RIYADH — Tanzanian authorities have detained a Saudi citizen following an explosion in a church in north Tanzania which killed two people and injured 60 others. Saudi Ambassador to Tanzania Hani Momina was quoted by Al-Hayat daily that the Saudi and three of his colleagues from the United Arab Emirates were detained Sunday while walking … Continue reading »
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The Fast and the Luxurious: Dubai police gets Mercs and Bentleys
Adding luxury to crime fighting, the force has included Mercedes and Bentley cars to their fleet this week. (Al Arabiya) Al Arabiya – After generating headlines for their Ferraris and Lamborghinis, it seems Dubai police have a much bigger need for speed. Adding luxury to crime fighting, the force has included Mercedes and Bentley … Continue reading »
Saudi Arabia bride demands groom marry her friends
Lol.. Husband rents three apartments for three wives by Gulf News Report Dubai: A Saudi teacher has reportedly told the man who wanted to marry her that she had only one condition before accepting his proposal: He must marry her two friends at the school at the same time. The would-be groom was shocked by … Continue reading »
Lamborghini and Ferrari make Dubai cops fastest in the world
Dubai police have a thing for Italian speed: They’re making preparations to have a nearly $250,000 Ferrari join an even pricier Lamborghini as the flagship flash of its fleet. Photos carried Wednesday by the Emirates 24/7 online newspaper show the car getting the green-and-white colors of Dubai’s police force. Earlier this week, Dubai’s police … Continue reading »
Dubai Youth smoking ants to get high
More than a third of children and some as young as 13 have smoked the native samsum ant as a substitute for illegal substances such as marijuana, a senior UAE health official has warned. Smoking the red ant gives a similar sensation to smoking marijuana and sniffing glue because of the high concentration of formic … Continue reading »
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia: there should be no churches in Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE
This is on Muhammad’s orders: “I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim.” (Sahih Muslim 19.4366) And that doesn’t mean just Saudi Arabia. That means Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Saudi Arabia Declares Destruction of All Churches … Continue reading »
UAE charges 94 for attempts to overthrow government
The United Arab Emirates referred 94 Emirati suspects to the Federal Supreme Court. (Al Arabiya) By Al Arabiya The United Arab Emirates referred 94 Emirati suspects to the Federal Supreme Court as investigations by the public prosecution found they had launched, established and run an organization seeking to overthrow the government, according to a statement … Continue reading »
Is the Muslim Brotherhood targeting the UAE?
After quietly brewing for the past year, the controversy over alleged Muslim Brotherhood efforts to infiltrate and destabilize the United Arab Emirates has now openly erupted. The most recent development is the arrest of 11 Egyptian expatriates in the UAE on charges of subversion, stealing state secrets and operating under the influence of—and sending large … Continue reading »
UAE wants to control toys that mock Islam
(EOZ)But is mocking the people afraid of mocking allowed? The United Arab Emirates Federal National Council (FNC) has issued a recommendation to the Cabinet to pass legislation on children’s toys that “mock Islam.” The move has already created a round of sarcastic responses from parents in the Emirates, who say the effort on cracking down … Continue reading »
Gulf: Clampdown on sorcerers and witchcraft
LOL/(ANSAmed) – DUBAI, JUNE 11 – In the shadow of the enormous skyscrapers in Dubai, symbols of modernity and innovation, old superstitions and black magic are still popular in the Emirate’s intricate multicultural social web. At least according to the amount of ”material for witchcraft” impounded by the border police: 92 cases in one year. … Continue reading »
Persian paradox
For the Islamic Republic of Iran, the question of fighting off foreign intervention and “conspiracies” has been a watchword ever since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Iranian officials are quick to talk about an unholy trinity of the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel working together to plot in one way or another against … Continue reading »
The Rise of the Saudi Superstate
The 32ndsummit of the Gulf Cooperation Council may be remembered as the dawn of the Caliphate with the Saudi proposal to accelerate the union of the six GCC States likely to dramatically change the region. The union is being described as “EU Style,” but in practice it would be a larger version of the United … Continue reading »
The occupation of Jerusalem (Burak Bekdil, Hurriyet)
(EoZ)In the Hurriyet Daily News, in an op-ed that starts off criticizing Israel for its reaction to Günter Grass’ poem, Burak Bekdil notes something very important: Hardly a day passes in the Islamic world (or in the western intellectual world) without people standing up against and decrying the occupation of “al-Quds” (otherwise known as Jerusalem). … Continue reading »
Iranian claims to disputed islands whitewash history
(Peter Hellyer) On Tuesday, ministers from the six GCC states met in Doha to discuss the recent visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UAE island of Abu Musa. Not surprisingly, the other five GCC members expressed agreement with the deep concern expressed by the UAE at the visit. As UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh … Continue reading »
Iran Picks Awkward Time to Escalate Gulf Tensions
Another crisis is brewing in the Middle East, this time between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Iranian president Ahmadinejad took the unprecedented step of visiting the disputed Gulf island of Abu Musa that both countries claim along with two other islands of Lesser and Greater Tunb. This prompted the normally … Continue reading »
Battle for Bahrain
Brandon Friedman [2] After the popular uprisings that struck in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria, the surviving Middle East monarchies have come under heavy criticism in the West. Many believe it is only a matter of time until they are next. The conventional wisdom in the West is that this revolutionary change in … Continue reading »
