The kingdom is facing strange times
Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia is a strange man, and I don’t mean this in a disrespectful way. He has been in power for a long time, mostly due to the fact that his half brother, Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz had fallen into a coma for ten years before passing away in 2005. [...]
More education for girls in islamic countries
A cleverly-done advertisement from UNICEF on education for girls in Islamic countries.
Program to eradicate al-Qaida brings up familiar names
The Washington Post’s David B. Ottaway writes on Saudi efforts to tackle the al-Qaida ideology that is growing in the kingdom.
There are some interesting excerpts of Ottaway’s article that I should comment on:
Saudi Arabia has mobilized some of its most militant clerics, including one Osama bin Laden sought to recruit as his spiritual guide, in [...]
Muslim prayer bracelet
The masbahah, or prayer beads, has always been a source of controvosy for some Muslims. Sheikh Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani- the Saudi scholar who once issued a fatwa urging Palestinians to leave the occupied territories en masse- wrote, …the subhah (prayer beads) is bid’ah and was not known at the time of the Prophet… One wonders then what [...]
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