Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia
Saudis Arrest Man in Mecca for Seeking Jewish Bride
Saudi authorities have arrested a man in Mecca after they discovered that he was seeking to marry a Jewish woman. Officials now say...
Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”
According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is...
How Syria’s Ruling Apparatus Became Its Albatross
It was strongly suggested by close top officials in the Syrian government that I spoke with more than a decade ago that when Syria's...
Wary of the Muslim Brotherhood
The year after 9/11, the official Saudi attitude to the Muslim Brotherhood underwent a revolutionary change. In 2002, the Saudi Interior Minister, ...
Keystone Influence: Syria’s Arab Spring and the Race for Regional Hegemony
The Arab Spring is changing the political and strategic map of the Middle East as we know it in ways that will persist for...
Obama’s Syrian Failure
The Arab League's decision to suspend Syria is a serious blow to President Bashar al-Assad's highly unpopular regime, and has led many to believe that...
Iran and Israel’s Southern Front
Israelis following the escalation of rocket launches against southern Israel this past week probably noticed all the reports that the Palestinian organization...
Tehran’s Long History of Murder in the West
Some analysts have expressed doubt that the Iranian government was involved in a recently uncovered plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States....
Al-Qaida Gains Strength in Sinai
At the height of the Iraq War, the U.S. intelligence agencies got hold of a secret letter dated July 9, 2005, written by...
UN-believable Hypocrisy
On behalf of UN Watch, I recently had the chance to testify before United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during a meeting on "Racism,...
The Life of a Jihadist Internet Post
"[M]ilitary training is an obligation in Islam upon every sane, male, mature Muslim, whether rich or poor, whether studying or working and whether living in...
Floating Some Ideas for the Flotilla Folk
Now that the world has been treated once again to the sight of such selfless, humanistic, courageous, modern-day Martin Luther Kings and Rosa Parks, whose...
Delta, You Are Judged by the Company You Keep
About two years ago, shortly before Passover I was invited to attend the launch of a baseball batting challenge hosted by Delta Airlines. The contestants...
Delta and Saudi Arabia: Flying the Friendly, Anti-Semitic Skies
It's no secret that Saudi Arabia bars passengers with Jewish sounding last names and any passport with an Israeli stamp from its flights. It's therefore...
