All Entries Tagged With: "Saudi Arabia"

Putting Marriage to the Saud

The Saudi divorce rate is on the rise.
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- according to a Saudi family counselor ,the divorce rate in Saudi Arabia is on the rise, revealing that 38 percent of marriages end in divorce and that 33 percent of these divorces take place within the first three years of the marriage.
Dr. Laila al Hilali, [...]

No Joke

Some of you did not appreciate the Zionist Death Interviewer.TM And I can understand why if you don’t realize that he is also showing his ignorance about Judaism when he explains the jelly donut. In any event, it was quite simple – some took offence, and made it known to me.
For some, offending the religious [...]

Testing World Hypocrisy

CNN reports on Saudi Arabia’s measures to prevent terrorists from entering their territory.

In a sign of regional concern over terrorism, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence along its entire 560-mile (900-kilometer) border with Iraq to prevent terrorists from entering the kingdom from the chaotic north.
 
The barrier, which likely will take five to [...]

Ways to Handle Stock Market Losses

#1: Palestinian “Shoot Away Your Sorrows” Approach (hat tip: Elder of Zion)

At approximately 01:00 on Friday, 26 May 2006, unknown gunmen fired shots at the Palestinian Stock Exchange located in the Qasr Hotel building, in the Rafedia Quarter of western Nablus.  The attack caused material damage to the exchange.  Sources from the stock exchange indicated that [...]

Running out of Rights

I am guessing that many women in Saudi Arabia would just love to run away, given their shabby treatment. Unfortunately, even running is practically illegal for them.

Under their modest flowing robes, two-thirds of Saudi women are too fat. They can try dieting, but you won’t find many in aerobics classes or power-walking along this city’s [...]

Football Fatwa

According to the Guardian, the Saudi newspaper Al Watan recently published a fatwa setting out new rules for football.

The legal opinions proclaimed by Islamic scholars, known as fatwas, have proliferated in the Muslim world since the 1980s. The growth in fatwas – some of them contradictory – has led to debate over who can legitimately [...]

The Prince and the Frog

Breaking News: France’s Chirac openly admits supporting terrorism.

President Jacques Chirac praised the “ambitious programme of transformations” in Saudi Arabia and promised France would be “at the side of the Saudis” in the fight against terrorism.
And we all know which side the Sauds are on.
 

Chirac: “I love your goatee..it looks a bit like France“
Crown Prince: [...]

Trivia of the Day

Did you know that Bin Laden was sent by the Joooos? Neither did I until the prince of darkness Saud informed me:

Speaking at a meeting of Saudi leaders in preparation for the kingdom’s international conference on counterterrorism, Defense Minister Prince Sultan referred to Osama bin Laden as being “sent by the Jews.”
 
The prince was [...]

The Marrying Man

Here’s a story guaranteed to make your blood boil.
In 50 years, he says, he has married 58 women and has forgotten the names of most of them. He knows he has had 10 sons, but ask about daughters and he counts on his fingers: 22. No, no, 28. No, that’s too many. He settles on [...]

Violence in the Arab and Muslim Worlds

In the past, when I have posted about violence perpetrated by Arab and Muslim men (mostly against their women), I have received some comments along the lines of “Why do you solely focus on the Arab and Muslim men? This phenomenom is not restricted to them.”
 
Maybe these commenters have a point:

An enraged Saudi bride badly beat [...]