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The NEFA Foundation has obtained a copy of new letter from Al-Qaida leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid confirming the death of Al-Qaida lieutenant Abu Sulaiman al-Otaibi (a.k.a. Mohammed al-Thibaiti) during clashes with the "crusaders and apostates" in the Paktika province of Afghanistan. According to Saudi media, Abu Sulaiman was a former student at Imam Mohammed bin Saud University and had close contac

                                                                                                   Author: Neil Durkin The very high price of coffee in Saudi Arabia Now I’m not a big one for sitting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

King Saud University KESEMPATAN BEASISWA BAGI PARA MAHASISWA INDONESIA UNTUK KULIAH PROGRAM PASCA SARJANA S2 DAN S3 DI KING SAUD UNIVERSITY – RIYADH, ARAB SAUDI Duta Besar RI untuk Kerajaan Arab Saudi Dr. Salim Segaf Al-Jufrie, MA bersama Atase Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Drs. Juhdi Syarif, M. Hum, pada hari Minggu, tanggal 29 April 2007 telah melakukan [...]

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Wow wouldn't that be splendid? They are only a few years behind in maturation. Check out the video... I liked the way Adam Carolla characterized religious people yesterday... they are like insects in the garden of life... some are pretty caterpillars and butterflies that kinda just flutter around (ie - Buddhists, Hindus) and then some are ticks and fleas and mosquitoes which feast on others

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, said he was interested in investing in Sri Lanka’s hotel industry. Receiving the new Sri Lankan Ambassador Abdul Ageed Mohamed Marleen at his office in Riyadh last week, the Prince also said he was ready to accept an invitation from the Sri Lankan Government to visit [...]

This is shown by a book written by a female scholar and published in Great Britain. At that time, they are able to run businesses; while today, at a discussion of work for women in Riyadh, all of the women were in another room.

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Justice Carries a Pair of Scissors"Ready for that Haircut now, you treacherous flirtatious Man-Whore?"Journey for a moment to the Magic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the women get flogged for flirting and men--get a haircut?It has been announced that men caught flirting publicly with the fairer sex in northern Saudi Arabia are to be punished by being given haircuts.Prince Fahd bin Badr ordered police to administer the trims after seeing a group of men with long hair pestering female students as they left school in the town of Skaka. Many clergymen in the conservative Gulf country say men should not have long hair because Islam prohibits the sexes from emulating each other.According to Amnesty International:"In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia it is illegal to wear a cross necklace, read a Bibl

During the 1960s in America, conservatives their cvilizaion was headed for collapse because young men wore their hair long. Prince Fahd bin Badr, governor of an area in northern Saudi Arabia, has decided long hair on the part of men might be OK, but long hair on the part of men who hang around female [...]

Female Teachers Dying in Large Numbers on Dangerous Saudi Roads The religion of peace pretty much guarantees women their freedom and rights. And just the other day I turned water to whiskey… RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Roads in Saudi Arabia are among the most dangerous in the world, with a high rate of traffic accidents. But [...]

Yemen is a poor nation at the tip of the Arabian peninsula which suffers the indignity of not having oil in the quantities available to its neighbor. A group of Yemen men walked through the sands in order to seek emploment in Saudi cities on their border. It appears they were caught by Saudi police [...]

Sri Lankan maids on their way to the Middle East. Saudi Labor Minister Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, who has the thankless task of trying to get Saudis employed, wants to see Saudi women work as maids. Good luck with that. His point is that there are plenty of needy or low-income Saudi women who could use a job, and rather than import Southeast Asian maids, why not hire a Saudi who can do the job just as well for the same pay. Most Saudi families abhor the idea of allowing their daughters, sisters and wives to work in such a menial job, but I bet there are plenty who think that a monthly living wage outweighs the pride factor. And truth be told, some Saudis are warming up to the idea of blue collar jobs. I recall walking into a McDonald's restaurant in Jeddah with a Saudi friend. Behind the counter

“Saudi Arabia has a problem. And it’s the same one that every oil-producing nation will face someday: Its oilwells are drying up.” — Jason Simpkins by Jason Simpkins Baltimore – (TFN): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the world’s leading petroleum exporter. Officially, it has reserves of about 260 billion barrels of [...]

Human Rights Watch has issued its long awaited report on human rights abuses of women in Saudi Arabia by focusing on the Kingdom's male guardianship laws. This earnest but ultimately flawed report provides little new insight into the daily discrimination that Saudi women face, although HRW staff interviewed 109 women over a three-week period in Riyadh, Damman, Jeddah and Al-Ahsa. “These are issues that I and other Saudi women have been talking about publicly for many years," Hatoon Al-Fassi, a Saudi historian, complained to the Associated Press. "We are able to raise these issues and the group just confirmed what Saudi women have been saying. What was expected of such a group is more original research work rather than repackaging what is known." While the report discusses to some degr

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There’s an amazing post over at GOP Catholics about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold lethal injections and the death penalty in this country. I’m going to steal a little bit from the blog post, but you seriously have to click here to read the entire thing. Last year, the United States ranked alongside humanitarian [...]

