A hardline Saudi cleric has called on football’s governing body, FIFA, to prohibit players from making the sign of the cross in celebration on the field. As expected, not only have his calls fallen on deaf ears, but he has also been lambasted online. Mohammed Alarefe boasts 17.5 million Twitter followers, which, though impressive, is unlikely to hold any sway with FIFA’s elite. “I’ve seen... 

Throughout his campaign for the White House in 2016, and since assuming office in January, Trump has made Iran the focus of his ire, to the point where the Iranians are more than justified in preparing for the very real prospect of military confrontation with the US – and sooner rather than later. The Trump administration’s consistent and ongoing demonization of Iran flies in the face of reality... 

Protests erupted at airports across the country following Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring Muslims from seven countries from entering the United States. For centuries non-Muslims have not been allowed in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city. Prior to March 1, 2004, the official Saudi government website stated that Jews were forbidden from entering the country. Democrats and Muslims protested... 

Swiss lawmakers have expressed growing concerns regarding lack of transparency over the country’s mosques and Muslim organizations’ funding. The parliamentarians fear foreign influence, citing the problem of Islamic radicalization in Europe. Swiss parliamentarians have raised the alarm over possible foreign influence on the country’s mosques and called attention to lack of transparency... 

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has admitted that he has been pressuring the US government to change the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). JASTA permits victims of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, as well as their families, to sue Riyadh, or any other sovereign entity thought to be supporting terrorism in the US. Of the 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists who were... 

A rapidly-increasing civilian death toll resulting from Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen has prompted the White House to halt the sale of weapons to Riyadh. Washington announced that instead it will shift focus to improving target practice in the kingdom and training the Saudi Air Force. In the 20 months since the Saudis, at the behest of Yemen’s exiled president, became involved in the... 

The daughter of King Salman of Saudi Arabia has fled Paris after instructing one of her bodyguards to beat, kiss her feet and even murder a painter and decorator, it was claimed today. Princess Hassa, 42, has pleaded diplomatic immunity against prosecution after telling the armed aide: ‘You have to kill this dog, he doesn’t deserve to live.’ But the bodyguard, who has not been named, was... 

Tensions continue to simmer between Washington and Riyadh: the publication of the 28 pages of the Congressional Inquiry into the 9/11 tragedy is just one link in the chain of events indicating that US-Saudi relations are deteriorating steadily. The US-Saudi relationship is on its way to an all-time low. The publication of the 28 pages of Congressional Inquiry into the 9/11 terrorist attacks and renewed... 

The declassified “28 Pages” released by Congress Friday afternoon concerning 9/11, terror funding, and Saudi Arabia contains a bombshell piece of information: The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) is specifically named as having connections to terror funding and support for a number of worldwide terror groups. As Breitbart News has reported exclusively, the “Abedin family business” is... 

The long-awaited 28 pages of a 2002 congressional report on the 9/11 attacks have been released. The document indicates that prominent members of the Saudi Arabian were involved in planning and financing the terror attacks. Hillary Clinton had access to the 28 pages just like most US government officials. She perfectly knew what the Saudis did on 9/11 yet she took HUNDREDS of millions of dollars from... 

New evidence reveals a link between Saudi Arabia and 9/11, according to an international newspaper. Ghassan Al-Sharbi, a Saudi bombmaker, is said to have taken flying lessons with the 9/11 hijackers and U.S. investigators found his flight certificate in an envelope from the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., the Australian reported, citing a recently declassified U.S. memo. “The envelope points... 

During Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia, it has become clear just how much the US government has upset their Saudi allies. Obama came to Riyadh hoping to discuss how the United States and Saudi Arabia could confront the issues of terrorism and regional instability in the Middle East. When Obama stepped off a plane in Riyadh’s airport, he had a chilly welcome. Saudi King Salman was not... 

Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible in American courts for any role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The Obama administration has lobbied Congress to block the bill’s passage,... 

Saudi Arabia’s attempts to establish an anti-terrorist bloc similar to NATO can only make the international community laugh. Nobody in the world will take statements and actions of Saudi Arabia seriously, as this country has not fulfilled itself as a major player, Director of the Center for Strategic Situations, Ivan Konovalov told Pravda.Ru. “Everything that they say in Riyadh, is being... 

As part of a diversification strategy, Saudi Arabia is to broaden pilgrimage services to reduce its dependence on falling oil revenue, reported the Saudi Gazette newspaper. The pilgrimage industry is the country’s second most important after oil and gas. Nearly two million foreign pilgrims visit the holy city of Mecca annually during Hajj. The figure is expected to reach 2.7 million by 2020. National...