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Donald Trump Knows Nothing About Muslims
Donald Trump is a real threat to religious harmony and peace in the world. I am an American professor living in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.…
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Islam
Saudi Arabia restores ban on ‘un-Islamic’ Pokémon Go
Saudi Arabia rejects ‘deviant’ Pokémon Go game. Pokémon Go the newly introduced game version of Pokémon has created a heated debate in Saudi Arabia. The game…
Islam
Iran and Saudi Arabia Will Come Together for Rare Meeting to Discuss Hajj Pilgrimage
Iran has decided to send a team of delegates to Saudi Arabia to discuss safety arrangements for this year’s Hajj. The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage…
Entertainment
America Has the Most Influential Muslims in the World
Of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world, 40 hail from America. Even if it is not a Muslim or Muslim-majority country, the United States…
Islam
Mecca Stampede Kills Over 700 People, 863 Injured During Holy Pilgrimage
More than 700 pilgrims lost their lives in a stampede that occurred outside the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. According to authorities, this has been…
Entertainment
Watch Gay Muslim’s Daring Pilgrimage to Mecca in ‘A Sinner in Mecca’
Parvez Sharma, a gay Muslim, filmed his Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, taking viewers where they’ve never been before. Imagine that you’ve been brought up in a…
Islam
Problems on the Road to Hajj: Saudi Arabia Warns of Unrest, Cases of MERS
Pilgrims from all over the world are gathering at Mecca for Hajj as the Health Ministry is warning of MERS. There has been a sudden increase…
Islam
Crane Collapsed in Mecca Just Days Before Muslim Pilgrimage Starts
Disaster in Mecca caused several deaths and left hundreds of pilgrims injured. Over one hundred people died as a crane toppled over the Grand Mosque in…
Hinduism
The Fastest Growing Religions in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, & India Will Surprise You
Data from Pew Research may surprise many as the fastest growing religion in Saudi Arabia & Pakistan is Hinduism, & India will be home to the…
Atheism
Pressure Rises for Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Abuses
Saudi Arabia is under international pressure as details of human rights abuses in blogger Raif Badawi’s case are revealed, despite attempts to censor them. A German…
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Interview with Mark Cohen on Muslim-Jewish relations: history and relevance today
Professor Mark R. Cohen delivering a lecture to a seminar room full of professors and graduate students at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (December 2014)…
Atheism
Why can’t we all just get along? Religion and Violence in the Middle East
Atheist and Theist perspectives on the rising tension and violence in the Middle East. Escalating tensions in the Middle East point to religion as an exacerbating…