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Arabs fail to address oppression against Uygur Muslims during China-Arab Summit
December 11, 2022
Arabs fail to address oppression against Uygur Muslims during China-Arab Summit
Uyghur Muslims face mass atrocities, if not genocide, at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). With Chairman Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia last week to meet with Arab leaders, these Muslim-majority countries had an opportunity to advocate for…
Saudi Arabia to hold Hajj Expo 2023 in January
December 10, 2022
Saudi Arabia to hold Hajj Expo 2023 in January
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah is organizing a conference and exhibition for Hajj and Umrah services, ” Hajj Expo 2023″, next January. The exhibition will be held in Jeddah to showcase innovative services and solutions to facilitate the…
Saudi Crown Prince ignores addressing suffering of millions of Uyghur Muslims in his meeting with Xi Jinping
December 10, 2022
Saudi Crown Prince ignores addressing suffering of millions of Uyghur Muslims in his meeting with Xi Jinping
The US “Bloomberg” news agency criticized what it described as the “shameful silence” of the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in not addressing the suffering of millions of Uyghur Muslims in the Chinese “Xinjiang” region, during his lengthy and…
The moon perpendicular to the Kaaba today
December 6, 2022
The moon perpendicular to the Kaaba today
Today, the sky of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, will witness the perpendicularity of the growing gibbous moon to the Kaaba. The head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Majid Abu Zahra, explained that the moon will rise in Mecca from the…
Saudi Arabia: New measures for personal visits, Umrah, and other tourism in the Kingdom
December 1, 2022
Saudi Arabia: New measures for personal visits, Umrah, and other tourism in the Kingdom
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a mechanism for obtaining a “personal visit” visa, which enables visitors to enter the Kingdom’s lands to visit their friends or acquaintances who are Saudi citizens, with the possibility of traveling between the…
Saudi authorities detain wife, daughter of jailed dissident
November 28, 2022
Saudi authorities detain wife, daughter of jailed dissident
Saudi authorities have reportedly arrested the wife and daughter of a jailed dissident, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against political opponents, scholars, human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners widens in the kingdom. According to media…
UN condemns executions in Saudi Arabia
November 25, 2022
UN condemns executions in Saudi Arabia
The United Nations has condemned the executions carried out by the Saudi authorities continuously, calling for an immediate suspension. A spokeswoman for the UN human rights office said 17 men had been executed in Saudi Arabia since November 10 on…
Resumption of executions in Saudi Arabia
November 23, 2022
Resumption of executions in Saudi Arabia
Over the last two weeks executions have been taking place almost daily in Saudi Arabia after the authorities ended a 21-month unofficial moratorium on the use of the death penalty for drug-related offences. Since 10 November, 17 men have been…
In a flagrant violation of rights, Saudi authorities demolish the Shia Al-Harif Mosque in Al-Qatif
November 21, 2022
In a flagrant violation of rights, Saudi authorities demolish the Shia Al-Harif Mosque in Al-Qatif
Today, religious and popular circles in the Saudi city of Qatif denounced the authorities’ demolition of the Shia Al-Harif Mosque in the city, and offering its land for sale in a public auction under the supervision of the General Court.…
Saudi Arabia deports hundreds of Ethiopians after months-long detention, torture
November 16, 2022
Saudi Arabia deports hundreds of Ethiopians after months-long detention, torture
Saudi Arabian authorities have deported hundreds of Ethiopian migrant workers after keeping them for months in detention centers across the oil-rich kingdom under conditions so degrading that they amount to ill-treatment. According to a report published by ‘The New Khalij’…