Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: EXTREMISM
West African leaders agree billion-dollar anti-extremist plan
:: West African leaders announced during a summit in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday, a billion-dollar plan to fight the rising problem of extremist violence in the region. The plan, to be funded from 2020 to 2024, was announced
Saudi drive to ‘moderate Islam’ welcomed at UN
:: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s efforts to modernize Saudi Arabia by returning to “moderate Islam” has been welcomed by the UN official charged with promoting traditional rights around the world. Karima Bennoune, the UN’s special rapporteur in the field
Extremism, not Putin, is No. 1 problem, Sarkozy tells Riyadh forum
:: Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, said extremists were the biggest problem the world faced today, not President Putin of Russia who has been accused of meddling in elections in the US and some European countries. Speaking on the
Move over Superman: UN taps superheroine Burka Avenger to fight extremism
:: She has already captured hearts across Asia by taking on corrupt politicians and fighting bad guys who tried to shut girls’ schools – and now even the United Nations has been wowed by a superheroine whose only weapons are
Muslim World League hosting conference in New York
:: Religious and intellectual extremism will be tackled in a conference being organized by the Muslim World League (MWL) in New York starting today. Representatives of Islamic institutions, as well as scientific, intellectual and political participants from around the world
Bahraini parliament to take legal actions against Qatari government
:: Bahrain’s first deputy speaker, Ali al Aradi has called on Bahrain’s parliament to take legal actions against the Qatari government for its involvement and support of extremist groups in the Kingdom. Aradi has asked the parliament to establish a
Saudi Arabia affirms it has never requested Iranian mediation
:: A Saudi official on Wednesday said that the Kingdom has never requested Iranian mediation in its affairs. Any news that says otherwise is false, he added. According to an SPA report, the official said: “Saudi Arabia affirms its strong
Saudi envoy to the UN: Riyadh increased efforts to combat extremism
:: Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Abdullah Al-Maalami, said that Saudi Arabia has made incessant efforts to counter extremism, reported Al Arabiya. In a speech before the General Assembly of the UN, Al-Maalami said that Saudi
Various dimensions of the fight against extremist ideology
By : Dr. Ibrahim Al-Othaimin :: “At #ETIDAL, we stress on our mission to spread and promote peace, confront and refute extremism to make a safer world”. This was the first tweet of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology
Qatar rejects list of demands from boycotting Gulf, Arab countries
:: Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that his country has rejected the list of demands from several boycotting Arab and Gulf countries a day before a deadline for Doha to comply expires. The Qatari foreign minister told
UAE: Qatar rejecting terrorism key to resolve crisis
:: The UAE’s Foreign Affairs Minister Anwar Gargash tweeted on Thursday that the “key” to resolve spat between Arab powers with Qatar is for the latter to “reject backing extremism and terrorism.” Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies accuse Qatar
The global Riyadh alliance
By : Mashari Althaydi :: We are waiting for the grand summit between the west led by Donald Trump and the Arab and Muslim world in Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia, led by the Custodian of the Two Holy
Saudi Ideological War Center launches fresh plans to fight extremism
:: The Saudi Ideological War Center has announced the launch of plans to fight terrorism and extremism, focusing on intellectual initiatives and promoting Islamic awareness both at home and abroad. The IWC aims to confront the roots of extremism and
Why saying ‘I know a Christian’ only furthers extremist rhetoric
By : Mamdouh AlMuhaini :: The blasts that hit churches in Tanta and Alexandria earlier this month left a trail of death and destruction and led to some painful scenes. Children breathed their last in the presence of their parents.
After London, where do we go from here?
By : Mamdouh AlMuhaini The recent terrorist attack in London is an addition to the tragic list of violent acts that have claimed lives of innocent people who just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The conflicting discourse in Saudi Arabia
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed We can often spot on social media outlets a wave of refusal and protest against modernization, representing those that fear the winds of change. In fact, these uncontrolled objections give a big credit to the Saudi
Moroccan King urges diaspora to reject extremism
Morocco’s king on Saturday appealed for “a united front against extremism” and urged members of the North African country’s diaspora, many of them in Europe, to defend a tolerant form of Islam. Mohammed VI called on the five million Moroccans
The creation of nightmares in Saudi Arabia
By : Jamal Khashoggi As if Iran and its nightmares were not enough, us Saudis insist on creating our own nightmares that divide us. A decade ago, I published an article entitled “Empowered by the creation of nightmares.” At the
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