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Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

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Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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Saudi King Dismisses Ultraconservative Adviser Over Women Rights Issue

AP | By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Saudi Arabia Advisor Dismissed, Video, Sheik Abdul Mohsen Al Obeikan Dismissed, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Women, King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia Women's Rights, Sheik Abdul Mohsen Al Obeikan, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has dismissed a controversial ultraconservative adviser after he publicly criticized reforms aime...

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Jordanians and Palestinians at a New Crossroad

Dr. Michael Sharnoff | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Two-State Solution, Fatah, King Abdullah, Israel, United States, Hamas, Palestinians, Middle East Peace, World News, World News

King Abdullah has frequently gone out of his way to assert that "Jordan is Jordan" and "Palestine is Palestine." He has also encouraged Hamas to dispel the possibility of Jordan serving as a substitute homeland.

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King Abdullah's Growing Anxiety Over the Two-State Solution

Dr. Michael Sharnoff | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Jordan Economy, Jordan West Bank, Jordanian Option, Middle East, King Hussein, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islamists, King Abdullah, Israel Jordan, Jordan Palestinians, Business, World News, Syria, World News

Jordan fears that in the absence of a political solution, Israel, the Palestinians or perhaps the international community would eventually seek to solve the crisis at Jordan's expense

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Something Is Happening in Jordan

Dr. Josef Olmert | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jordan, Arab Spring, King Abdullah, Israel, Hamas, World News

King Abdullah's government just confirmed that Khaled Mashal, Hamas' supreme leader, is about to visit the Kingdom of Jordan. Really? Jordan of the moderate King, who goes the extra mile to convince us all that Jordan is not Palestine?

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Saudi Arabia's Consequential King

Rob Sobhani | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Oil, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Leadership, King Abdullah, Forbes, World News

In the current combustible dynamic of a fragile Middle East, Washington and its European allies are fortunate to have King Abdullah as their partner.

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Moammar Gaddafi's Death May Bring Tribal Warfare Before Democracy

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Islam, Bani Walid, King Abdullah, Prophet Muhammad, Transitional National Council, Zawiya, Holy Qur'An, Libya, Gadhadhfa Tribe, Moammar Gaddafi, Lockerbie, Mashasshia, Warfalla, Hasoun, Zentan, Musilms, World News

Do we celebrate the death of a despot or should we set aside our joy to consider that Gaddafi's enemies violated the basic tenets of Islam to kill him?

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Hundreds Attend Saudi Crown Prince's Funeral

AP | ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: King Abdullah, Saudi Crown Prince, Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz, Saudi Arabia, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Hundreds of men in flowing white robes and red-checkered head dresses packed a mosque in the Saudi capital Tuesday for th...

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Saudi Succession Committee Under the Spotlight as Country Mourns Crown Prince

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: King Abdullah, Crown-Prince-Sultan-Bin-Abdel-Aziz, Succession, ?Al-Yamama?, Prince-Nayef, Saudi Arabia, Saudi King Abdullah, Riyadh, World News

It was business as unusual on the first day of the week in Saudi Arabia, as millions of Saudis woke to the disturbing news of the passing of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, long-time Defense Minister and heir to the throne since 2005.

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Saudi Reforms Thwarted By Puritanical Laws

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Male Guardians, King Abdullah, Gender Apartheid, Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Women, Women's Empowerment, Religion and Sexuality, Saudi Reforms, Saudi Elections, Saudi Women Voting Rights, Saudi Women Driving, Religion News

The Saudi monarch's decree to give women voting rights for municipal elections in 2015 was generally welcomed as a giant step on the road to reform. However, the celebration could be premature.

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LOOK: Meet Adel Al-Jubeir, The Alleged Assassination Target

Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Manssor Arbabsiar, Video, Saudi Arabian Ambassador, Terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Who Is Adel Al-Jubeir, Operation Red Coalition, King Abdullah, d.c. Terror Plot, Gholam Shakuri, Iran, Adel Al-Jubeir, Eric Holder, DC News

Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, has been identified as the target of an assassination attempt by "factions of the I...

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The Rights Of Women In Saudi Arabia

Fahad Faruqui | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Gender and Religion, Shura Council, King Abdullah, Women Rights, Saudi Arabia, Religion News

It may seem too little, too late, but like many other Saudi women, Deema al-Jaber, 23, believes that this edict is only a prelude for relaxing many other restrictions that marginalize Saudi women.

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Hurrah for Saudi Women and Their King!

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Arab World, Saudi Women, Islam, Women's Rights, Driving, Arab Spring, Women's Issues, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Reform, Arab Revolutions, World News

American women take for granted, and sometimes even bemoan, the soccer-mom type need for driving themselves and others around on errands. Yet for years, my Saudi friends in America have held out this commonplace activity as a hope.

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Women Can Vote In Next National Election, Saudi King Says

AP | ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia Women's Rights, Saudia Arabia Women Driving, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Women, Video, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sun...

