Saudi King Abdullah Bowls

Saudi Women Urged to Defy Driving Ban

Activists on Friday urged women to get behind the wheel for Sunday’s first anniversary of the Women2Drive campaign, which has 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,” AFP quoted a statement from […]

Full Story
Jerusalem

Muslim Cleric: Jerusalem to be Capital of Egypt Under Mursi Rule (VIDEO)

If Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi were to become president, Egypt’s capital would no longer be Cairo, but would be Jerusalem, a prominent Egyptian cleric said at a presidential campaign rally, which was aired by an Egyptian private television channel. “Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or Medina. It shall be Jerusalem with God’s […]

Full Story

McDonald’s Power Ranger Samurai Sparks Muslim Outrage in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabians have expressed outrage over a McDonald’s toy which, they say, mocks the Prophet Muhammad, The Gatestone Institute reported Monday. According to a report that appeared on the Arabic news website, Kermalkom.com, on Sunday, the McDonald’s fast food restaurant “abused the Prophet Muhammad by placing his name at the base of a toy that […]

Full Story
Is Saleh Behind It?

Saudi Consul to Yemen Kidnapped – Again

Gunmen in Sana’a kidnapped Saudi Arabia’s deputy consul from outside his residence in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday. Gulf News reported this is the second time Abdullah Al Khalidi has been kidnapped — the first a few months ago in which he was robbed and released. The incident underscores the deteriorating […]

Full Story

Resettling the Mujahedeen-e Khalq of Iraq

by Daniel Pipes February 28, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner Tragedy looms as Iraqi authorities threaten by April 30 forcibly to expel 3,400 Iranians, members of the Mujahedeen-e Khalq. MeK members rightly fear for their lives if pushed across the border for the Iranian regime criminalizes membership in the MeK and abominates […]

Full Story

Sen. Schumer, Who Opposed Keystone XL, Calls for More Saudi Oil Production

Responding to record-high gas prices and a potential for further disruptions in supply, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday requested that the State Department pressure Saudi Arabia to increase its oil production. The senator’s concerns are twofold: “Schumer called on the State Department to press the Saudis to publicly commit to meet their capacity potential […]

Full Story

Obama Administration Silent on Saudi Journalist Accused of Online Blasphemy

(CNSNews.com) – The plight of a young Saudi journalist accused of blaspheming Islam’s prophet on the Internet is prompting growing concern around the world, although the Obama administration has been silent on the case so far. Hamza Kashgari, 23, fled his native country last week after his postings on Twitter brought death threats and calls […]

Full Story
Iran Poised to Target U.S. Homeland

Latest Intelligence Assessment: Iran Poised to Target U.S. Homeland

Appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on January 31, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James R. Clapper warned that the “2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. shows that some Iranian officials—probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei—have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in […]

Full Story