I read about this really shocking story, about father murdered his own daughter recently in Saudi Arabia -Riyadh, when he discovered that she was having an online conversation with a man through facebook. I don’t know.. but if this is true then I only can say that facebook I completely agreed that facebook is dangerous. If [...]

Following are excerpts of a video clip featuring Saudi cleric Omar Al-Sweilem, which was posted on the Internet. The video quality is low in the original.Omar Al-Sweilem: "Harith Ibn Al-Muhasibi told us what would happen when we meet the black-eyed virgin with her black hair and white face - praised be He who created night and day."What hair! What a chest! What a mouth! What cheeks! What a figure! What breasts! What thighs! What legs! What whiteness! What softness! Without any creams - no Nivea, no Vaseline. No nothing!""He said that faces would be soft that day. Even your own face will be soft without any powder or makeup. You yourself will be soft, so how soft will a black-eyed virgin be, when she comes to you so tall and with her beautiful face, her black hair and white face - praised b

A 100-year-old Saudi widower has married a third time – taking a 26-year-old woman as his new bride, press reports said on Saturday. Ahmed Ateeq Al-Hariri Al-Zahrani, who lives in Taif, near Mecca, faced no opposition from his bride-to-be or his family, despite the 80-year age gap, English-language daily, the Saudi Gazette, reported. “We didn’t oppose dad’s marriage. We agreed to his marriage and we wish him happiness for the rest of his life,” said Abdul Rahman, Zahrani’s oldest son. Zahrani, aged “over 100 years old”, has outlived his previous two wives, the paper said. The guest list for the wedding ceremony included 120 of Zahrani’s sons, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, along with other friends and family. Asked if he would marry a fourth time, Al-Zahrani tol

Good Lord… Arab News — US Ambassador Ford Fraker said in Sakaka that his country aims to double the number of student visas issued to Saudis. “Currently there are 15,000 Saudi students in the US,” he said during an event on Sunday with local business leaders to an audience at the Al-Jouf Chamber of Commerce and Industry. [...]

Sabri Bogday, from a small town in Turkey, headed to Saudi Arabia eleven years ago in search of work. He opened a barber shop in order to make enough money so one day he could return home and buy a house for his family and enjoy the fruits of his labor. A few months ago, [...]

Here's an interesting news story out of Turkey of a Turkish barber sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for swearing at God during an argument with his neighbor. Oddly, the only complaining witness – an Egyptian – has disappeared. There also is no mention of corroborating testimony, which begs the question of what evidence they have against the defendant and whether he should have gone to trial in the first place. That is if he had a trial. Turk Barber Faces Execution for Swearing By Ali Guleryuz ADANA – Doğan News Agency A Turkish barber accused of swearing at God is sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, with his family back in Turkey calling on authorities to intervene. Sabri Boğday from the southern Hatay province went to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia 11 years ago and opened a barbersh

Here’s a simple math exercise for the nimrods in charge of the U.S. State Department. ITEM: From the Times: Yet wealthy Saudis remain the chief financiers of worldwide terror networks. “If I could somehow snap my fingers and cut off the funding from one country, it would be Saudi Arabia,” said Stuart Levey, the US Treasury official in [...]

Here's a simple math exercise for the nimrods in charge of the U.S. War on Terror.ITEM:From the Times:Yet wealthy Saudis remain the chief financiers of worldwide terror networks. “If I could somehow snap my fingers and cut off the funding from one country, it would be Saudi Arabia,” said Stuart Levey, the US Treasury official in charge of tracking terror financing.ITEM:Insurgents reportedly tied to al Qaeda in Iraq considered using student visas to slip terrorists into the United States to orchestrate a new attack on American soil. ABC News, however, has learned new details of what remains a classified incident that has been dealt with at the highest levels of government.Sources tell ABC News that the plot may have involved moving between 10 and 20 suspects believed to be affiliated wi

One of the most popular posts on this site was actually not about the Chevy Volt, but an interview I did with Dr. Yi Cui of Stanford University. He had developed a silicon nanowire anode for lithium-ion batteries. A result of his unique chemistry were experimental cells that could store 10 times the energy of [...]

Here's an update to yesterday's post about Saudi blogger Raed Al-Saeed's answer to the Geert Wilders video with his own titled "Schism." Since his story was published in the Arab News and several blogs have picked it up, the number of viewings on YouTube mushroomed from about 3,500 yesterday to nearly 60,000 today with almost 1,000 comments. Yesterday I posted a link to the YouTube page carrying it. But for those just discovering the video, you can find it right here.

A prisoner being held in Guantanamo bluntly told the military tribunal which was going to put him on trial that he would not participate in the charade known as a trial. Ahmded Al-Darbi, a relative of one of the September 11 hjackers told the pretrial hearing he does not want a lawyer and he will [...]

