Seven Bahrainis detained and later released on suspicion of plotting terrorism yesterday denied any links to Al Qaeda or any other terrorist organisation. The seven said they did not know why the Interior Ministry suspected them because they spent their spare time on charity work, teaching Quran and similar activities. Speaking at a Press conference …
It’s reported on the front page of Al-Ayam today that whoever wishes to marry a second wife must now prove that he can take care of the first wife and her children before he will be allowed to marry a second, and only after approval from the higher casation shari’a court! This is a major …
The Angry Arab is releasing his book tomorrow: The Battle for Saudi Arabia. I am absolutely convinced that it won’t see the light of day in any of the Gulf countries so we can’t critique it. But hope to pick up a copy and make it my holiday reading!
So Muslims CAN make their feelings shown! I’ve written before about a mosque care-taker using a mosque in Tubli as his personal brothel where he lures children into his room within the mosque, molests and rapes them about a year ago. He was prosecuted, had a sentence of 10 years in jail thrown on him …
Bahrainis took to the streets yesterday to demand that torturers and human rights violators be brought to justice. Around 400 people took part in the rally held next to the United Nations House in Hoora to mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. “We are here to honour and pay tribute …