Glossing over extremist ideology
Saudi Gazette report IDEOLOGISTS of different persuasions exist in various professional fields. However, university professors in the Kingdom, due to the crucial role...
View ArticleDisabled drivers frustrated by able-bodied people who park in their spots
Saudi Gazette report Hadi Daghriri was shocked to see able-bodied drivers vying for parking bays reserved for the disabled. Daghriri, who was accompanying a relative who...
View Article120 complaints of impiety in six months
RIYADH — Courts in various parts of the Kingdom have looked into a total of 120 impiety cases filed by parents against their own sons and daughters during the first half of the current Hijri...
View ArticleHysterectomy to protect mentally ill?
RIYADH — A leading gynecologist suggested that mentally ill women should undergo a hysterectomy to guard them against sexual abuse, Makkah daily reported. Dr. Huda Al-Mayouf made the...
View ArticleMinistry approves Misyar for orphan girls
RIYADH — The Ministry of Social Affairs has set up a special committee to facilitate marriages of orphaned girls under its sponsorship, Latifa Abu Nayan, assistant undersecretary of the...
View ArticlePanel confirms violations at Al-Amal
RIYADH — A committee established by the Department of Health Affairs has confirmed several cases of administrative and organizational violations at Al-Amal Rehabilitation Complex in...
View ArticleFree lodging for retirees near Haram
MAKKAH — The Saudi Society of Retirees (SSR) is providing free accommodation near the Grand Mosque in Makkah to its members who are unable to bear the cost of lodging when they visit the holy...
View ArticleSaudis hailed for giving up ‘qisas’ right
RIYADH — Prince Turki Bin Abdullah, deputy emir of Riyadh, received on Thursday night a number of citizens who pardoned people convicted of killing their close relatives following the...
View ArticleHow long will Saudi women be deprived of their fundamental rights? (Part II)
Dr. Suhaila Zain Al-Aideen Hammad Al-Madina In Part I, I wrote about meeting late Interior Minister Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz and asking him when the male guardianship system hanging over...
View ArticleWhat are the rights of the mentally ill?
Faridah Al-Obaidly Al-Bilad The mentally ill and their families in our society suffer extreme agony. Many of them do not know that their rights were guaranteed by the Shariah long before they were...
View ArticleTime to address complaints of female employees at apparel stores
Saudi Gazette report It’s been slightly over two years since the Kingdom started enforcing a law that only allows women to work at lingerie and apparel stores. This week, the Ministry of...
View ArticleContaining atheism
Saudi Gazette report A number of academics and experts have underlined the need for serious efforts to contain atheism in the Kingdom. Claiming that there is a link between the spread of atheism and...
View ArticleCutting in line: A violation of social norms
Saudi Gazette report The courtesy to wait one’s turn in line seems to be dead in today’s society. Whether you’re waiting in line at an ATM or in front of a cashier,...
View ArticleAsir police foil qat smuggling attempt
ABHA — Police in Asir foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 1,500 bundles of qat hidden in the trunk of a car. Police became suspicious of the car and when they asked the driver to stop, he...
View ArticleTwo pilgrims injured in Makkah hotel fire
MAKKAH — Four Civil Defense firefighting units contained a fire that started in a hotel located on Ibrahim Al-Khalil Street in Makkah. More than 250 occupants of the hotel were evacuated as a...
View ArticleFive killed, 11 hurt in Najran accident
NAJRAN — Five Ethiopian nationals were killed and 11 others were injured in a terrible road accident when their SUV rolled over on the road. According to police, the Ethiopians, all of them...
View ArticleAl-Ahsa’s ‘death road’ claims four more lives
AL-AHSA — Four people were killed in a accident on Al-Ahsa-Al-Oqair road, which is known by locals as the "death road", when two cars collided head on. According to police,...
View ArticleFour from one family die as SUV falls off bridge
RIYADH — Four people were killed and five others injured, all from one family, when their SUV fell from top of a bridge on King Fahd Road in Riyadh. According to police, the accident...
View ArticlePollution in holy city
Clouds of fumes spew out from the worksite of a private contracting company in the Al-Maskhouta district of Makkah. The factory on a street leading to the Grand Mosque is allegedly adding to pollution...
View ArticleThe North Indian Fraternity Forum bids farewell to Indian Consul General
The North Indian Fraternity Forum (NIFF) organized a farewell party for outgoing Indian Consul General Faiz Ahmad Kidwai in Jeddah recently. Kidwai, who is seen with NIFF office-bearers, is set to...
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