Added on 06/10/2013
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullah Hamidaddin , Asia , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Committee for Promotion of Virtue and The Prevention of Vice , Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice , Islam in Saudi Arabia , Islamic religious police , Law enforcement in Saudi Arabia , Religion/Belief , Saudi Arabia , Sex segregation , The Religious Policeman , Zealotry
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A well-known commentator on Saudi affairs has examined critically the role that the religious police occupy in everyday life
Added on 05/10/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullatif Al-Asheikh , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Governor , Jeddah , President , Religious Police , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Too often they appear to act as an ill-disciplined militia but their powers have been dramatically curtailed.
Added on 28/07/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Christianity , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Islam , Lebanon , Maryam , Ramadan , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette
CROSSROADS ARABIA: It’s the first time that I can recall such a story being covered by the Saudi media.
Added on 18/06/2012
Ahmed-Al-Omran
Abdullah , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Islam , Justice Minister , President , Salman bin Abdulaziz , Saudi Arabia
AHMED AL OMRAN: The new President of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has his work cut out.
Added on 06/06/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Al Watan , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Haia , Islam , President , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's issues , YouTube
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The President of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice delivers a pep talk.
Added on 31/03/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Aal Al-Sheikh , Abdullatif Aal Al-Sheikh , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Haia , India , Pakistan , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Shariah court , Shoura Council , South Asia , Women , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The Saudi Authorities have decided to crack down hard on young men who harass women in the Kingdom.
Added on 22/03/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Diana Al-Jassem , Domestic Servants , Foreign Workers , Jeddah , Ministry of Labor , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi government , Tariq Al Maeena , Worker's Rights
CROSSROADS ARABIA: How can Saudi Arabia can continue its system of hiring foreign workers that treats some as slaves – and what is the solution?
Added on 02/03/2012
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Abdullatif Aal Al-Sheikh , Australia , California , Canada , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Education , Khadija , Maha , Newcastle , Riyadh , Sabah , SAR , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States , University of California , Women , Women's issues
ROB L. WAGNER: Female students returning to Saudi Arabia from studies abroad are finding they have limited, restrictive options.
Added on 17/01/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Abdullatif Al-Asheikh , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Council of Senior Religious Scholars , Religious Police , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , Saudi Religious Police , special adviser , Women , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A well known supporter of the right of women to work Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Sheikh still has a traditional view of their place within Saudi society.
Added on 08/01/2012
Crossroads Arabia
Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Education , Jeddah , Ministry of Higher Education , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Gazette , US Federal Reserve
CROSSROADS ARABIA: There is a huge problem with third level education in the Kingdom. But will anything ever be done about it?
Added on 23/12/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Big Adventure , Christianity , Christians , Christmas , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Eid Al- Fitr , Eid Al-Adha , Expatriates , Food and Drink , Information Technology , Jeddah , Jesus Christ , Massachusetts , New Year's Day , Red Sea , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States
ROB L. WAGNER: If you’re subtle you can enjoy a surprisingly festive Christmas in the Kingdom. Many Saudis also quietly acknowledge Christian friends’ celebration.
Added on 20/10/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abu Dhabi , Ali Sabat , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Chechnya , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Holy Qur'an , Indonesia , Morocco , Oman , Philips , Poet , Qatar , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Saudi court , Shoura Council , Sudan , Tara Umm Omar , Turkey , Yanbu , Yemen
ROB L. WAGNER: A recent ruling by the Shoura Council in Saudi Arabia has brought the issue of black magic to the fore again. Its influence is huge.
Added on 31/05/2011
Crossroads Arabia
Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Saudi Arabia , Women , Women's issues
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Why do you think 24 year old women might want to leave home? A new report does not provide much enlightenment…
Added on 08/03/2011
Steve Royston
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Abdullah , Arabic media , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Haia , Khalid Alnowaiser , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , SMS , The Arab News , Unemployment , United Kingdom
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s not easy for a nation to move from a state where all things flow from the King to one where a country’s wealth belongs to its citizens.
Added on 06/03/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdul Aziz Khoja , Abdulaziz Al Saud , Abdullah , Asharq Al-Awsat , Cell phones , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Editor-in-Chief , Journalist , King Abdullah , King Abdullah University of Science , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology , Middle East , Ministry of Culture and Information , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tariq Alhomayed , YouTube
ROB L. WAGNER: Religious conservatives’ disruptive behavior at the Riyadh Book Fair illustrates the Saudi government’s acceptance of intolerance as long as it doesn’t interfere with its push to modernize the country.
Added on 23/02/2011
Rob L. Wagner
Abdullah , Arab Gulf , Bahrain , Ben Ali , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Egypt , Emir , Facebook , government services , Hosni Mubarak , Iran , Jeddah , Middle East , Naif , North Africa , Oil , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Saudi government , Tunisia , Unemployment
ROB L. WAGNER: Western analysts are engaging in wishful thinking that Saudi Arabia is ripe for a revolution. The Kingdom is no Egypt or Tunisia.
Added on 23/01/2011
American Bedu
Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Journalist , Mobile Phones , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Shoura Council , Women
CAROL FLEMING: The movement to allow women to drive in Saudi appears irresistible. There’s lots to be done, however, to improve male attitudes.
Added on 16/01/2011
Steve Royston
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi , Anti-blasphemy law , Ben Ali , Catholic Church , Christianity , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Florida , genetic engineering , Islam , Israel , Jeddah , Judaism , Mahatma Gandhi , messenger , Messenger of God , Middle East , Nelson Mandela , President , Prophet Muhammad , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Unemployment
STEVE ROYSTON: It’s about building societies in which people are not afraid to think for themselves, and are free to express themselves without fear of censorship or persecution…
Added on 10/12/2010
American Bedu
Adel Fakieh , Banking , Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice , Information Technology , Jeddah , Labor , Ministry of Education , Norah Al-Faiz , Saudi Arabia , Women in the workplace , Women's issues
AMERICAN BEDU: A forum held recently in Jeddah addressed issues of real concern to Saudi women. But will anything concrete come from the ‘talk fest’?