Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
US-mandated religious freedom group ends Saudi trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah
By Jon Gambrell — March 13, 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Displaying any religious symbols other than Islamic ones remains criminalized in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia opens its first liquor store in over 70 years as kingdom further liberalizes
By Jon Gambrell — January 25, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia remains one of the few nations in the world with a ban on alcohol, alongside its neighbor Kuwait and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi reforms are softening Islam’s role, but critics warn the kingdom will still take a hard line against dissent
By Nathan French — September 11, 2023
(The Conversation) — A scholar who has closely followed reforms that MBS has made to Wahhabism, an austere form of Islam, explains the changes taking place in the Saudi kingdom and their impact.
Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change
By Riazat Butt — June 23, 2023
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The increased number of pilgrims, with the associated surge in international air travel and infrastructure expansion, also raises sustainability concerns, even as the oil giant pursues the goal of getting half its energy from renewable resources by 2030.
President Biden, don’t forget to tell the Saudis to protect religious minorities
By David Curry — July 14, 2022
(RNS) — Biden needs to make a bold statement on behalf of religious minorities across the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
By Jon Gambrell — March 14, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An announcement by Saudi state television described those executed as having 'followed the footsteps of Satan' in carrying out their crimes.
President Biden just made a serious human rights blunder
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 1, 2021
(RNS) — This will not be the last time that President Biden disappoints us. Because that's what rulers do.
US Christian evangelical delegation meets Saudi crown prince
By The Associated Press — September 11, 2019
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Prince Mohammed bin Salman's meeting with prominent Christians marks the second such visit by American evangelicals to the kingdom, which is trying to shake off its reputation for religious intolerance and human rights abuses.
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