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INDONESIAN YOUTH: SAUDI ARABIA HAS 'POLITICISED' HAJJ
Officials should urge Saudi Arabia to abandon restrictions on the right to worship, Hasheem said... READ MORE›
SAUDI PRINCE 'FIRED AFTER AUDIO TAPE CONTRADICTS STATE'
Prince Abdullah bin Saud reportedly fired over audio tape that refutes authorities' version of princes' arrest... READ MORE›
ELEVEN SAUDI PRINCES DETAINED AFTER PROTESTING ABOUT LOSS OF PERKS
Dozens of princes, high officials and senior businessmen were rounded up in November in a crackdown on graft that has boosted Mohammed's power... READ MORE›
MOVIE THEATERS TO BE ALLOWED AFTER DECADES OF BAN
Saudi Arabia on Monday said it would lift the kingdom's decades-long ban on movie theaters, part of reforms by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman... READ MORE›
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THE ARAB WORLD'S WEALTHIEST NATIONS ARE DOING NEXT TO NOTHING FOR SYRIA'S REFUGEES
Why are Saudi Arabia and its oil-rich neighbors doing so little for Syria's refugees?... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA TO BUILD ENTERTAINMENT CITY NEAR RIYADH
Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family considers itself the protectors of Islam's holiest sites, Mecca and Medina... READ MORE›
SUICIDE BOMBING NEAR SAUDI HOLY SITE
The mosque is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad and Medina the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca... READ MORE›
IS SAUDI ARABIA GOING BANKRUPT?
Saudi Arabia currently has 654.5 billion in foreign reserves, but the cash is disappearing quickly... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES WORRY MUSLIMS AT HAJJ
Pilgrims say people are irritated, angry, and worried about US president's policies targeting Muslims... READ MORE›
MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD GATHER SACRIFICE ANIMALS FOR EID AL-ADHA
The Islamic holy book tells how Allah demanded that Ibrahim sacrifice his first son, Ishmael, in an act of subservience to his god... READ MORE›
ADNAN KHASHOGGI HIGH-LIVING SAUDI ARMS TRADER DIES AT 81
Adnan Khashoggi, High-Living Saudi Arms Trader, Dies at 81... READ MORE›
CABLES RELEASED BY WIKILEAKS REVEAL SAUDIS CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY
BEIRUT Lebanon It seems that everyone wants something from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
SNAPCHAT'S SNEAK PEEK INTO MECCA WINS OVER SOCIAL MEDIA
Millions of Muslims travelled to Mecca with Snapchat documenting the event with the hashtag Mecca Live... READ MORE›
GERMAN VICE-CHANCELLOR ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OF FUNDING ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE WEST
The allegation that Saudi Arabia has funded mosques with links to Islamist terrorism in the West is not new... READ MORE›
EXTREME HEATWAVES COULD PUSH GULF CLIMATE BEYOND HUMAN ENDURANCE, STUDY SHOWS
Oil and gas rich nations in the region, particularly Saudi Arabia, have frequently tried to frustrate international climate change negotiations... READ MORE›
SCORES DEAD IN CRANE COLLAPSE IN MECCA'S GRAND MOSQUE
The Grand Mosque or Great Mosque of Mecca also known as Masjid al-Haram is the largest mosque in the world... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 717 KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED IN CRUSH DURING HAJJ
The government of Saudi Arabia must accept the huge responsibility for this catastrophe, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said after 131 Iranian citizens died... READ MORE›
WOMAN WINS SEAT IN SAUDI ELECTION
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy with some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, including a ban on driving... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA: FIRST WOMEN COUNCILLORS ELECTED
Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi was named as Saudi Arabia's first elected female politician, after winning a seat on the council in Madrakah in Mecca province... READ MORE›
INSIDE MECCA'S MATRIX
The pilgrimage this year comes as Saudi Arabia faces an expansion of Islamic State group attacks... READ MORE›
SAUDI WOMEN REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME
Two women in Saudi Arabia made history last week when they became the country's first registered female voters, according to local media... READ MORE›
A REPUBLICAN SENATOR VISITED A MOSQUE TO SPEAK UP FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
Because like Muslims, Mormons do not drink alcohol, our trip to the temple is usually followed by a stop at Dairy Queen... READ MORE›
SAUDIS FOIL PLOT TO ATTACK GRAND MOSQUE
Security forces in Saudi Arabia say they've disrupted a plot to attack the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca... READ MORE›
SAUDI INTERVENTION ONLY FANS YEMENS FLAMES
The Houthis adhere to an offshoot of Shiite Islam known as Zaydism and had battled the Yemeni state off and on for years... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CALLS ON SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE IN REFUGEES AFTER ONLINE SPAT WITH SAUDI PRINCE
Mr Trump made the demand on Twitter writing Has ... Saudi Arabia, taken any of the Syrian refugees?... READ MORE›
BRADFORD DAWOOD FAMILY 'SPLIT TO CROSS SYRIA BORDER'
Sisters Khadija Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children went missing after travelling to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
AL-AZHAR TOP CLERIC CALLS FOR RELIGIOUS TEACHING REFORM
'Bad interpretations' Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb condemned terrorism at the opening of a three-day counter-terrorism forum in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
HAJJ PREP SEARCH SOUL BUY STURDY SHOES PAY THE DENTIST
If you buy them in Mecca or Medina, it's around 35 a kilo... READ MORE›
HAJI ALI DARGAH: MUMBAI MOSQUE TO LIFT BAN ON WOMEN
Haji Ali Dargah trust tells court it will allow women to enter inner sanctum of 15th century mausoleum near Mumbai... READ MORE›
FROM HOUSEWIFE TO KILLER: THE MYSTERY OF SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTER TASHFEEN MALIK
On San Bernardino Suspect Tashfeen Malik Other basic facts are also unclear, including Malik's age... READ MORE›
SAUDI PRINCE HELD AFTER SEIZURE OF TWO TONS OF AMPHETAMINES AT BEIRUT AIRPORT
Prince abdel mohsen bin walid bin abdulaziz was held with four other men in what was described as the biggest ever drugs bust... READ MORE›
SYRIA DENOUNCES SAUDI CRITICISM OF IRAN ON PEACE TALKS
Until two weeks ago the idea that Saudi Arabia and Iran would sit at the same table was unthinkable... READ MORE›
'MUSLIMS HAVE TO STAND UP' TO ANTI-ISLAMIC SPEECH
Muhammad Ali on Donald Trump 'Muslims have to stand up' to anti-Islamic speech... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL FROM HAJJ STAMPEDE REACHES 2411 IN NEW ESTIMATE
A virtual news blackout on the disaster has prevailed in Saudi Arabia's news media since... READ MORE›