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Letter from Saudi Arabia: Worst war fears are coming true

What is happening in Saudi Arabia? Things are baffling, to say the least. These sorts of things rarely take place in this part of the world.

Letter from Dhahran: Western expats increasingly worried

Saudi Arabia is working on a project to eliminate extremism from the society, the Saudi Minister for Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Guidance and Call, Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Aal Al Sheikh, revealed in an interview with a local Arabic daily.

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz inaugurated the first ever human rights moot in Riyadh late on Monday, highlighting Saudi Arabia's commitment to the Sharia and the humanitarian principles laid down by Islam 1,400 years ago.

Letter from Saudi Arabia: Age-old system of alms-giving becomes a thing of the past

Letter from Riyadh: Defining moments in modern Saudi history

Letter from Dhahran: Winds of change blow traditions away

Industrial city for Saudi women soon

Eminent Islamic jurists meeting in Makkahtul Mukarrama under the aegis of Muslim World League have reached the conclusion that killing the innocents could not be condoned in the name of religion.

A Saudi religious scholar, wanted by the local authorities for his extremist ideas has condemned the recent public recantations by several former militant scholars, according to a report carried by the Arabic daily Asharq Al Awsat and reported in the Saudi Gazette.

Saudi authorities have arrested 16 people and confiscated a huge cache of explosives in nationwide raids on extremist hideouts, the Interior Ministry said yesterday.