Showing posts with label Saudi Arabia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saudi Arabia. Show all posts
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Illegal Hajj Pilgrims Contributes to Large Death Toll; Countries Take Actions Against Tour Companies and Pilgrims

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 According to CNN , Saudi Arabia says that 1301 people died while on the recently-completed Hajj where temperatures soared as high as 120 de...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

USCIRF Ends Saudi Visit After Its Jewish Chairman Was Told to Remove His Kippah in Public Places

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In a press release issued Monday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said that last week it ended an official visit to ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Saudi Arabia Limits Hajj To Residents To Limit COVID Spread

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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Monday that because of COVID-19 the Hajj this year will be extremely limited, say...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Saudi Arabia Relaxes Legal Restrictions On Women

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Human Rights Watch reported earlier this month on significant changes that Saudi Arabia has made to its restrictions on women's rights:...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

Hajj Is Underway In Saudi Arabia

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As reported by Time , in Saudi Arabia yesterday (Friday, Aug. 9) more than 2 million Muslims gathered at Mecca to begin the Hajj. The Conver...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Saudi Decree Will Allow Women To Obtain Divers Licenses

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday issued a Royal Decree ( full text ) which for the first time allows the issuance of drivers license...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Trump In Israel Calls For End To Sectarian Conflict In Middle East

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During his trip to the Middle East, yesterday President Trump delivered an address ( full text ) at the Israel Museum in which he framed a c...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Full Transcript of President Trump's Speech To Leaders of Muslim Nations

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President Donald Trump today delivered a highly-anticipated speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to leaders of Mulim nations. Here is the full tra...
Monday, September 05, 2016

Iran's Supreme Leader Questions Saudi Control of Hajj

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According to today's Jerusalem Post , Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has questioned Saudi Arabia's continued contr...
Monday, July 11, 2016

NYT Investigates Religious Fundamentalism In Saudi Arabia Today

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The New York Times carries a very long investigative piece on the state of fundamentalist Islam in Saudi Arabia today. Beginning on the fro...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Saudis, Iran At Odds Over Hajj Arrangements This Year

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AlJazeera reported yesterday that Iranian Muslims may miss out on the Hajj this September because Iran and Saudi Arabia have been unable to...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Powers of Saudi Religious Police Are Curbed

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Al Jazeera reports that Saudi Arabia's cabinet yesterday voted to strip the country's religious police-- the Commission for the Pro...
Thursday, February 04, 2016

Saudi Court Reduces Sentence From Death To 8 Years and 800 Lashes In Apostasy Case

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CNN reported yesterday that a court in Saudi Arabia has upheld the guilty verdict on a charge of apostasy that was handed down against Pale...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

On Retrial Saudi Court Sentences Poet To Death For Apostasy

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The Star Daily Standard yesterday reported on a Nov. 17 judgment by a Saudi Arabian court that sentenced Palestinian artist Ashraf Fayadh t...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Iran Says It Will Sue Saudis Over Hajj Deaths

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According to the Straits Times , Iran's Attorney-General Ibrahim Raeesi yesterday said that his country will file a lawsuit in internati...
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Saudi Appeals Court Upholds Harsh Blasphemy Sentence

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AFP reports that an appellate court in Saudi Arabia has upheld a sentence of ten years in jail, 1000 lashes, and a fine equivalent to nearl...
Thursday, May 08, 2014

Saudi Online Liberal Religious Activist Gets Increased Sentence On Retrial

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Reuters and International Business Times report that yesterday Saudi Arabian online activist Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1000 lashes, ten...