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Saturday 10 May 2008 (04 Jumada al-Ula 1429)

Al-Ashaikh Urges Imams to Tackle Terror, Extremism
Arab News
MAKKAH, 10 May 2008 — Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance Saleh Al-Ashaikh said that imams and Friday preachers in the Kingdom’s mosques do not deal with the topic of terror...  Full Story 
 
 
Indo-Saudi Defense Ties on Upswing, Says Gen. Naidu
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
RIYADH, 10 May 2008 — Lt. Gen. Milan Naidu, vice chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, who completed a two-day official visit to Riyadh, said relations between the Saudi and Indian military are on...  Full Story 
 
 
Taking a Realistic Stand for Progress
Samar Fatany, samarfatany@hotmail.com.
There has been much discussion and a growing acceptance of the fact that women need to take on greater roles in our society if the Kingdom is to progress, yet a considerable segment of society continues...  Full Story 
 
 
Increasing Interest in Tattoos, Body Piercing Fueling Underground Business
Hasan Hatrash, Arab News
JEDDAH, 10 May 2008 — Young Saudi men and women are increasingly getting their bodies tattooed and pierced, something that is fueling a growth in underground tattooist and body piercers, who are often...  Full Story 
Saudi Citizens Safe in Lebanon: Envoy
Arab News
BEIRUT, 10 May 2008 — As violence raged in Beirut, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdul Aziz Khoja said all Saudi citizens in the country were safe and that no one had been injured, the Saudi Press Agency...  Full Story 
 
 
Democratic Primaries: Beneath the Surface
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 10 May 2008 — Sen. Barack Obama hasn’t managed after months of political combat to force Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the presidential race, so he’s about to try a new approach: ignore...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Fears of Civil War
10 May 2008
Events in Lebanon are cause for the gravest concern. Hezbollah’s takeover yesterday of West Beirut following the worst outbreak of fighting since the civil war has left the government of Prime Minister...  Full Story 
 
 
WHO Gives Taiwan a Runaround
Tariq A. Al-Maeena, talmaeena@aol.com
China has been in the news for the wrong reasons lately. In recent months, the international press has criticized the government of the People’s Republic of China for its violent suppression of the...  Full Story 

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