Saudi Arabia - Open to all Religions

[Kshithij]

Qatar is way better than SA in terms of post petroleum era world they have vision to invest in other fields of business and technology. Meanwhile SA is experimenting new ways to shag donkeys.

What exactly does Qatar have for post oil era?

 

[Suryavanshi]

What exactly does Qatar have for post oil era?

Watch from 5:00 min onwards

 

[Kshithij]

Watch from 5:00 min onwards

Breaking news: There is no food or water in Qatar. Without export money, they have to die

 

[Suryavanshi]

Breaking news: There is no food or water in Qatar. Without export money, they have to die

And that is why they are heavily investing in sectors other than oil so that they do not end up like SA or Venuzuela

 

[Kshithij]

And that is why they are heavily investing in sectors other than oil so that they do not end up like SA or Venuzuela

There is no other sector that can work without fossil fuel. Industry = fossil fuel energy + minerals. IT sector will not work if there is no coal run electricity or fossil fuel run industries. Similarly, all service sector will halt if there is no manufactured goods for servicing. No mnufactured goods can be made without fossil fuel. Even if coal is used, the manufactured goods need oil for transportations in trucks, ships, tempos etc.

There is no sector without fossil fuel

 

[sorcerer]

Kerala scholars hail Saudi move to scrutinize Hadiths

KOZHIKODE:

Muslim scholars in Keralahave welcomed Saudi Arabia's initiative to set up a body of scholars toscrutinize Hadiths or Hadis(the accounts of Prophet Muhammad's sayings and actions reported by his followers) "to prevent them from being used to justify violence or terrorism",

Quoting the Saudi culture and information ministry, Reuters reported that King Salman has ordered the establishment of an authority (King Salman Complex) to scrutinize uses of Hadiths.

According to media reports, the body's aim would be to "eliminate fake and extremist texts and any texts that contradict the teachings of Islam and justify the committing of crimes, murders and terrorist acts". The King Salman Complex will become a "trusted source of the correct and authentic hadith", said the reports.

In Islam, Hadiths are revered as a major source of religious law and moral guidance, second only to Quran. Hadiths are classified as authentic (sahih) and weak (daif) considering various factors and the most authentic compilation is that of Imam Bukhari, who was born in 810.

"It is a welcome move to examine the Hadiths as there are allegations that some of them were manufactured with mischievous intention," said social activist and writer M N Karassery.

"Chekannur Moulavi vehemently questioned the authenticity of Hadiths saying that they are all fabricated. Quranists like Chekannur said that Quran should be the only accepted text in Islam. C N Ahammed Moulavi also had questioned the validity of Hadith though in moderate way. Rejection of Hadith was one of the reasons that led to Chekannur's murder," Karassery said adding that Hadiths are one among the sources of inspiration for fundamentalism, theocracy and extremism.


Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) state president T P Abdulla Koya Madani was cautious in his reaction to the development. "I have not come across the news about the Saudi government decision. But there is nothing wrong in examining them, especially in the context of terror outfits like the Islamic State misusing the religious concepts. The extremists are using the religious texts to justify their evil deeds," he said.


Madani said that the Salafis in Kerala have a well-structured and system in accepting or rejecting a Hadith. "We strictly follow the Usul al-Hadith (the science of Hadith) while accepting a Hadith," he said.


Abdul Salam Sullami, the scholar who is criticised for his tough attitude towards Hadith, said Hadiths should be revisited not just to ward off terrorism. "It is not enough to say that a particular Hadith is authentic only because it is there in Bukhari. You can find contradictory Hadiths in Bukhari. After all he is a human being who is prone to mistakes," said Sullami.


"The best way to accept a Hadith is to test it by empirical reasoning. Any text which says that fire is not hot can be summarily rejected," he said.

Empirical reasoning at its best!!!!
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...o-scrutinize-hadiths/articleshow/61348937.cms


Well!!..Nice show sand people.
world is not going to believe all these media propaganda until and unless there is a stoppage on Wahabi Funding to promote terrorism.

Hey Saauhdi...hows your "religious police" doing out there?
Saaaahudi should kick the religious police out if they are serious.

This is the finest of empirical reasoning.!!!

 

[indus]

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MON OCT 30, 2017 / 11:13 AM EDT
Saudi Arabia to extract uranium for 'self-sufficient' nuclear program
Sylvia Westall

The Kingdom Tower stands in the night in Riyadh, in a file photo.
REUTERS/ALI JAREKJI

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to extract uranium domestically as part of its nuclear power program and sees this as a step towards "self-sufficiency" in producing atomic fuel, a senior official said on Monday.

Extracting its own uranium also makes sense from an economic point of view, said Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani, head of the Saudi government agency tasked with the nuclear plans, the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE).

In a speech at an international nuclear power conference in Abu Dhabi, he did not specify whether Saudi Arabia seeks to also enrich and reprocess uranium – steps in the fuel cycle which are especially sensitive as they can open up the possibility of military uses of the material.

The world's top oil exporter says it wants to tap atomic power for peaceful purposes only in order to diversify its energy supply and will award a construction contract for its first two nuclear reactors by the end of 2018.

"Regarding the production of uranium in the kingdom, this is a program which is our first step towards self-sufficiency in producing nuclear fuel," Yamani told a conference organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "We utilize the uranium ore that has been proven to be economically efficient."

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Atomic reactors need uranium enriched to around 5 percent purity but the same technology in this process can also be used to enrich the heavy metal to higher, weapons-grade levels.

