Deputy interior minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has escaped with few injuries after a suicide bomber blew himself up in an attempt to assassinate the Prince, who is largely credited for Saudi Arabia’s anti-terrorism campaign. The attack took place at the Prince’s Ramadan gathering, when the militant had said he wanted to personally tell Prince Mohammed that he would give himself up.
The Prince was taken to a local hospital to be treated for his injuries, Saudi’s King Abdullah visited the Prince who was discharged that same evening, as was shown on Al-Arabiya channel. The Prince appeared with two bandages around his fingers. This is the first attack on a member of the Saudi royal family in decades.
Prince Mohammed bin Nayef is the son of Prince Nayef, the Interior Minister.
It’s a tradition for senior members of the royal family to hold regular open gatherings where citizens seek settlement of financial, problems or offer congratulations for the holy month of Ramadan.
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A Saudi Princess who was not named has been robbed worth of $15.5million (11million euros) in cash and jewellery while she was not in the room. The Saudi Princess was on her summer vacation staying in one of the world’s elite destinations in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Italian media reports say that the thieves used a master key to enter the room before ripping a safe from the wall. “The thieves used a master key. In 10 minutes at dinner time, without making any noise, they managed to remove the safe from a suite occupied by the Saudi princess,” Italy’s La Stampa newspaper reported.
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Al Saud, arrived in Morocco on Thursday to check up on his brother’s health, Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General. King Abdullah was met at the airport by the crown prince who held a lunch in the honor of King Abdullah at his residence in Casablanca.
King Abdullah left Casablanca after a short visit. Crown Prince Sultan had gone for treatment in New York in February and is recovering in Morocco.
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An un-named Saudi Princess has been granted asylum in Britian after having an illegitimate child with a British man. The Saudi Princess was given asylum after she claimed she would face the death penalty if she returned to Saudi Arabia. The Princess claims that she met her non-Muslim boyfriend while visiting Britian and got pregnant a year later.
The Princess was married to an elder man who is from the Royal Family. She claimed that he was had become suspicious of her behaviour. She persuaded her husdand to leave London, where she decided to have her child. She persuaded the court that if she returned to Saudi Arabia she would be punished by Sharia-Law.
The Home Office refused to discuss the case, and a spokesman for the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in London was unavailable for comment.
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Selecting the most influential people in the Middle East wasn’t easy but to so people from around the world were approached and asked to name five people and explain in a couple of sentences why they chose them. The list isn’t about the rich or powerful but about who has an influence.
Making the list were Queen Rania of Jordan who campaigns for childrens and womens rights around the world, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Dubai ruler, and Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Sheikh Mozah of Qatar wife of the Emir who has been quite active in education and social reforms in Qatar, Sheikh Nahyan bin Ambarak Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (UAE), Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (KSA), Prince Turki Al Faisal (KSA), HH Princess Lalla Salma the Kings wife (Morocco) who is the first wife of any King to be publicly active and given a title by the King, Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad, and Sheikha Hanadi bint Nasser (Qatar) who was named “Woman CEO of the Year” in 2006 for her significant contribution in developing Qatar’s economic and social presence in the Arab world.
To read about each of the royals above and what they have done and read up on others in the region who made the list, visit this site.
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King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, began a tour to launch and lay stone foundations to a number of industrial and development projects in the Madina Region in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The King launched a development project which involved investments of more than SR45 billion, inaugurate the new expansion of an airport. In the evening, King Abdullah meet with scholars, senior civil and military officials, and a number of citizens who came to the palace to meet him.
Madina’s Emir, Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Majed, had given an interview to a newspaper called Okaz on the King’s visit “opportunity for everyone to ask how far things have progressed.”
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In an uncharacteristic move, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has advocated and in fact urged for leaders of the three largest faiths in the world, Christianity, Judaism and Islam, to come together and work towards a peace among the religions in the region. In a scene straight from the middle ages, and unfortunately still true today, these three monotheistic faiths are still, as they have always been, at war of a sort, with one another in the region. The region, the area of the holiest sites for all three faiths, has an amazing amount of significance for each of the three faiths.
While the specifics of the “call to action”, remain unclear, the fact that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has taken the step towards a conference with everyone taking an equal role, and calling out the fact that there are many similarities in the three faiths, bodes well for future relations. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, we will be able to live amongst one another without warring factions disturbing the peace, and how proud would we all be if one of our beloved Monarchs were to be the catalyst for a lasting peace?
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the king Abdullah’s ranch at Al-Janadriyah. King Abdullah and President Obama discussed regional and international developments topped by the Palestinian issue and Saudi-US cooperation in all fields as well as the world financial crisis.
Saudi King Abdullah thanked President Obama by saying “I thank the president for this visit and for this complement. This is not strange to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the US because the US is a friend of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the time of King Abdulaziz and President Roosevelt. My greetings to the friendly US people represented by a person who deserves this position and thank you.”
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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said on Tuesday that President Obama will be heading to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh to hold talks with the Saudi King Abdullah Al-Saud on June 3. The two leaders are to talk about the Middle East peace and nuclear standoff with Iran. President Obama will have no public events in Riyadh except a private dinner with the Saudi king. Preseident Obama will be in Saudi for one day before heading to Egypt, Germany and France.
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Al Saud on Sunday evening will open the the first Cooperative Societies Forum in the capital city Riyadh. The three-day forum will look at development of cooperative societies and use of information technology work in the Kingdom. A few representatives from East and South Asia as well as the Middle East and the Gulf will participate and will relate their countries experience in cooperative work.
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