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How the Arab Spring Sprung From a Nonviolent Source

Michael Shank | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: National Peace Academy, Egypt, Khudai Khidmatgar, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Asfandyar Wali Khan, Dalai Lama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Clausewitz, Arsalan Iftikhar, Islamic Pacificism, Pakistan, Gene Sharp, King Abdullah, Nonviolent Protest, Mahatma Gandhi, Koran, North Africa, Michael Shank, Representative Peter King, Arab Spring, Martin Luther King Jr, Awami National Party, Middle East, Pashtun, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Sheik Jawdat Said, Khyber-Pakhtunkwa, World News

The propensity in the U.S. to conflate Islam with violence precludes the possibility of nonviolent Muslim protest motivated by an internal incentive, be it secular or religious. However, the concept of nonviolence is not foreign or new to Muslims.

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Rick Perry President? A Primer on What a Texas Governor's Presidency Can Do For You and the Oil Industry

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Sen. Levin, Cftc, Amtrak, King Abdullah, Congress, State of the Union Address, Business, High Speed Rail Lines, Opec, Department of the Interior, Dick Cheney, Texas, Goldman Sachs, Saudis, Earl Devaney, Sen. Lautenberg, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Iraq War, Oil, Rep. George Miller, Rep.Tom DeLay, Bear Stearns, Washington Post, Department of Energy, American Consumers, President George W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Business News

Would a Perry presidency be tempted to follow in this predecessor's footsteps? Given the incestuous interrelationship between Texas politics and oil, in many ways the Bush presidency becomes a cautionary tale.

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Adrian Smith Talks Designing The World's Tallest Building

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: World's Tallest Building, Kingdom Tower Saudi Arabia, Kingdom Tower World's Tallest Building, Saudi Arabia, Kingdom Tower, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Architecture, Burj Khalifa, King Abdullah, Dubai, Culture News

At six feet, Adrian Smith is fairly tall for an architect. But now, with the announcement that his Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will begi...

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Jordan's King To Build Star Trek Theme Park

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Trekkies, King Abdullah, Star Trek Theme Park Jordan, Star Trek Theme Park, Star Trek King Abdullah, King Abdullah II, Travel News

Jordan's King Abdullah II is going into the theme park business in the nerdiest way possible, by investing in a $1.5 billion Star Trek theme park on t...

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VIDEO: Journalists In Jordan Attacked By State Security Forces

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Damascus, Robert Ford, Demonstrations, Jordan, Middle East Protests, Political Violence, Afp, Protests in the Middle East, King Abdullah, Bashar Assad, President Hosni Mubarak, Arab Uprising, Jordan King Abdullah, Arab Spring, Middle East, King Abdullah II, Protest, Hosni Mubarak, Al Jazeera, Hama, Syria, Journalists Attacked, International, Amman, Video, World News

WASHINGTON -- Journalists in Jordan say they were given orange vests by government officials in order to help them safely cover protests there today -...

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'Strategic' Wedding Set For Bahrain And Saudi Royal Families

AP | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Sheik Khalid Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Arranged Marriage, Marriage, King Abdullah, Wedding, Saudi Wedding, Gulf Leaders, Relationships, World News

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahrain says the son of the island nation's king and the daughter of Saudi Arabia's monarch have agreed to wed – further ceme...

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Saudia Arabian Women Launch Campaign For Right To Drive -- But Will It Make A Difference?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Stampler | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Saudi Women, Manal Al-Sherif, Women, Women's Rights, Video, Driving, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Saudi Women Driving, Saudi Arabia Women Driving, Women2drive, Women News

Saudi Arabian “freedom drivers” plan to take to the streets friday -- in their cars. It’s the official start of the Women2Drive campaign, in whi...

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The Case for Women Driving in Saudi Arabia

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 08.15.2011

As there is nothing in Sharia that prohibits women from driving then would it be right for us as adherers of Islam to prohibit a matter which God has allowed?

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King Of Jordan Allegedly Attacked.. Spokesman Denies Incident

AP | JAMAL HALABY | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Jordan Attack, King Abdullah, Jordan, King Abdullah Attacked, King Abdullah II, King Abdullah Attack, World News

AMMAN, Jordan — Stone-throwing youths in a poor southern town exploded in anger at rough handling by police during a visit by King Abdullah II o...

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How Has Saudi Arabia Held Off Its Own Uprisings?

nytimes.com | NEIL MacFARQUHAR | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Arab Spring, Arab Royal Family, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Arab Uprisings, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- As one nation after another has battled uprisings across the Arab world, the one major country spared is also its richest -- S...

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Did Netanyahu Attempt to Score Partisan Points Against Obama in Washington?

Sigurd Neubauer | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Egypt, France, Palestinian Authority, Turkey, Germany, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Britain, Israel Hamas, Intifada, Syria, Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah, Forward, Iran, Negotiations, U.S. Congress, Avigdor Lieberman, Russia, Likud, Aipac, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ahmed Davutoglu, 1967 Borders, Obama AIPAC Speech, UN General Assembly, Hosni Mubarak, Nicolas Sarkozy, Arab Spring, Yom Kippur War, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, World News

Conservative republicans may feel more sympathetic towards Netanyahu's leadership style, but it would be foolish to lose liberal Americans by playing up partisan differences by publicly undercutting Obama's call for direct negotiations with Abbas.

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