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saudi arabia

  1. ronki23

    Iran and Saudi Arabia: Double Standards ?

    Why do Iranians complain about the mandatory headscarf rule in Iran while the Saudi Arabians do not appear to complain about it ? Why do we make documentaries and news articles about the protests in Iran but say nothing about Saudi Arabia ? Is Islam to blame?
  2. danieldemol

    Yemeni journalist in Saudi Arabia gets 15 years for apostasy

    'Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Ali Abulohoom, a Yemeni journalist based in Saudi Arabia who has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for tweets that, according to the Saudi authorities, constituted apostasy. Abulohoom has been detained since 23 August and...
  3. danieldemol

    Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi Arabia executes man over teen protests

    'Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences rights groups say he allegedly committed while under the age of 18. Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was arrested in May 2015 and charged with protest-related offences, many of which occurred when he was 17. He was executed on Tuesday in Dammam, a...
  4. ronki23

    Saudi Arabian schools set to teach Mahabharat and Ramayan

    sorry for the late post
  5. ronki23

    MERS

    I read that the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was from camels infected with a Coronavirus. It has a death rate approximately 11x that of Covid-19. What I don't understand was that it originated in Saudi Arabia but it only reached Oman and the UAE in the Middle East. Maybe a few cases...
    • ronki23
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    • corona virus corona-virus coronavirus mers saudi arabia
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Health & Healing
  6. ronki23

    Saudi Arabian schools to teach Ramayan and Mahabharat

    I don't know how true this is but as far as I know you're not even allowed to wear a crucifix or Star of David pendant. What is life like in Iran where there are minorities ? Maybe that can show us how it may turn out in KSA
  7. danieldemol

    Saudi Arabia has been scrubbing its textbooks of anti-Semitic and misogynistic passages

    'Saudi Arabia has been sharply criticized over the decades for school textbooks that preach women's subservience to men, anti-Semitism and a general enmity toward religions other than Islam. But those textbooks have been slowly scrubbed of much of this objectionable content, with particularly...
  8. danieldemol

    G20 leaders must urge Saudi Arabia to release prisoners: Amnesty

    'Member states of the Group of 20 (G20) meeting during this week’s virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia must call on the kingdom to release its jailed women’s rights activists, Amnesty International has said. In a statement released on Thursday, the United Kingdom-based rights group said...
  9. ronki23

    How are Gulf economies sustainable ?

    No tax and government provides most public services free of charge. That oil will run out one day
    • ronki23
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    • azerbaijan bahrain iran iraq libya oman qatar saudi arabia uae united arab emirates
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Middle Eastern Politics
  10. ronki23

    Shisha & Hookah

    I'm a teetotaller and while I like nightclubs, it's not a big thing for me. So I'm thinking about taking up shisha and hookah smoking because, unlike alcohol, my mind is conscious and in control. What are the health hazards in this ? I was told that 4 puffs is equivalent to a cigarette ? What...
    • ronki23
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    • bahrain egypt kuwait morocco oman qatar saudi arabia smoking tunisia united arab emirates
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: General Discussion
  11. danieldemol

    Divorces rise by 30% in Saudi Arabia after quarantine uncovers polygamous husbands

    ‘Divorces in Saudi Arabia have risen by 30 per cent in the month of February after the quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic caused many wives to discover that their husbands had other wives and families, cording to the Dubai-based news site Gulf News. It was reported back in February that...
  12. Shaul

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia & UAE economies in freefall

    Hit with falling oil prices and other COVID19 related affects the economies of the three largest Arab nations are in major downturns. Three of Arab World’s Top Economies Slide This is quite sobering.
  13. danieldemol

    WHO thanks Saudi Arabia for donating $500 million in fight against coronavirus

    ‘DUBAI: The World Health Organization thanked Saudi Arabia's King Salman for donating $500 million to support the international efforts in preventing the coronavirus spread, state news agency SPA reported on Friday.’ Read more here: WHO thanks Saudi Arabia for donating $500 million in fight...
    • danieldemol
    • Thread
    • corona virus covid 19 donation saudi arabia world health organization
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Current Events
  14. danieldemol

    Saudi Government Denies Medicine to Religious Prisoner of Conscience

    ‘WASHINGTON DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns Saudi Arabia’s intensified mistreatment of religious prisoner of conscience Raif Badawi. The Saudi government has denied Badawi access to books and to crucial medicine, and he has declared a hunger...
  15. danieldemol

    Death Penalty Sought For Islamic Researcher Hassan Al-Maliki

    ‘HassaIn October 2018, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began its prosecution of the prominent Islamic researcher, Sheikh Hassan al-Maliki, in the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, which was specially established in January 2009 to handle cases of terrorism and national security. The official...
    • danieldemol
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    • death sentence hassan al- maliki human rights saudi arabia
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Religious News
  16. danieldemol

    Four detained female activists have been freed by Saudi Arabia

    ‘Saudi Arabia on Thursday released at least four more detained women activists pending trial, campaigners said, bringing the total number of women provisionally freed to seven.’ ‘The activists, some of whom have accused interrogators of sexual abuse and torture during nearly a year in custody...
  17. danieldemol

    Opposition to Saudi Arabia's male guardianship system

    “An 18-year-old Saudi woman's flight from her allegedly abusive family has rallied opposition to the kingdom's male guardianship system - with some activists predicting her story could inspire a "revolution" for women in the Muslim country.” Read more here 'Rahaf al-Qunun is going to start a...
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