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Unity and education can help Muslims, says Indian scholar
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — India’s social fabric is friendly to all communities. To know each other one should be socially conscious and for it knowledge is...
View ArticleSaudia’s first Toronto flight from Oct. 28
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Saudi Arabian Airlines is due to operate its first flight to Toronto from Oct. 28. Saudia is finalizing the flight schedule and procedures for setting up its...
View ArticleWoman loses teeth after getting an injection
Maslam Al-Omair Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — A woman in her 20s passed out and fell off her bed face first onto the ground, losing two of her front teeth, after she was injected with the...
View ArticleOrphan found dead in his room
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Jeddah Police have opened an investigation into the death of an orphan whose slightly-decomposed body was found in his room in Jeddah on the second day of Eid...
View ArticleMisgivings about Islam figure at UK symposium
Saudi Gazette report LONDON – The secretary general of the Makkah-based Muslim World (MWL) will open in London Wednesday a symposium to discuss the role of Islamic centers in the West to...
View ArticleSaudis charged in 29% of sorcery cases last year
DAMMAM — Over 100 Saudis faced sorcery charges in the Kingdom last year, constituting about 29 percent of the total cases filed, Al-Sharq newspaper reported. Forty-three of the foreign...
View ArticleFilipino group assists undocumented OFWs
Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – A Filipino community group in Jeddah has attempted to provide relief to undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) currently staying at a temporary...
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Eid festival in Dammam
An artist entertains families by putting up a spectacular “Light and Sound” show at an Eid festival in Dammam. — SPA
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Makkah locality remains unpaved for 20 years
Ahmad Al-Afifi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Twenty years have passed and the streets of Makkah’s Al-Sofyani neighborhood remain unpaved. The neighborhood’s residents have...
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55-year-old Makkah post office to be demolished
Abdullah Al-Thibyani & Ahamad Al-Hassani Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – A 55-year-old post office building in Gaza Street, the oldest government building in Makkah and a well-known...
View ArticleWho protects the victims of violence?
Abdo Khal Okaz Incidents of domestic violence have been on the rise recently. Every day we hear or read about a case where the victim is beaten up or deprived of the right to live a normal life or get...
View ArticleArrest them at all cost
Yasser Al-Marek Al-Riyadh Making fun of and disrespecting laws and the rights of others are a dangerous practice that will spread over time if not tackled timely and properly. Such violations pose a...
View ArticleNew company awaits ministry nod to sponsor 40,000 Burmese
Ali Gharsan Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — A Saudi company is expected to get final approval from the Ministry of Interior to transfer the sponsorship of 40,000 Burmese workers. The company will...
View ArticleErring businesses fined SR11m
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Labor’s labor dispute commission has imposed fines of SR11 million on various businesses that breached the ministry’s laws,...
View ArticleProbe launched into death in private clinic
BISHA – Police have started an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Saudi male who was brought dead to a government hospital by a doctor and a nurse from a private...
View ArticleOfficer thwarts suicide attempt
BURAIDAH – Al-Qassim Security Patrol Department’s director Col. Salih Al-Qarzaee succeeded in preventing an Asian housemaid from committing suicide. She had climbed to the roof of a...
View ArticleSuspect in Tabuk heist arrested
TABUK – The man who stole SR10 million in Ramadan from an ATM servicing vehicle has been arrested, according to a source in Tabuk police. The suspect was an employee for the company that...
View ArticleTwo held in raid on liquor distillery
JEDDAH – Two Ethiopians were arrested for operating a liquor distillery at the Khumrah neighborhood, according to Jeddah police spokesman First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq. Police seized 500 bottles of...
View ArticleTwo arrested for robbing pharmacies
JEDDAH – Police nabbed two males of African descent who allegedly robbed several pharmacies in Jeddah in broad daylight and then fled. The thieves would enter a pharmacy as customers and then...
View ArticleMosque set on fire in Dammam
DAMMAM – An unidentified person has set fire to a mosque in Dammam and fled, according to Eastern Province Civil Defense spokesman Col. Ali Al-Qahtani. Twelve air conditioners and a speaker...
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