Mikati heads to Mecca, says source
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2011-09-26 20:21:17 -0700 | political-news
A source close to Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in remarks published on Tuesday that the PM will head to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for prayer. The source told An-Nahar newspaper that the visit is unofficial and that Mikati has...
Saudi woman sues government over vote ban
Source: NOW Lebanon
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2011-06-29 03:55:39 -0700 | political-news
A Saudi woman said she is suing the municipal affairs ministry for upholding a ban on women taking part in a local poll in the conservative kingdom. Samar Badawi told AFP she has filed a lawsuit at the administrative court...
Cables Suggest Mideast Resists U.S. on Cutting Terrorists’ Cash
Source: Newyork Times
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2011-02-05 19:36:05 -0800 | political-news
The government cables, sent by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and senior State Department officials, catalog a long list of methods that American officials suspect terrorist financiers are using, from a brazen armed bank robbery in Yemen last year...
Saudi Arabia does not rule out Al-Qaeda act against hajj security
Source: NOW Lebanon
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2011-01-30 02:33:19 -0800 | political-news
The Saudi interior minister said on Wednesday he would not rule out an Al-Qaeda attempt to disturb security during the annual hajj pilgrimage, which begins next week. "We cannot trust them [Al-Qaeda]. We do not rule out any attempt to...
Egypt grand mufti visits Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque
Source: NOW Lebanon
Mecca :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2012-06-18 15:43:21 -0700 | political-news
Egypt's Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa, visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Wednesday along with Jordanian Prince Ghazi, a senior Muslim official in the Holy City said. Azzam al-Khatib said "Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed, the personal representative of His Highness King...
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