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Global travel industry gears up for Muslim tourist boom
SINGAPORE — From halal spas to prayer rooms at airport terminals, the global tourism industry is gearing up for a projected boom in Muslim travel over the next decade, experts say. Their growing number and affluence means Muslims — especially from the oil-rich Middle East — are travelling like never…
Former ambassador to U.S. known as ‘Bandar Bush’ is new Saudi intel chief
RIYADH — The appointment of Saudi Arabia’s longtime envoy to the United States as intelligence chief marks an attempt to give the service a diplomatic edge at a time of turmoil in the region, analysts say. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who served in Washington from 1983 to 2005 and was…
Lebanese tattoo artist sentenced to 200 lashes in Saudi Arabia
A Lebanese man nicknamed the “tattoo king” has been sentenced to one year in prison and 200 lashes in the conservative Muslim kingdom, a Saudi newspaper reported on Tuesday. “Investigations revealed the Lebanese had been practicing this job for nine years,” said Al-Madina. “At first, he used to receive women…
Saudi Arabia clears women for Olympic competition
The BBC reported Sunday that Saudi Arabia would allow female athletes to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In a statement issued by the Saudi embassy in London, the country’s Olympic Committee said it would “oversee participation of women athletes who can qualify,” ending months of questions about…
Activists urge civil disobedience against Saudi Arabia’s ban on women drivers
Activists on Friday urged women to get behind the wheel for Sunday’s first anniversary of the Women2Drive campaign, which resulted in the arrest of people defying Saudi Arabia’s ban on women drivers. “The key to ending the ban imposed on women driving in Saudi Arabia starts with women themselves,” said…
Saudi accuses activist of ‘disrespecting’ judiciary
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor on Monday accused prominent activist Waleed Abu Alkhair of “disrespecting” the judiciary and contacting foreign organisations, his wife told AFP by telephone. Alkhair was summoned by the prosecutor in the Red Sea city of Jeddah who accused him of “disrespecting the judiciary system… contacting…
Bin Laden family about to leave Pakistan: officials
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Osama bin Laden’s family will be deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia early Friday, government officials said, nearly a year after the Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US raid. The 9/11 mastermind’s three widows and their children were detained by the Pakistani authorities after the Saudi…
Bin Laden family’s deportation from Pakistan delayed
The expected deportation of Osama bin Laden’s family fromPakistan to Saudi Arabia has been delayed because their passports are not ready, their lawyer said Wednesday. The 12-member family, including bin Laden’s three widows, eight children and one grandchild, had originally been due to leave overnight Tuesday. Two of the wives are Saudi nationals and the third…
Saudi Arabia rules out sending women athletes to London
The head of the Saudi Olympic Committee has ruled out sending women athletes from the ultra-conservative kingdom to the London Olympics this summer, local dailies reported on Thursday. Prince Nawaf bin Faisal said, however, that Saudi women taking part on their own are free to do so and the kingdom’s Olympic authority would “only help in ensuring…
Man beheaded by Saudi government
Saudi Arabia beheaded on Wednesday a man found guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi, the interior ministry said. Ayed al-Saadi was found guilty of shooting dead Ahmed Khabraniwith a machinegun in a dispute, it said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency. His execution in Riyadh brought the total number of…
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