(Via Arab News) A Saudi blogger has made a counter-video to Geert Wilder’s abominable jihadi clip, called Schism. He uses the same technique by taking verses of the Bible out of context and juxtaposes scenes of Christian calls for violence. The purpose, of course, is to demonstrate that Wilder’s jihadi clip might be [...]

Comparing the Bible to be just as violent as the Koran. Yea, um…ok Of course there are certain violent passages in the Old Testament, but think about it, why have Jews learned to NOT blow themselves up? Why have Jews gone away from violence? ANSWER: They value education, freedom, prosperity, science and advancement more than [...]

"Schism"Saudi blogger Raed Al-Saeed whips up a answer to Geert Wilders' “Fitna” with “Schism.” The six-minute video has been posted on YouTube since April 2 and has received more than 3,500 views. The video is framed in such a manner that Al-Saeed makes it clear that the images and Bible passages are taken out of context, which, of course, was his point. 'Schism' – A Saudi Bloggers answer to Wilders Film By Ebtihal Mubarak Arab News JEDDAH — A Saudi blogger has made a six-minute video entitled "Schism" by portraying texts from Christian sources out of context, similar to the way Dutch MP Geert Wilders made his recently-released anti-Qur'an film entitled "Fitna." In his film, Raid Al-Saeed, 33, shows verses of the Bible that call for war and illustrated them with clips of ext

Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., in Riyadh Monday night./Arab News photo The Arab News reports that computer giant Dell Inc. hopes to build the IT infrastructure for Saudi Arabia's new economic cities. This would be a huge boon for Saudi Arabia, not to mention open the door for other US high-tech companies to develop systems in the Kingdom. It also demonstrates an eager willingness by Western companies to do business with Saudis.Dell Seeks to Develop IT Infrastructure in Kingdom's Economic CitiesBy Raid Qusti Arab News RIYADH — Dell Inc., the global IT giant that generated revenues worth $61 billion last year, has expressed a strong interest to develop IT infrastructure in the Kingdom’s six mega economic cities. “Certainly we are interested in the infrastructure, mega data centers an

Syria has arrested a Saudi official in connection with the assassination of top Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported Tuesday. So how long will we have to wait before the name of this man is released? Pictures would be nice also. Of course Israel has to be involved somehow. The source said Israel masterminded the assassination, but the operation

Middle East property developer Damac properties are offering investors an unusual deal involving their Saudi Arabian project Al Jawharah residential Tower. Buyers will receive a free property from another development in Egypt when they purchase selected apartments.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing to counter any ‘radioactive hazards’ which may result from a US strike on Iran’s nuclear plants. Popular government-guided Saudi newspaper Okaz recently reported that the Saudi Shura Council approved of nuclear fallout preparation plans only a day after US Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Kingdom’s high ranking officials, [...]

Here's an interesting editorial from the Arab News about WiFi thieves who sit in a car outside a business or residence and use another person's signal to access the Internet. With so many apartment dwellers in Saudi Arabia, I know many people who use their neighbor's WiFi signal and don't feel too guilty about it.But what to do? WiFi users just need to be a little more savvy and use a password-protected system. It would also help a great deal if Starbucks and other coffee houses didn't charge outrageous prices to access the Internet through T-Mobile or another provider. After all, these shops charge exorbitant prices for coffee while further gouging customers using WiFi.Editorial: Wi-Fi Bandits Arab NewsThe first reaction to the news in our issue yesterday that young Wi-Fi bandits were log

Fouad Al-FarhanFouad Al-Farhan's blog and the “Free Fouad” website were blocked yesterday by the Saudi government. You'll recall that Al-Farhan was arrested on Dec. 10 after criticizing Jeddah municipal officials on several issues. However, the Ministry of Interior issued a statement that he was arrested on a security matter.Al-Farhan was arrested after he reportedly visited one of nine Saudi reformists. The reformists were arrested in February 2007 after allegedly refusing to sign documents that they would stop their calls for political reform. He was previously questioned about his blog by security men in November 2006 and warned to stop criticizing government officials. His detention, now 116 days, without formal charges has sparked calls for his release from bloggers, journalists a

Crossroads Arabia links to a story from Al-Arabiya TV that reports that the Saudi Ministry of Labor “has issued new rules to all government offices stating that the ‘mingling of sexes in the workplace’ (i.e., men and women working in the same space) is no longer to be banned. Instead, they will be expected to conduct themselves properly, under Sharia concepts.” John Burgess quotes Al-Arabiya as saying “this change is in response to the growing need for women to work. It also points out that the circular with the new regulations was sent to the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, just to make sure that its members understood what the laws actually say, not what they might like them to say.” If indeed this report is accurate it marks a remarkable st

Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah al SheikhOh, good grief! Nothing like a little lecture from Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah al Sheikh to Saudi journalists for reporting that Israeli rabbis have been invited to King Abdullah's proposed interfaith conference. Perhaps he should consider the possibility of making such an invitation. It should be noted, though, that when King Abdullah said last week that the Kingdom's top clerics had given him the green light to pursue dialogue with Christians and Jews, he made no mention of the grand mufti and did not say that Israeli clerics would be invited. Grand Mufti Denies Inviting Israeli Clerics to Religious Conference Asharq Al-Awsat RIYADH - The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah al Sheikh has denied media reports that he has

Oh, aren’t they good devout Muslim women? What’s next, demanding the right to be beaten? Demanding the right to be a second class citizen?  Demanding the right to be blamed for your own rape? Keep on truckin ladies… Saudi Women In Petition To King Abdallah: We Refuse To Drive In a petition submitted to King Abdallah, 100 [...]

