Candy Villanueva with Ehsan. — Courtesy photo JEDDAH — The parents of a baby boy born prematurely almost three months ago have been unable to take him home because they cannot settle the SR400,000 bill their hospital has demanded they pay. Dexter Mateo, 31, did not expect that when he rushed his wife Candy, 30, … Continue reading »
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Writer’s tweet worries female Saudi workers
A prominent Saudi writer suggests women should just stay home Women working as cashiers remain a cause of concern for extremist intellectuals in Saudi Arabia. Twitter activists and users are now calling for holding the writer and intellectual Abdallah al-Daoud – who is followed by around 100,000 users – accountable over a tweet in which … Continue reading »
The Arabic school textbooks which show children how to chop off hands and feet under Sharia law
By Leon Watson Barbaric textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law, it has emerged. The shocking books, paid for and printed by the Saudi government, also tell teenagers that Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be ‘put to death’. … Continue reading »
30 held in Saudi Arabia for party involving nudity, alcohol, drugs, sex and Satanic rituals
Arrested included Saudis, Westerners and other Arabs http://www.emirates247.com Saudi Arabia’s feared religious police arrested 30 people, including Westerners and Saudis, after they were caught having a mixed-gender party involving nude persons, alcohol, drugs, sex and “Satanic rituals,” a newspaper reported on Monday. Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice … Continue reading »
Saudi Arabia Sentences 2 Women to 10 Years/1000 Lashes for Witchcraft
By Daniel Greenfield WOW.. Every time Muslims complain about being the victims of a witch hunt, they should be reminded that they are the ones who actually hunt witches. A Saudi court sentenced two Asian housemaids to 10 years in jail and ordered their lashed 1,000 times each after they were found guilty of indulging … Continue reading »
Saudi Arabia blocks access to Jpost.com
Just note, Im reposting this for our readers in Saudi Arabia. This blog has many readers in the Kingdom (#7) and I try to cover events that pertain to them, good and the bad. This I feel is such a step back for the people and I am sorry for the extra repression. This blog … Continue reading »
Will Saudi Arabia get the bomb?
There has been much speculation about the possibility of Riyadh acquiring, or developing, nuclear weapon should Tehran obtain the bomb. (Photo Courtesy: CNAS) Naser al-Tamimi, Special to Al Arabiya As the impasse over Tehran’s nuclear program worsens, those most likely to be directly affected by an Iranian bomb are showing greater alarm. While the … Continue reading »
Saudi detained in Tanzania after blast
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 »
Saudi Arabia: New counterterror strategy?
Interesting view from the Wahhabi terrorist school called Saudi Arabia.. by Ali Bluwi The meeting of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah with a number of religious figures — chief among them was the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom — brought to the fore a new strategy that will be put in place … Continue reading »
Saudi Arabia: SQUEALS OF RAGE!
BNI Saudi TV channel under fire over ‘pig’ cartoon. Emirates 24/7 A prominent Saudi Islamic scholar has slammed a local satellite TV children channel for showing a cartoon film involving a pig as its main character. Sheikh Mohammed Al Areefi described the programme telecast by Ajial (generations) channel as trivial and without any educational objective. … Continue reading »
The Human Cost of Jihad Denial
By Robert Spencer Wednesday brought new confirmation of the increasingly obvious fact that the U.S. intelligence apparatus in the age of Barack Obama is woefully unprepared to deal with the foremost threat to the safety of Americans today: Islamic jihad terrorism. Nor is this lack of preparedness due to a lack of funding (Lord knows … Continue reading »
The coming Arab Winter
While the extent of the fracking-induced geopolitical tremors are still to be felt, the shaking up of the Middle East’s tyrannical oil policies is moving the regional tectonic plates as politics never could by Peter C. Glover and Michael J. Economides Forget the Arab Spring. Islamists have already hijacked it. But, as if internally extinguishing … Continue reading »
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia ‘warned the United States IN WRITING about Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2012′
Saudis developed intelligence separately from Russia, which also warned the U.S. about the accused Boston bomber A letter to the Department of Homeland Security allegedly named Tsarnaev and three Pakistanis as potential jihadis worthy of U.S. investigation Red flags from Saudi Arabia to have included Tsarnaev’s name and information about a planned explosive attack … Continue reading »
Saudi Students in US Increased 500% Since September 11
By Daniel Greenfield If there were some kind of award for completely failing to grasp the lessons of September 11, this would have to qualify. Back in January, Obama trashed most of the remaining post-9/11 restrictions on Saudi visitors to the United States. But the problem largely predates him. The number of Saudi students in … Continue reading »
Gitmo Terrorists Enjoy the Good Life at Saudi Terror Rehab
By Daniel Greenfield When the Saudi government prevails on the United States to release its Al Qaeda terrorists out of Gitmo and back to its loving arms for terror rehab, these are the types of places they go. If you thought Gitmo with its menus, its overstocked film library and torrent of lefty sympathy was … Continue reading »
Saudi Arabia: Clans of Terror
By Daniel Greenfield On his site, Walid Shoebat has an interesting discussion about the role of Saudi clans in supporting terrorism. While America is an individualistic society, the Muslim world is often tribal. Clan matters more than country. Terrorism and crime by the Saudis is interlinked extensively within families, as we see in the Harbi … Continue reading »
