Tag: Saudi
Saudi Grand Mufti denounces violence against embassies
The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, has denounced attacks on diplomats and embassies as un-Islamic after deadly protests against a US-made anti-Islam...
Saudi Women Rally in Support of Bahrain Revolution Leaders
Hundreds of women staged a big rally in Qatif city in the Saudi Eastern province to shout protest against the court rulings issued by...
Saudi columnist sparks furore with prostitution comments
A Saudi columnist has triggered a furore in the ultra-conservative kingdom after he wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter that some Saudi women were working...
Eid in UAE, Saudi Arabia on Sunday
Muslims in the UAE and Saudi Arabia will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday as Shawal moon was not sighted on Friday evening, the moon sighting...
Free and fair: Saudi Arabia to build a women-only city
It’s truly a no man’s land! Saudi Arabia is planning to build a city exclusively for women in a bid to encourage career oriented...
Saudi accuses Myanmar of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Muslims
Saudi Arabia accused authorities in Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Monday of “ethnic cleansing” against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the west of the country, state...
Saudi accuses Myanmar of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Muslims
Saudi Arabia accused authorities in Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Monday of "ethnic cleansing" against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the west of the country, state...
Iran president to attend Saudi summit
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders in the holy city of Mecca next week at the invitation...
Saudia invites Iran for extraordinary Muslim summit
Saudi King Abdullah invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held this month in the holy city...
Policeman, armed protester killed in Saudi clash
A Saudi policeman and an armed protester were killed in overnight clashes in the kingdom’s oil-rich, Shiite-populated Eastern Province, the interior ministry said on...
Policeman, protester killed in eastern Saudi clash
A Saudi policeman and a protester were killed in overnight clashes in the kingdom's oil-rich Shiite-populated Eastern Province, state news agency SPA reported on...
Syria accuses Saudi, Qatar, Turkey of supporting rebels
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Monday overtly accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of rendering financial support and arms supplies to the armed insurgent...
Appeal to get 40 Pakistanis released from Saudi jails
Over 40 umra-bound Pakistanis were sent to jails in Saudi Arabia. Returning a wallet found while performing tawwaf to police cost Karachi’s Rameez dearly....
Saudi court releases five female Qaeda suspects
A Saudi court has released five women who allegedly had links with Al-Qaeda, an official said Monday, but implied that the move was unrelated...
Saudi Arabia calls for extraordinary Muslim summit
Saudi Arabia has called for an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held next month to address risks of “sedition” threatening Muslim countries,...
Saudi court condemns ‘tattoo king’ to jail, lashes
A Lebanese man nicknamed the “tattoo king” has been sentenced to one year in prison and 200 lashes in the conservative Muslim kingdom, a...
Bombs thrown near Saudi court in Shiite-populated east
Petrol bombs were thrown during the night by unknown attackers at a parking lot of a Saudi Arabian court in the kingdom’s unrest-hit Shiite-populated...