There are lots of people who think that Facebook and all the other social networks on the web have a bad influence over kids and teenagers, but a Saudi father went beyond this. Because her daughter was using Facebook to socialize and to communicate with members of the opposite sex on the Internet, the father has beaten the girl and then shot her dead. It may sound extreme, but Saudis have

Details have emerged in the death of a young Saudi woman who was beaten and then shot to death by her father in Saudi Arabia after he caught her chatting online on the popular website, Facebook. Facebook, or as it’s called by the Saudis, Faceless, has over 30,000 users. Saudi women use nicnames and instead [...]

Details have emerged in the death of a young Saudi woman who was beaten and then shot to death by her father in Saudi Arabia after he caught her chatting online on the popular website, Facebook.Facebook, or as it's called by the Saudis, Faceless, has over 30,000 users. Saudi women use nicnames and instead of posting their photo put up comic book images or drawings.Facebook has emerged as a portal for Saudi women to be able to chat with persons online from all over the world but at the same time they've found "insulting" or "mocking" comments posted to them by Islamic extremists who browse the webpages.Read more Saudi Man Murders Daughter Caught Using Facebook at DBKP.comDeath by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.

As a rule, I try not to get too bent out of shape about other religions, since this is as far as I know the only conservative Catholic blog largely dedicating to criticizing conservative Catholics. Nonetheless, when I learned from Lucky the Goldfish that Pokémon is banned in Saudi Arabia, I realized things have gone too far. Radical Islam has got to be stopped.(P.S., Pokémon has also been criticized as "demonic" by the Catholic Church in Mexico. Perhaps they've been reading too much Michael O'Brien?)Hat tip: Five Feet of Fury and The Amboy Times

Sathya Sai Baba, 82 (although records suggest that he is older, see discussion and further links here, The Date of Sai Baba’s Birthday) has long said that he will cause, within his own lifetime, a profound coming together in peace and harmony among the world’s religions.  See, Will World Accept Sai Baba? He Says Yes. Very Soon When one looks [...]

Just about every professional Saudi woman has a horror story to tell about meeting or working with male clients. These men would never think of behaving unprofessionally with other businessmen, but with women they seem to think that anything goes. This article from the Arab News provides a painful picture of the obstacles Saudi businessmen face in the workplace. I've also linked to an article from Arab Insight that discusses at length the status of women's rights in Saudi Arabia. Working women: We Want Sales, Not Propositions By Laura Bahsraheel Arab News JEDDAH, 28 March 2008 — Lama Hani, a 20-something Saudi property consultant at a Jeddah real estate company, would like her clients to know that she is not interested in receiving flowers, mobile phones or other gifts. She’s not inte

This guy never fails to be in the news for uber opulent habits. Last we wrote about him for his acquisition of the flying palace. But today he is here for a more elevated reason. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud have moved on with his plans to build the world’s tallest building in Jeddah. Estimated at $10 billion, Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Co. will soon invite bids by contractors to build a mile-tall mega-skyscraper. At 1,600 meters, it will be taller than four Empire State Buildings stacked upon each other! Christened as the Burj Al-Meel or the Mile-High Tower, it will be located on the northern side of the Obhur Creek and the Red Sea. “Structural engineering-wise, it's not even difficult," said Ron Klemencic, president of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, an engineering company specia

Saudi Arabia's Al-Haer maximum security prison.Human Rights Watch has issued two damning reports on the Saudi judicial system that are alarming but not surprising. Here are the links to the PDF files. The first file is a 146-page reported titled “Precarious Justice: Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Justice Trials in the Deficient Judicial System of Saudi Arabia.” The second report, “Adults Before Their Time: The Children in Saudi Arabia's Criminal Justice System,” addresses the abuse of the rights of minors. Precarious JusticeHuman Rights Watch Saudi government officials have made a number of declarations in recent years, asserting that the Saudi criminal justice system adheres to high standards, and have recently implemented a number of legal reforms. The practice of Saudi justice,

According to recently released Department of Education reports, the University of Virginia received $29,450,000.00 from the government of Saudi Arabia and $200,000.00 from the Peoples Republic of China. Exactly what the Saudis got for their small fortune is unknown, and UVA didn't release the information publicly. Also unknown is what the Chinese government got for its sizeable contribution. Also

in a sharp departure from previous practice, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is planning to bring together at a conference, leaders of Christianity, Judaism and the Muslim religion according to the Saudi owned Al Sharaq al-Awsat newspaper. This, most probably, is the first time any Saudi monarch has invited Jews to participate in a conference [...]

