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Noor backs Islamic finance industry reform
MANAMA — Noor Islamic Bank is backing what could be Islamic finance’s biggest shake up in years, lending its support to the announcement of seven new standards from the Middle East’s leading Islamic finance regulator, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for ...
Soldier turns bomber, kills 96 in Yemen
Attackers don’t represent Islam: King SANA’A/JEDDAH — A Yemeni soldier with explosives strapped under his uniform killed 96 troops at a military parade rehearsal here Monday, an attack which will alarm Washington as its involvement in the front-line state deepens. Condemning the ...
Temporary ban on enrollment of Saudis in Jeddah int’l schools
By Hamid Al-AttasOkaz/Saudi GazetteJEDDAH — Jeddah Education Administration has temporarily banned enrollment of Saudi students in international schools in the city. The decision was taken after some international schools enrolled Saudi students without first obtaining the necessary accreditation.“The decision to ...
SR43 million grant approved for KSU faculty members
By Doha GhouthSaudi GazetteRIYADH — Faculty members of King Saud University (KSU) will get an additional SR43 million in the form of university-funded scholarships and grants to study both locally and abroad in a variety of specializations and fields.KSU President Prof. ...
Women unfairly shun Saudi taxi drivers
RIYADH — Many women are reluctant to ride a taxi cab if the driver is Saudi and prefer expatriate drivers. The intentional avoidance of taxi cabs driven by Saudis has compelled some young Saudi men to wear the traditional clothing of ...
Drug-selling herbal stores in Taif not being regulated
By Muhammed SubaieOkaz/Saudi GazetteTAIF — Herbal stores in Taif and Al-Hurmah have turned their trade to selling drugs and cosmetics without compliance to health regulations. This poses great risk to consumers who explain the absence of regulatory control over these ...
Citizen Alya Al-Ghamdi
LOCAL VIEWPOINTBy Lina AlmaeenaAl-Madinah newspaper EVERY DAY we hear of heart-wrenching stories of divorced or separated women whose rights have been blatantly denied. Perhaps the most regretful is the tendency of former husbands to deny a woman’s natural right to see ...
Inspectors need police protection, say citizens
RIYADH — Inspectors who work for municipalities and mayoralties are more likely to be attacked verbally or physically when they apprehend violators in restaurants, malls, or other public places.Just recently three inspectors from a Taif municipality had to flee to the ...
20 Saudi women compete for entrepreneurship fund
By Doha GhouthSaudi GazetteJEDDAH — Jeddah Entrepreneurs Meet 2012 launched a unique entrepreneurship competition for 20 Saudi women contestants. The event is being organized under the patronage and support of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of the Makkah region, and is considered the ...
3 Makkah mental asylum patients escape, one dies
By Khalid Al-HamidiOkaz/Saudi GazetteMAKKAH — Three patients at the Mental Health Center in Makkah have managed to escape.A fourth patient fell to his death from the second floor while trying to escape. Two of the three inmates went to their family ...
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