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Saudi Arabia’s Iran Obsession
By
Aziz Poonawalla
(This is a guest post by my friend and Islamsphere scion Ali Eteraz) I woke up this morning and found a comprehensive Middle East peace plan being offered by Saudi Arabia in the pages of the Washington Post. Putting aside whether or not the proposed Arab peace initiative of 2002 is viable or progressive, I…
Child Brides in Saudi Arabia?
By
Hesham A. Hassaballa
Usually, nothing coming out of Saudi Arabia surprises me. Yet, this story shocked me to the core. According to a report by CNN, a Saudi judge recently refused to annul the marriage of an “eight-year-old girl to a 47-year-old man.” The annulment petition was brought by the girl’s mother, and the judge dismissed it because,…
equal rights for bearded women
By
Aziz Poonawalla
This is hilarious: That’s very promising! Progress should be incremental. And the mullahs are always trying to encourage people to grow their beards, anyway…
(un) making Mecca
By
Aziz Poonawalla
In the year 2020, the Grand Mosque complex housing the Ka’aba might look something like this: This is just one possible design that will be floated by star architects Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid, recruited by King Abdullah to vastly increase capacity at the mosque: According to sources, the scheme for Islam’s holiest city could…
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