JGC Construction International Pte Ltd TANK & ERECTION SUPERVISOR (Qatar, Saudi Arabia) Requirements: Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma or Professional Degree in Engineering (Petroleum/Oil/Gas) or equivalent. At least 5 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position. Applicants must be willing to work in Qatar,Saudi

Saudi Arabia has started the fourth phase of its program to extract rain from clouds, part of a project started five months ago to secure more water resources in the kingdom.The head of the Meteorological and Environmental Protection Administration, Saleh al-Shahri, said 11 planes are being used in the current phase, together with a high-tech network of mobile cloud physics radars, a communication and satellite network, and experts from various Saudi universities and research centers.The process, commonly known as "cloud seeding" is a form of weather modification, attempting to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei.The program is part of the kingdom's ongoing efforts to counter

Internet censorship in countries like Iran, UAE, China and Saudi Arabia is inevitable. Their government controls the Internet traffic themselves and most of the sites like YouTube, Flickr, Orkut, Hi5 etc are banned there.However this does not keep people from inventing new tools and utilities to unblock and bypass the ban.Access Flickr will let you upload and share photos on Flickr even if you

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, said it will ensure international markets are adequately supplied with crude to support the continued growth of the global economy.The Supreme Council of Petroleum and Mineral Affairs, chaired by King Abdullah, agreed to work with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC countries to ensure oil market stability and ``prevent the effects of harmful speculation,'' the government body said in a statement posted late yesterday on the Web site of the state news agency.The meeting was held one day after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with the Saudi King. U.S. crude prices are likely to fall toward $90 this spring as the country's slowing economic growth encourages traders to exit commodity markets, Goldman Sachs Group Inc

Jumat, 21 Maret 2008 15:40:31 WIBKategori : Fokus UtamaSesudah ini –semoga Allah menjaga kalian semuanya- aku merasa kagum tatkala aku dipindahkan ke Makkah. Ketika aku di Yaman ada empat penjaga di pintu, dalam keadaan seperti ini kami tidak merasa aman di rumah kami siang dan malam. Dan aku berada di hotel Darul Azhar di Makkah dalam waktu beberapa malam aku tidak bisa tidur, maka aku keluar ke Masjidil Haram di tengah malam seorang diri, aku merasakan kenikmatan, kelapangan, dan kelezatan yang tidak ada bandingnya, aku keluar sendirian walhamdulillah, aku berjalan, thowaf, shalat, dan tinggal selama aku mampu, kemudian aku pulang ke hotel. Inilah keamanan yang tidak pernah aku saksikan di negeri manapun sesungguhnya sebabnya adalah istiqomah di atas Kitabullah dan Sunnah Rasulullah Sh

Sabtu, 22 Maret 2008 07:51:15 WIBKategori : Fokus UtamaDiantara hal lain yang merupakan kebaikan pemerintah Saudi adalah pemuliaan mereka terhadap para ulama, bapak mereka Abdul Aziz rahimahullah telah mewasiatkan hal itu, maka mereka menghormati para ulama dan memuliakannya dengan sesungguh-sungguhnya, akan tetapi di sana ada para ulama su’ yang mencela pemerintah Saudi dan kadang mereka kafirkan pemerintah Saudi, maka selayaknya dipilahkan di antara orang-orang berilmu mana yang berada di atas aqidah tauhid yang selayaknya dia ini dimuliakan, dan antara orang-orang yang berada di atas aqidah-aqidah bid’ah dan hizbiyyah, orang-orang hizbi ini –wahai saudara-saudara- adalah orang-orang yang jelek, mereka mencari-cari kesempatan untuk menyerang daulah ketika mereka memliki kesempatan,

Ed HusainEd Husain, writing for The Guardian, lost me when he started talking about the “rigorous debate inside Saudi Arabia” over religion. Don't think so. Especially untrue after 20 or so Saudi clerics joined Sheikh Abdul-Rahman Al-Barrak fatwa calling for the death of the two Saudi journalists. Reform in Riyadh By Ed Husain For The GuardianThe battle for the soul of Islam is underway in Saudi Arabia and its neighbouring countries. Last weekend saw the first Catholic church open in Qatar. Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, rather than facilitating similar freedoms for the large religious minorities in the country, leading Saudi clerics were busy curtailing the freedoms of Saudi writers.In the brain-numbing intellectual environment of Saudi universities, muzzled press and censored booksho

