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DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International has described as "deeply shocking" Saudi Arabia's beheading of a woman convicted on charges of "sorcery and witchcraft," saying it underlined the urgent need to end executions in the kingdom.Saudi national Amina bint Abdul Halim ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Two people were killed and three wounded in an exchange of fire between Saudi security forces in the oil-producing Eastern Province and what the interior ministry on Thursday called gunmen serving a foreign power.In a statement quoted on the ...

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz hailed the "success" of this year's hajj despite fears of "chaos" in the wake of the Arab Spring, as remaining pilgrims continued final rites on Wednesday."We thank God for the success of this year's hajj, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - As Muslims from all over the world congregate for the annual haj pilgrimage, some are defying the edicts of Saudi Arabia's strict Wahhabi school of Islam by climbing al-Nour mountain in the hope of attaining spiritual favor.Tucked ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Adalet Gigek sat impatiently in a crowded hotel lobby, waiting for the minibus to take her to Mecca's Grand Mosque for noon prayers as millions of Muslims started arriving in Saudi Arabia before the annual haj pilgrimage ...

(Reuters) - More democracy is bringing more political Islam in the countries of the Arab Spring, but Islamist statements about sharia or religion in politics are only rough indicators of what the real effect might be.The strong showing of Tunisia's moderate Islamists ...

A top Saudi official warned on Saturday that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca next month, at a time of rising tension with Iran."We will not allow anything that would disrupt the peace of ...

Saudi Arabia announced Monday that the Eid al-Fitr feast marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan will be on Tuesday, in a statement aired on state television Al-Ekhbariyah.Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines, said the new ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Outside a villa surrounded by palm trees on the outskirts of Saudi Arabia's second largest city Jeddah, police cars guard an exceptional criminal court where 16 men were put on trial this year after more than four ...

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Topic: Saudi Arabia

Amnesty says Saudi beheading for sorcery "shocking"

Saudi says two killed in gunfight in eastern province

Saudi hails 'success' of this year's hajj

Muslim pilgrims defy Saudi religious police to visit cave

Pilgrims flock to Mecca to perform annual haj

Arab Spring boosts political Islam, but which kind?

Analysis: Arab Spring boosts political Islam, but which kind?

Saudi warns it will not tolerate riots during hajj

Saudi says Eid al-Fitr begins Tuesday

Detainees disappear into black hole of Saudi jails

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