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Saudi fires cleric who criticized mixed university

Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia | about 1 month ago  
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Saudi fires cleric who criticized mixed university Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has removed a top cleric who demanded that religious scholars should vet the curriculum at a new flagship mixed-gender university, the state news agency SPA said on Sunday.   In a rare move, the king relieved...
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