Kamis, 20 Maret 2008 06:38:19 WIBKategori : Al-Masaa'ilDaulah Su’udiyyah atau negeri Saudi Arabia adalah salah satu daulah di jazirah Arabiyyah yang dikenal sebagai pembela dakwah Salafiyyah yang gigih sejak berdirinya hingga saat ini. Usaha yang agung dari dauluah Su’udiyyah di dalam mendakwahkan Islam yang haq menyejukkan mata dan membesarkan hati setiap muslim yang cinta kepada Islam yang haq, tetapi sebaliknya membuat geram dan panas orang-orang yang hatinya diselubungi oleh kebatilan dan kebid’ahan! Di antara orang-orang yang sangat dengki kepada perjuangan daulah Su’udiyyah adalah seseorang yang menyebut dirinya Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi di dalam bukunya yang berjudul Kawasyif Jaliyyah fi Kufri Daulah Su’udiyyah – Edisi Indonesia : Saudi di Mata Seorang Al-Qaidah. Dengan iz

Diplomacy has always been one of the Vatican's strong suits.The Vatican has confirmed something sure to make the Arab street seethe--it is negotiating for permission to build the first Catholic church in Saudi Arabia.The announcement comes on the heels of the opening of a church in Qatar. The first Christian church in the country which has no bells nor visible crosses.There are over 3/4 of a million Catholics in Saudi Arabia.Presiding over the cradle of Islam and home to its holiest sites, the Saudi monarchy has long banned the open worship of other faiths, even as the number of Catholics resident in Saudi Arabia has risen to 800,000 thanks to an influx of immigrant workers from places like the Philippines and India. Mosques are the only houses of prayer in a country where the strict Wahha

The Saudi Arabian government is determined to hold back the clock of time and maintain its outdated ideas about the role of women in modern life. The kingdom has opened it’s first hotel exclusively for women and it will be women owned and operated. The Luthan Hotel’s execuive director, Lorraine Coutinho, exclaimed: “Inside this physical [...]

The Saudi government has passed a bill to decriminalize female driving on Saudi streets, a major Saudi news website reported today. The bill also clarifies the guidelines for female drivers (must be over 30 years of age, allowed to drive in the cities alone, and with a legal relative elsewhere) and the punishments for those [...]

Today Fabien and I have a meeting with the government in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. Ever since I was in high school, I have looked forward to the day that I would visit Saudi Arabia. I am no one to judge … so I will not give my opinion. A magical, very conservative world….

Sheikh Abdul-Rahman Al-Barrak/Photo courtesy Saudi JeansThe same week that Saudi King Abdullah talks about tolerance and that no person is above criticism, we have cleric Sheikh Abdul-Rahman Al-Barrak issuing a fatwah that two Saudi journalists from Al-Ryadh newspaper should be put to death for apostasy. Apparently Al-Barrak lives in a vacuum and not only does he not understand the words of his king but the meaning of tolerance as well. His fatwa does nothing for Islam but feed the hatred of others. Saudi Jeans has a few words on the matter.Top Saudi Cleric Calls for Writers' Deaths RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's most revered cleric said in a rare fatwa this week that two writers should be tried for apostasy for their "heretical articles" and put to death if they do not repent.Sheikh A

Since we were talking about Islam in Saudi Arabia in the last article I thought I would pass this along too! RIYADH, March 15 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's most revered cleric said in a rare fatwa this... NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE OVERLY RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR STUPID!

15 of the 19 Hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia and our Presidents sells  the Saudis, a country that does not allow women to drive, $20 Billion in weapons.  Is this a good idea for our survival as a country or bad idea?

The Civil Engineering Department at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) is inviting applications from outstanding college graduates for the Master degree (M.S.), and Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) programs in Civil Engineering, in any of the following specializations; Structural, Construction Management, Geo-Technical, Environmental, Water Resources, and Transportation.The applicant should hold a Bachelor degree (Masters degree for Ph.D) in Civil engineering with an outstanding grade (4.5/5 or 3.5/4 or higher). A TOEFL score of 500 or higher and an excellent score in GRE are also required.Accepted applicants are supported through the Graduate Assistantship Program of King Abdulaziz University. The program provides awarded students with the following:1. Tuition waiver.2. A monthly stipend of 2000 Saud

A Saudi Arabian female activist marked this year’s International Women’s Day by defying the ban on women from driving in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom and she posted a video of her revolutionary action on YouTube. Wajiha Huwaidar, a leading activist in the campaign to get women behind the wheel openly accepted resonsibility for the [...]

