Saudi prince warns Iran against using force to pursue rivalry
A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh’s management of the haj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes toward…
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Three Things to Know About This Year’s Eid al-Adha
It is the second of the two Eid holidays and considered the holier of the two This Monday, nearly 1.6 billion Muslims across the world…
Religion meets realpolitik
Centuries ago a group of people made their way towards Mecca. They were unarmed and wanted to go to the Kaaba for pilgrimage. In spite…
Theodore Karasik: Tehran seeks to make the Hajj political
After a stampede during the Hajj killed a large number of Iranian citizens, Tehrani accusations against Saudi Arabia do not cease. September 5 the supreme leader…
The Mufti of Saudi Arabia Says Iran’s Leaders ‘Not Muslims’
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric intensified the kingdom’s rhetoric against Iran, saying in comments published on Tuesday that Tehran’s leaders are “not Muslims” in response to…
Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of ‘murdering’ pilgrims during hajj stampede
Iran’s supreme leader has said Saudi Arabian authorities “murdered” Muslim pilgrims who were injured during last year’s hajj stampede, as Mecca prepares to host the…
Iran says Saudi should not run Muslim pilgrimage
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the haj after a crush last year killed hundreds of…
Saudi Arabia Wants to Roll Back Iran
Prince Turki bin Faisal, former Saudi intelligence head, unprecedentedly attended a rally for the notorious Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen Khalq (MEK) and called for the…
Lebanese Christians found with bibles, deported from Saudi Arabia
27 Lebanese Christians have been arrested and then deported to Lebanon after being found with Bibles in their homes and praying during the Virgin Mary…
Saudi gets its first female pilot
Despite a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, Hanadi Zakaria Al-Hindi has become the first woman in the kingdom to become an air pilot….