Saudi Arabia’s King Lets Women Sit on Advisory Council
King Abdullah for the first time granted women seats on the Shura council, but they will have to wear conservative Islamic head covering and use doors, offices and seating areas separate from the men.
council
islamic
king abdullah
office
saudi arabia
shura
Saudi religious scholar accused of torturing daughter to death
A prominent Islamic scholar in Saudi Arabia has been arrested and accused of torturing his five-year-old daughter to death after the girl died in a Riyadh hospital.
islamic
riyadh
saudi arabia
Female Factor: A Model of Inclusion for Muslim Women
China's liberal Hui tradition challenges the power of Wahhabism, the puritanical, patriarchal Muslim sect dominant in Saudi Arabia today that is behind much Islamic extremism.
china
extremism
hui
inclusion
islamic
muslim
saudi arabia
tradition
wahhabism
Female Factor: A Model of Inclusion for Muslim Women
China's liberal Hui tradition challenges the power of Wahhabism, the puritanical, patriarchal Muslim sect dominant in Saudi Arabia today that is behind much Islamic extremism.
china
extremism
hui
inclusion
islamic
muslim
saudi arabia
tradition
wahhabism
Saudi Arabia bans mosque loudspeakers during Ramadan
The distinctive sound of the muezzins call to prayer is about to be curbed, as the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs has banned mosque loudspeakers during Ramadan.
islamic
ministry
ramadan
saudi arabia