Saudi teen girls smoking shisha in a Jeddah coffee shop./Arab News photoCall it shisha, mouzal, agreela, hubbly-bubbly or even hookah like the Americans describe it, smoking fruit-flavored tobacco in water pipes is becoming increasingly popular among young Saudi women. And according to this article in the Arab News, it's young teenagers who have taken up the habit. But Tariq Al-Maeena wonders why young Saudi girls are allowed to sit in coffee houses and restaurants taking up this unhealthy lifestyle while they are denied basic physical education opportunities in school. If they are endangering their health, why doesn't the Saudi government counter it with sports and exercise programs? It's an interesting perspective that is worth considering.Up in Smoke By Tariq A. Al-Maeena Arab News Wh

King AbdullahHamas on Friday claimed responsibility for a gun attack which killed eight Jewish students at a Jerusalem religious school the night before. British and US media gave the shooting extraordinary front page coverage, and deservedly so. This tragic example of violence creating more violence needs examination. But Hamas did the Palestinians no favors with this attack. Reprisals from Israel is certain and the consequences will be far more deadly than the shooting itself. Lost in the media coverage is Saudi King Abdullah's offer to rebuild every Gaza home destroyed by Israeli bombs.Abdullah Offers to Rebuild All Gaza HomesArab News JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the reconstruction of all demolished Palestinian homes in Gaza as a result of I

Saudi businesswomen leave a polling station in the Eastern Province in 2006 after voting in a chamber of commerce election.Princess Adelah bint Adbullah, daughter of King Abdullah, told a group of Saudi businesswomen this week that the key to the Kingdom's economic growth rests with the inclusion of women in the workplace. Although the princess was talking to a receptive and enthusiastic audience, her speech is vitally important because it is seen as the stamp of approval from the King himself on this issue of employment for women.Princess Adelah, a tireless advocate for women's rights, is immensely popular among Saudi women for her frank assessment of where women stand in Saudi society. She gives a handful of speeches each year that usually address the role of women's contributions to th

UC Berkeley just announced that they have finalized a partnership with a Saudi Arabian University, King Abdullah, yesterday. UC Berkeley obviously needs money like any other public university in the nation and this deal will provide them with $28 million. This is a five year deal which requires UC Berkeley faculty to design the mechanical engineering [...]

According to Arab news reports, Tameem Akram Hamadah, 29, was carrying his 1-year-old nephew on his shoulders in a crowded supermarket in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sunday when he began arguing with his sister. The incident suddenly escalated when, without warning,...

Saudi security checkpoint in Jeddah.It appears that Al-Qaeda is attempting to rebuild its Saudi Arabian operations following its defeat at the hands of Saudi security forces in the spring of 2005. This plot to attack Saudi oil installations, as reported by the Khaleej Times, is the second attempt by Al-Qaeda.Al-Qaeda Plotted Attacks on Saudi Oil InstallationsKhaleej Times A senior Saudi official said Wednesday that a terror cell uncovered this week was plotting attacks on oil installations and security forces in Saudi Arabia and receiving instructions from Al Qaeda members operating from an Arab country.Saudis, three Palestinians and a Yemeni were among the 28 militants arrested Monday in a security sweep on suspicion of seeking to rebuild the Al Qaeda terrorist network in the kingdom, a

Saudi security forces.Saudi security forces and the government's intelligence branch took a while to gear up to combat Al-Qaeda attacks inside the Kingdom's own borders following the May 2003 bombing of a residential compound. But the Saudi government has done remarkably well in capturing or killing Al-Qaeda suspects in the past three years as evident in this latest security sweep reported by Agence France-Presse. Saudi security men initially shot first and asked questions later, resulting in many bloody exchanges. But their methods have been refined and the results are more arrests while plots are in the planning stages rather than reacting to an attack. Clearly the Saudi government has something to offer American military leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan to deal with Al-Qaeda cells, but

What a messed up story this is, how can anyone kill let alone behead a toddler? In a crowded supermarket no less! This has nothing to do with the peculiarities of Saudi or Arab culture, this guy is just plain nuts. And because of the heinous nature of this crime, I really don't mind that the price for beheading in the Kingdom, is beheading.In the sun bleached lands of Saudi Arabia these measures, reminiscent of the Code of Hammurabi can be as harsh as the land they live in. Hey it may be rough, unfair, unbending and sometimes oppressive, but when the guy deserves it - there is no justice like desert justice!

The Civil Engineering Department at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) is inviting applications from outstanding college graduates for the Master degree (M.S.), and Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) programs in Civil Engineering, in any of the following specializations; Structural, Construction Management, Geo-Technical, Environmental, Water Resources, and Transportation. The applicant should hold a Bachelor

Abdul Aziz Al-Muqrin's Al-Qaeda website. Bruce Riedel and Bilal Y. Saab write a compelling examination in a Brookings Institution report of Osama bin Laden's battle against Saudi Arabia. The authors characterize Saudi Arabia as Al-Qaeda's third front. The PDF file is here. Riedel and Saab outline much of what we already know about Al-Qaeda's intentions to overthrow the royal family and the group's encouragement of Saudis to fight US and allied forces in Iraq. But the report also gives us a look into Al-Qaeda's extensive operations inside the Kingdom. And although Al-Qaeda has suffered many failures it remains a threat today to Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden has long hated the royal family for allowing Western nations to carve up the Middle East following World War I and allowing the British to es

