WorldWide Religious News
Asia/Pacific - Saudi Arabia
- Unpaid Saudi imam locks worshippers out
dpa ("EarthTimes," August 29, 2010) - Saudi cleric slammed over fatwa on women cashiers
Abdullah Al-Shihiri (AP, August 26, 2010) - Saudi man 'faces spine-op punishment'
("BBC," August 20, 2010) - Saudi village discovers it prayed in wrong direction for 10 years
dpa ("EarthTimes," July 30, 2010) - Saudi: OK to uncover face in anti-burqa countries
Abdullah Al-Shihri (AP, July 24, 2010) - The perils of eating fire in Saudi Arabia
Nael Shyoukhi (Reuters, July 21, 2010) - Scholars divided over imam's fatwa on music
Abdul Rahman Shaheen ("Gulf News," June 29, 2010) - Saudis provide mobile prayer rugs for football fans
DPA ("EarthTimes," June 27, 2010) - Saudi Arabia, four men and 11 women socialize: sentenced to prison and lashes
("AsiaNews," June 23, 2010) - Saudi convicts young man for kissing woman in mall
Abdullah Al-Shihri (AP, June 10, 2010) - New Saudi marriage contracts to ask the bride's age
("BBC," June 2, 2010) - Saudi cleric says sport 'corrupting' women
Elsa Baxter ("Arabian Business," May 24, 2010) - In the battle for women’s rights, King Abdullah is photographed with 40 women
("AsiaNews," May 4, 2010) - Head of Mecca's religious police fired for being too lax
dpa ("EarthTimes," April 25, 2010) - Senior officer in Saudi religious police fired for advocating mixing of sexes
(AP, April 21, 2010) - Saudi Wahhabi Interior Minister says no to Shia mosques
("Ahlul Bayt News Agency," April 19, 2010) - Cleric's support for men and women mingling in public sparks furor in Saudi Arabia
Caryle Murphy ("Christian Science Monitor," April 13, 2010) - Family defends Lebanese psychic jailed in Saudi
Scheherezade Faramarzi (AP, April 9, 2010) - Wife of condemned 'sorcerer' pleads for mercy
Mohammed Jamjoom ("CNN," April 1, 2010) - Rebuild Holy Mosque to keep sexes apart, Saudi cleric says
dpa ("EarthTimes," March 17, 2010)
