The Unholy Alliances Surrounding the Khashoggi Affair

The Unholy Alliances Surrounding the Khashoggi Affair

Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and moderately outspoken critic of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, became an unlikely household name for most of us this month. After choosing self-imposed exile – apparently for security reasons last year – he...

Saudi-Iran Tensions Overshadow Hajj Pilgrimage

(RNS) Reports last month that Iran plotted to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S. have enflamed animosity between the two Muslim powers, and raised concerns that violence could mar this year’s hajj pilgrimage that starts on Friday (Nov. 4). More than 1.7...

Saudi Women May Be Allowed to Vote, But Not Drive

Saudi Arabia is striding toward the future – about an inch at a time. And then backward about three-quarters of that. Saudi King Abdullah announced earlier that women in his country would finally get the right to vote and run for office – but not yet. Four years from...