This issue has been at the heart of Western and regional concerns about the nuclear work of Iran, Saudi Arabia's foe, and led to the 2015 deal in which Iran agreed to freeze the program for 15 years for sanctions relief.

On Monday, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said Iran was complying with the nuclear deal signed with world powers and which U.S. President Donald Trump has called into question.

Under the agreement, Iran can enrich uranium to 3.67 percent purity, around the normal level needed for commercial power-generation.



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Saudi Arabia would be the second country in the Gulf Arab region to tap nuclear after the United Arab Emirates, which is set to start up its first, South Korean-built reactor in 2018. The UAE has committed not to enrich uranium itself and not to reprocess spent fuel.

Industry sources have told Reuters Saudi Arabia is reaching out to potential vendors from South Korea, China, France, Russia, Japan and the United States for its first two reactors.

The plans have received extra momentum as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, an ambitious economic reform program launched last year by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Yamani said Saudi Arabia will soon pass laws for its nuclear program and will have set up all of the regulations for its nuclear regulator by the third quarter of 2018.

"The IAEA also has been requested to conduct an integrated review of our nuclear infrastructure during the second quarter of 2018," he said, which will allow the agency to assess efforts to prepare Saudi infrastructure "to introduce nuclear power for peaceful purposes."

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Saudi Arabia is considering building some 17.6 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2032, the equivalent of about 17 reactors, making it one of the strongest prospects for an industry struggling after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan.

Preliminary studies have estimated Saudi Arabia has around 60,000 tonnes of uranium ore, Maher al Odan, the chief atomic energy officer of KACARE said at an electricity forum in Riyadh on Oct 11.



(Additional reporting by Reem Shamseddine in Khobar, Saudi Arabia; Editing by Janet Lawrence

© 2017Reuters. All Rights Reserved.

 

[Bharat Ek Khoj]

^^ Definitely going ahead with time. Hope terrorism dies as oil money dies.

 

[sorcerer]

Saudi princes, ministers, tycoons arrested in sweeping purge

Riyadh, Nov 5 Saudi Arabia has arrested dozens of senior figures including princes, ministers and a top business tycoon, in what authorities hailed today as a "decisive" anti- corruption sweep as the kingdom's crown prince consolidates power.

Prominent billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal was among the 11 princes arrested late yesterday, reports said, immediately after a new anti-corruption commission headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was established by royal decree.

Separately, the head of the Saudi National Guard, once a leading contender to the throne, as well as the navy chief and the economy minister were replaced in a series of high-profile sackings that sent shock waves through the kingdom.

The dramatic purge comes at a time of unprecedented social and economic transformation in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia, as Prince Mohammed steps up his reform drive for a post-oil era.

Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television reported that the princes, four current ministers and dozens of ex-ministers were arrested as the commission launched a probe into old cases such as floods that devastated the Red Sea city of Jeddah in 2009.

The state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the commission's goal was to "preserve public money, punish corrupt people and those who exploit their positions".

Shares in Kingdom Holding, 95 percent of which is owned by Prince Al-Waleed, dived 9.9 percent as the Saudi stock exchange opened today after reports of his arrest.

The prince's office was not reachable for comment.

"With this (crackdown), the kingdom heralds a new era and policy of transparency, clarity and accountability," Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan was quoted as saying by SPA.

"The decisive decisions will preserve the investment environment and boost trust in the rule of law."

The kingdom's top council of clerics also lauded the anti-corruption efforts as "important", essentially giving religious backing to the crackdown.

An aviation source told AFP that security forces had grounded private jets at airports, possibly to prevent high- profile figures from leaving the country.

"The breadth and scale of the arrests appears to be unprecedented in modern Saudi history," said Kristian Ulrichsen, a fellow at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.

"The reported detention of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, if true, would send shock waves through the domestic and international business community," Ulrichsen told AFP.

The purge comes less than two weeks after Prince Mohammed welcomed thousands of global business leaders to Riyadh for an investment summit, showcasing his reform drive that has shaken up the kingdom.

It follows a wave of arrests of influential clerics and activists in September as the 32-year-old prince, often known as MBS, cements his grip on power.

Analysts said many of those detained were resistant to Prince Mohammed's aggressive foreign policy that includes the boycott of Gulf neighbour Qatar as well as some of his bold policy reforms, including privatising state assets and cutting subsidies.

The latest purge saw Prince Miteb bin Abdullah sacked as the head of the National Guard, an elite internal security force. His removal consolidates the crown prince's control of the kingdom's security institutions.

To analysts, Prince Mohammed's meteoric rise has seemed almost Shakespearean in its aggression and calculation. In June, he edged out a 58-year-old cousin, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, to become heir to the throne.

At the time, Saudi television channels showed the bearded Prince Mohammed kissing the hand of the older prince and kneeling before him in a show of reverence. Western media reports later said that the deposed prince had been placed under house arrest, a claim strongly denied by Saudi authorities.

Already viewed as the de facto ruler controlling all the major levers of government, from defence to the economy, the prince is widely seen to be stamping out traces of internal dissent before a formal transfer of power from his 81-year-old father King Salman.

At the same time, he has projected himself as a liberal reformer in the ultra-conservative kingdom with a series of bold moves including the decision allowing women to drive from next June.

Foreign diplomats predict that Prince Mohammed, set to be the first millennial to occupy the Saudi throne, could well be in control of Saudi Arabia for at least half a century.

https://www.outlookindia.com/newssc...-area-taken-from-islamic-state/1182339?scroll


Where have I read such before....oh well..NoKo!

 

[Bharat Ek Khoj]

Saudi Arabia just approved Yoga, but under sports category.