According to press reports, the Saudi Embassy in Paris has refused to grant Haj visas to a group of French women who recently converted to Islam. The embassy refused the visas on the grounds that the
A few months ago, Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed spoke about the problem of slums that have sprung up all over Jeddah city. A decade or so ago the city’s slums were limited in both size and location,
A campaign launched by the Ministry of Labor to register young unemployed Saudi men has ended with 100,000 signing up at registration centers all over the Kingdom. Looking at the figure, readers
Immediately after the humanitarian disaster which followed the earthquake and tsunami that devastated large areas in Asia, the Saudi government announced a donation of $10 million. A few days later,
Chairman of King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue Sheikh Saleh Al-Husain was recently quoted as saying the government is not bound by the recommendations of the national dialogue forums, whether
Did the king of Bahrain really visit Saudi Arabia twice — before and after last month’s summit of Gulf Cooperation Council leaders — for the sole purpose of “discussing the current developments in
Perhaps Jeddah is today the only major city in the Kingdom that has managed to maintain some of its unique character, as evident in its historical sites including the city’s old houses and other constructions. Until
It came as a shock to me to know that a fatwa by the Permanent Committee for Scientific Research and Ifta on the February municipal election has banned Muslims from electing any candidate whom they
