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‘Burkas for baby girls’: Saudi preacher slammed for sullying Islam
RT 4 February 2013
A Saudi cleric who called for baby girls to wear burkas for their own safety has been subjected to a barrage of criticism on social media. The preacher’s remarks have been 
Saudi Arabia beheads two murderers
gulfnews.com 1 February 2013
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its nationals on Wednesday after they were sentenced to death for separate murders, the interior ministry announced. Marwan Al Balawi
Saudi Arabia beheads two murderers
gulfnews.com 1 February 2013
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its nationals on Wednesday after they were sentenced to death for separate murders, the interior ministry announced. Marwan Al Balawi
Saudi Arabia - Forced into extinction
The Economist 30 January 2013
LIKE much that moves in Twitter-mad Saudi Arabia these days, it started with a single message. A lady in Dammam, the hub of the oil industry on the kingdom’s Gulf coast,
Saudi nuclear intentions concern Canada, notes show
Regina Leader-Post 29 January 2013
By Lee Berthiaume
Canadian officials have expressed private concerns about Saudi Arabia's nuclear intentions, repeating in internal documents their fears that the Persian Gulf state could try to
This Week in Muslim Amputation News
FrontPage Magazine 28 January 2013
Amputation in Islam is like football in America. Muslims don’t really understand how important football is to Americans and the Yanks don’t understand how important mutilating body parts is to Muslims.
While Muslim technology continues to lag behind the West, advances are being made in key areas, such as finger amputation machines.
Indonesia to end Saudi maid ban
Bangkok Post 28 January 2013
Indonesia will sign an agreement to lift its ban on maids working in Saudi Arabia when president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono travels to the Middle East on Thursday, according to
Saudi beheading brings nanny ban
Bangkokpost 28 January 2013
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka has banned women under 25 from seeking work in Saudi Arabia after authorities beheaded a 24-year-old maid earlier this month. "As a first step, we are
Swiss block export of gun parts destined for Saudi
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 24 January 2013
The Swiss government blocked a shipment of pistol parts to the United States on Wednesday, citing the risk that they could be used to commit human rights abuses at their final
The OIC Needs to Show It’s Serious About Human Rights
Algemeiner 24 January 2013
On January 21, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) placed a half-page ad in The New York Times (posted below) entitled "OIC-US Partnership:
Court reprieve for liberal Saudi blogger
ArabianBusiness.com 23 January 2013
By Claire Valdini
A court in Saudi Arabia has referred the case of a liberal blogger, accused of insulting Islam, back to the lower court, meaning he may not be sentenced to death if found
Freedom House ranks Israel as region’s only ‘free’ state
Tundra Tabloids 21 January 2013
US-based watchdog’s report says that while in recent years controversies have surrounded proposed laws that threatened freedom of expression, in most cases they gave been
France eyes nuclear reactor sales in Saudi Arabia
Energy Business Review 21 January 2013
French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg and top officials from France-based Areva and EDF are scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia this week to build a case for selling French
Understanding Sharia law and Islamophobia
Washington Times 21 January 2013
By Bob Taylor
"Sharia law" and "Islamophobia"are popping up more often these days, but are they still largely undefined to most Americans?
While the horrible hostage violence in Algeria last week was brief, it received considerable attention from the media. But the Algerian situation was an offshoot of on-going strife in Mali which has been raging for nearly a year with virtually no attention.
Mohammed’s Greatest Discovery, Part 1
Right Side News 18 January 2013
By Kenneth Roberts
What causes a Muslim woman to honor-kill the children she has borne and raised? The explanation is ‘the Stockholm Syndrome’. It is one of the secret keys of political Islam and Mohammed’s greatest discovery
The Stockholm syndrome or ‘capture bonding’ is a psychological paradox in which hostages develop empathy and positive feelings towards their captors, even to the point of adopting the captor’s oppressive ideology. One would expect captives to experience resentment and hatred towards an abuser, but that is not what occurs in the Stockholm syndrome.
Saudi Clerics Protest King's Move To Empower Women
Women Against Shariah 18 January 2013
A group of hardline clerics protested outside the royal palace in Riyadh against the king's decision to appoint 30 women to the kingdom's top advisory body, a YouTube video
Saudis Will Give $100m to Palestinians
THISDAY 17 January 2013
Saudi Arabia will give the Palestinian government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank $100 million to help alleviate a worsening budget crisis, the Palestinian president's
Saudi cleric says elections are forbidden
the elder of ziyon - 17 January 2013
Saudi cleric Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Nasser Al-Barrak has forbidden democracy. He said "the system of elections is a corrupt system that is not legitimate for Muslims... It
Protest in Delhi to protect cultural heritage in Saudi Arabia
TwoCircles.net 17 January 2013
In a clear message to the Government of Saudi Arabia, several Muslims in India today demanded here that the Saudi regime must sign a treaty with all the governments of the
Pigs are Haram, paedophiles are Halal
NOW News 15 January 2013
By Joumana Haddad
The J.Spot a blog about women’s rights, human dignity, secularism and sexual freedom in the Arab world Child marriages happen every day in the world. Most of them do
