Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Critical_Thinker
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Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by Critical_Thinker » Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:42 pm

Surprised nobody has mentioned this story yet.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/2 ... 27616.html

It will be interesting to see what direction saudi arabia will take under the new king. Will things remain pretty much the same, or will they get worse or better?

SBM
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Re: Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by SBM » Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:32 pm

Critical_Thinker wrote:Surprised nobody has mentioned this story yet.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/2 ... 27616.html
Will things remain pretty much the same, or will they get worse or better?
They are waiting for your advice

ghulam muhammed
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Re: Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by ghulam muhammed » Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:13 pm

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kimanumanu
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Re: Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by kimanumanu » Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:07 pm

Do they also pray with shoes on?
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ghulam muhammed
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Re: Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by ghulam muhammed » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:10 pm

kimanumanu wrote:Do they also pray with shoes on?
Their policemen don't remove their shoes even when they are standing on top of the Holy Kaaba !!

fiate2000
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Re: Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by fiate2000 » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:36 pm

According to quran and Hadith, its is permissible to pray with the shoes on, as long as it is clean (not dirty and naapaak).

[quote="kimanumanu"]Do they also pray with shoes on?

KA786110
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Re: Saudi Arabias King Abdullah Dead

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Unread post by KA786110 » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:02 pm

May his soul rest in peace.

The real good news will be when we hear that Saudi Arabia has switched to democracy.

ghulam muhammed
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Unread post by ghulam muhammed » Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:22 pm

In a surprise move, Saudi Arabia’s king shakes up line of succession

Saudi Arabia’s new monarch, King Salman, announced a major overhaul within the nation’s royal family on Wednesday, replacing his anointed heir with his nephew and naming his own son as the second in line to the throne.

The royal decrees, read on state television before dawn, thrust a younger generation of princes closer to the pinnacle of power at a time of growing challenges for the Western-allied kingdom.

The overhaul also signals a potential ideological shift as the kingdom moves away from lockstep policies with Washington and increasingly asserts its own security and foreign affairs initiatives.

Salman, who took power in January, promoted his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, 55, from deputy crown prince to crown prince. Without further shake-ups, that means that Nayef — currently the interior minister — will become king when the 79-year-old Salman dies.

Salman also named his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as deputy crown prince, putting him second in line to inherit the throne and ensuring that the succession will pass through Salman’s own branch of the kingdom’s extensive royal family. Mohammed bin Salman, currently the defense minister, is believed to be about 30.

The changes represent the biggest royal shake-up in Saudi Arabia in years and offer yet another indicator that Salman is proving a more energetic and decisive leader than his predecessor, King Abdullah, who died in January at the age of 90.

The latest succession moves squeeze out the late King Abdullah’s choice of Prince Muqrin to succeed Salman. Abdullah had named Muqrin, his younger half-brother, as deputy crown prince two years ago, in what was widely seen at the time as an effort to secure the crown for an ally of his own sons.

Nayef is now the first grandson of the late Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, to move to the doorstep of the monarchy.

Whether the succession will proceed exactly as Salman plans is in question, however.

King Abdullah set a precedent when he named a deputy heir. King Salman, however, has set his own standard by dismissing his predecessor’s choice for the No. 2 in line for the throne.

There have long been concerns that the transfer to the second generation of the family could trigger destabilizing rivalries between the hundreds of princes potentially eligible to rule the strategically vital nation, one of America’s closest Arab allies.

Salman also replaced 75-year-old Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, who had been in the job for 40 years, with the current ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, who is 53. He announced a series of other changes to the government that will bring younger blood into the aging administration of the kingdom.

Mohammed Obeid, a political analyst from Lebanon, said Saudi officials have grown increasingly alarmed over a potential U.S.-Iran rapprochement, which centers on their negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.

“These new leaders in Saudi are moving in a different direction than the United States, and their policies in the region are an example of this,” he said.

Nayef has developed strong ties with officials in Washington. Those links were partly cultivated because of his role over the last decade in overseeing domestic counterterrorism programs, which included crackdowns on members of al-Qaeda as well as rehabilitation programs for militants.

According to Saudi media reports, Nayef has been targeted by at least four assassination attempts by al-Qaeda militants, including one in 2009 that was carried out at his home in the city of Jiddah.

“He’s clearly well known for the counterterror campaign, he’s responsible for Saudi Arabia’s de-radicalization program, and he’s very close to policymakers in Washington,” said Theodore Karasik, a Dubai-based expert on Middle Eastern military issues. “It’s assumed that he’s in close contact with them constantly.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/kin ... ml?hpid=z5