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Mutawifeen: Proud to serve guests of Allah
Badea Abu Al-Naja | Arab News |
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MAKKAH: Mutawifeen are people who guide pilgrims during their Tawaf (circumambulation of the Holy Kaaba) and when they perform the Saie between Safa and Marwah. Mutawifeen have evolved and set...
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Islam is not about fundamentalism
Tariq A. Al-Maeena | talmaeena@aol.com |
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Shortly after the Fort Hood shootings in which the lives of 13 US Army personnel were senselessly wasted by a killing rampage by one of their own, a US radio commentator called me up for my take as...
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‘Kingdom can beat off intruders’
Muhammad Humaidan | Arab News |
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JEDDAH: Sheikh Saleh Bin-Humaid, imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, said on Friday that the Kingdom was fully capable of deterring any incursion. “Saudi Arabia has the power to deter such attacks,”...
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Riyadh urges UN to end double standard
Arab News |
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NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia on Friday accused UN Security Council members and world powers of practicing a double standard while dealing with international conflicts. “How can these countries call...
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9/11 suspects to face civil trial in New York
Barbara Ferguson | Arab News |
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WASHINGTON: Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that five Guantanamo detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 conspiracy, including accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred...
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Blind inventor looks to the future
Siraj Wahab | Arab News |
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Despite the loss of a leg and his sight, nothing deters young inventor Mohannad Jibreel Abudayyah from pressing on. The 22-year-old space engineering student at Dhahran’s King Fahd University of Petroleum...
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