women to run, vote without male approval
Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press, Riyadh, Saudi The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but it falls far short of what some Saudi reformers are calling for. Shura Council member Fahad al-Anzi was quoted in the state-run al-Watan newspaper on Wednesday […]
Support for scientific research rooted in Qur’an and Sunnah, symposium told
By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Support for science and scientists, both financially and morally, is rooted in Qur’an and Sunnah, said professor Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Hassan in his paper: “The Salafist Vision on Backing Science and Scientists.” Al-Hassan was one of the academics who presented their papers on […]
Ajl — a dance for wedding day
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Ajl is a dance form that originated from seafaring people of the western coast of Madinah and Makkah but now is confined to […]
Kingdom (of Saudi Arabia) will continue to follow Salafist ideology: Prince Naif
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, opened a symposium on “Salafism: A Shariah approach and a national demand,” organized by the Imam Muhammad […]
Efforts to spread message of Qur’an emphasized
By MD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has taken the Holy Qur’an as its constitution and exerts all possible […]
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help Pakistan rebuild water networks
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in Riyadh on Monday with the local chapter of UNICEF to rebuild a massive water supply network in Pakistan devastated by ravaging floods. The move follows an instruction from Crown Prince Naif, deputy prime minister and interior […]
Clearing doubts about Salafism
By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and interior minister, will attend a symposium on “Salafism, a Shariah approach and a national demand” which will […]
OIC sends humanitarian mission to Mindanao
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is sending a humanitarian mission to Mindanao in Philippines, to take account of the situation there following a devastating storm […]