Religious meddling

On August19 , al Azhar issued a Fatwa banning Arab and Islamic countries from dealing with Iraq’s interim Governing Council, saying it lacks religious and political legitimacy. It described the council as been imposed on the Iraqis by the will of the occupation, and does not conform to Islam’s established principle of Shura (counsel). albawaba.com …

Tourism? In Saudi?

You’d be surprised, especially with all the negative criticism and publicity against Saudi – some justified for sure, that Saudi would be the very last country on Earth that has a tourism industry. But leave the stereotypes behind you, Saudi is a huge and varied country with a wealth of touristic places that people flock …