Every year, Muslims from all over the world take part in the largest gathering on Earth, the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. The Hajj is a religious obligation that every Muslim must fulfill, if financially and physically able, at least once in his or her lifetime.
The US has kept silent on Saudi regime’s human rights violations, as protests continue demanding reforms and the immediate release of political prisoners.
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz
RIYADH, Sept 25 (KUNA) — Saudi women will take part in upcoming elections of the Shura Council and the municipal polls, announced the Saudi Monarch on Sunday.
The decision to allow the women to take part in the advisory council elections and the polls for the municipal council, namely the right to vote, was taken following consultations with the Kingdom’s authority of senior scholars and experts, and “they all favored such an approach,” said King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, in his crucial announcement, made in his speech, addressed at the fifth session of the council.
Saudi Arabia has apologised to Indonesia for executing a maid without informing Jakarta, officials say.
Indonesian officials said the Saudi ambassador to Jakarta had promised that such incidents would not happen again.
The beheading of Ruyati binti Sapubi on Saturday caused an outcry in Indonesia, where MPs called for a ban on workers being sent to the Middle East.
Interview by Lisa Kaaki, program Not only for women on Saudi 2nd Chanel, Sep 2000 on Nabataean sites and my field trip in 99 during my Ph.D
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Honk for Saudi Women and Wajeha Al Huwaider
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Honk for Saudi Women and Wajeha Al Huwaider
Unfazed by fear of being arrested, Saudi female activists are preparing to test a traditional ban on women driving by getting behind the wheel, despite stern warnings. Their Facebook campaign, dubbed Women2drive, says the action will start on Friday and keep going “until a royal decree allowing women to drive is issued” in the ultra-conservative kingdom — the only country where women face such a ban. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.
Original translation by @FreeBenghazi, with help from Eman Al Nafjan
(@Saudiwoman) and Errafat Thabet (@samwaddah). Video production by Maisie Cohen. Co-ordinated by Jess Hill (@jessradio).
On Thursday May 19, Manal al-Sharif, a 32-year-old IT consultant, got in her car and drove through the streets of Khobar in Saudi Arabia. Sharif had a passenger with her — Wajeha al-Huwaider, a women’s rights activist. Al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving, and the two women talked about the limitations they face as women in the Gulf kingdom.
Manal al-Sharif uploaded the video on YouTube, and before it was taken down four days later, it attracted over 600,000 views.
The following day, al-Sharif drove again, this time with her family. The car was stopped by traffic police, and arrested al-Sharif and her brother. They were released later that evening.
Around 2am the following morning, religious police arrived at al-Sharif’s house, and arrested her again. Saudi authorities say she will be detained until June 5. Amnesty International has declared al-Sharif a ‘prisoner of conscience’, and is calling for her immediate release. (http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/25742/)
On Thursday May 19, Manal al-Sharif, a 32-year-old IT consultant, got in her car and drove through the streets of Khobar in Saudi Arabia. Sharif had a passenger with her -- Wajeha al-Huwaider, a women's rights activist. Al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving, and the two women talked about the limitations they face as women in the Gulf kingdom.
May 28, 2011 – Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal explains why his country wants oil prices to stay below $100.
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Saudi women are demanding to participate in municipal elections
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