Image courtesy Arab NewsWell, I must admit that I didn't know there was a supervisor of cinema shows at the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information. Hopefully, the day will come when Saudis can show their films in their own country rather than Senegal.Saudi Films Project Society in Senegal By Lulwa Shalhoub Arab NewsJEDDAH — Short Saudi films have recently been successful in attracting many people to cinemas in Senegal where seven such films are currently being shown as part of a cultural event organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information. “People in other countries look forward to watching Saudi movies as they are eager to know more about the Kingdom,” said Mamdouh Salem, Saudi director and supervisor of cinema shows at the Ministry of Culture and Information. “They

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Saudi Arabia (ThaLunatic Daily) -- A University psychology professor from Umm al-Qra University has been sentenced to 180 lashes and eight months in jail. What was his crime? He had a cup of coffee with a student.Caught in a Saudi honey-trap, an entrapment technique for punishing those who have contact with someone of the opposite sex, the man was framed by the religious police after he angered some of the members at a training course, according to the accused man's attorney.Contact between unrelated sexes, directly or in many cases indirectly is strictly prohibited in Saudi Arabia. The Religious police, which are authorized by the Saudi Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, are charged to monitor the public and enforce a strict translation of Islam.While local medi

Wanna know how nasty the religious police is over there? well, read on my friend.. read on I am not in favor of AlArabiya news website, nor their disgusting propaganda driven writers and staff. But I very much like how they continuously expose how smelly those so-called religious bastards are! Not only does AlArabiya cover their [...]

Fawza Falih Muhammad Ali has been sentenced to death by having her head cut off because a man accused her of making him impotent. Arrested in May, 2004 Fawza was held for 35 days in which she beaten to the point of having to receive medical care after one of the beatings. Denied access to [...]

The Saudi masses were recently struck by a video clip that spread across mobile phones of an anonymous Saudi girl, kidnapped and raped by 5 Bengali men, the video shows four Bengalis tightly holding an adult girl despite her resistance and heart breaking screams. The video -shot by one of the wolves, never shown- appears [...]

Two days ago, I came across the following news article.. A Bengali infected with with AIDS arrested working in a Saudi restaurant: The Riyadh police task force arrested an alien working in a restaurant who was infected with AIDS, and who also didn’t seem to care about it. The arrest was made after receiving information about a [...]

As an Arab, I am blessed to be using the internet in America with almost no censorship over internet websites. When I visited Saudi Arabia two years ago, the only way I could access the internet in my apartment was through slow dial-up connections which can subscribed to for a monthly fee or you [...]

Fouad Alfarhan is the name of the Saudi blogger who was arrested for blogging about Saudi political detainees, placing support banners linking to the activists’ web blogs, and criticizing Saudi figures.. He is considered to be among the first bloggers to exercise freedom of speech on the internet revealing his identity in Saudi Arabia, a [...]

A famous Saudi Blogger called Fouad Ahmed Farhan was arrested in Jeddah on the 11th of December 2007 with no reason from his office , till now he has not been released and nothing has been given as a justification for his arrest. Fouad is very famous blogger with what can be considered according to the Saudi authorities as liberal opinions but judging from reading in his rich critical blog which he was forced to close from couple months then he re-opened again that he calls for equity,justice,the return of the forgotten Islamic values and democracy in the Kingdom Fouad is 32 years old married man and has two children a girl "Raged -10 years old" and a boy "Khatab-5 years old" , he was graduated for Eastern Washington University and has a B.A in Business administration and his major was Marketing, he also got a master degree in Computers from Ball State University , he currently works as a manage for IT company Smart info. The dangerous thing is that he may be charged according to th

In editorials, the Saudi press has harshly censured Syrian Vice President Farouq Al-Shar' for stating at a National Progressive Front conference last week that the Saudi royal family was opposed to dividing Iraq out of fear of losing its control of the oil wells.In an editorial, the Saudi daily Al-Watan said, "Al-Shar' is the most prominent element making inter-Arab relations difficult," and that "unlike others, Saudi Arabia does not use terrorism, violence, or assassinations to protect its interests."

Saudi King 'Abdallah bin 'Abd Al-'Aziz has issued a royal pardon for the "girl from Al-Qatif" who was gang-raped.Last month, a Saudi court sentenced the girl to six months in prison and 200 lashes for "illegally being alone" with a man at the time she was kidnapped by the seven rapists.The king was exercising his right to intervene in judicial affairs in cases when such intervention would produce extensive public benefit.In response to the decree the Saudi justice minister said that the pardon did not raise doubts about the integrity, fairness, and freedom of operation of Saudi judges or of the Saudi judicial system.

Saat sedang membaca koran di situs Antara, ada berita menarik yaitu pernikahan lewat internet. Wah, melihatnya judulnya saja, sudah menggoda untuk membaca. Langsung saja, saya klik judul tersebut. Ternyata sesuai dugaan bahwa memang ada pernikahan seperti itu. Pernikahan lewat internet terjadi di Arab Saudi. Anda dapat membaca berita selengkapnya di SINI. Saya tersenyum saja membacanya. Ternyata [...]