Joe Biden will refuse to speak to de facto Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman and speak only to his father King Salman as part of 'recalibrating' relationship with kingdom, White House says
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UK Daily Mail ^
| February 16 2021 | EMILY GOODIN
President Joe Biden will recalibrate American relations with Saudi Arabia and will communicate through Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz rather than Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the White House said Tuesday. 'We've made clear from the beginning that we're going to recalibrate our relationship with Saudi Arabia,' White House press secretary Jen
Psaki said at her briefing on Tuesday. She said part of that recalibration would include Biden speaking to the Saudi king, instead of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - a marked change in policy from the Trump administration.
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Saudi King Salman: We're looking for more oil
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CNBC/Reuters ^
| 10 March 2015 | Saul Loeb
Saudi Arabia's King Salman said he would fight corruption, diversify the economy and confront anybody who challenged the stability of the world's top oil exporter in his first big speech since taking power on Jan. 23. His
speech, carried on state television, focused on the need to create private sector jobs for young Saudis, a main policy goal for many years as Riyadh strives to meet a looming demographic challenge while controlling public spending. Addressing the chaos threatening the kingdom from around the region, he said no one would be allowed to tamper with Saudi Arabia's security or stability.
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King Salman’s Lies
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Pamelagellar.com ^
| 05/21/2017 | Pamela Gellar
Behind the flag of the sword and shahada, King Salman declared, “Islam is the religion of mercy and tolerance and co-existence as confirmed by brilliant precedence. In
its prosperous times Islam provided the best examples of co-existence and harmony among followers of religions and cultures.” Good for Muslims, horrible for non-believers, who were forced to live under dhimmitude, paying the jizya and living in a state of subjugation. No mention of the hundreds of millions slaughtered in jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations and enslavements. He talks about the forces of “extremism” – Saudi Arabia under sharia rule defines the...
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Education Reimagined by Salman Khan
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Artful Dilettante ^
| January 14, 2016 | Michael J. Hurd
The following is from “The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined†by Salman Khan, founder of the world famous, online-based Khan Academy, an innovator in childhood and ongoing adult education. Testing
out. What a concept. I’d had no idea that such a thing existed, though even a moment’s notice suggested that it made perfect sense. If a student could demonstrate proficiency with a certain set of ideas and processes, why not let him or her move on to more advanced ones? Back at my own school, full of enthusiasm, full of hope, I approached the powers that be with the possibility...
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Erdogan, Salman and the Coming ‘Sunni’ War for Oil [lib POV]
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New Eastern Outlook ^
| Dec 22, 2015 | F. William Engdahl
We're about to be plunged into a new oil war in the Middle East, this one with a possible nuclear dimension. Wars
for control of oil have been instigated for more than a century since the dawn of the petroleum era around the time of the First World War. This war for control of oil, however, promises to be of a scale that will change world politics in a spectacular and highly destructive manner. It is on one level, a Saudi war to redraw the national borders of the infamous Anglo-French Sykes-Picot carve-up of the bankrupt Ottoman Turkish Empire of...
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Salman Khan's Nephew Passes Away
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Khaleej Times ^
Salman Khan's nephew Abdullah Khan passed away on Monday. As per reports, the 38-year-old was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai owing to heart-related ailments. The
Bollywood superstar took to social media to mourn the loss of his nephew. Salman posted a black and white photograph with his nephew on Instagram and wrote: "Will always love you..." Commenting on the post, actress Akanksha Puri wrote: "Still can't believe he is no more. #gonetoosoon. Deepest condolence to the entire family! May his soul R.I.P" Singer Kamaal Khan, who is a close friend of the actor, commented: "You will always be remembered...
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Iran FM says Trump, Bin Salman, Netanyahu are 'isolated'
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Yahoo (AFP) ^
| August 6, 2018 | AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday that the leaders of the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel were isolated in their hostility to Iran. "Today, the entire world has declared they are not in line with US policies against Iran," Zarif said
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Salman Rushdie: Palestinian State Would Be Taliban-Like
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Newsmax ^
| 20 May 2024 | Michael Katz
Acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie warned that if there were to be a Palestinian state in the Middle East, it would mirror what the Taliban is doing in Afghanistan, would be ruled by Hamas terrorists, and be a satellite state for Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. "I
have been in favor of a separate Palestinian state most of my life," the award-winning Indian-British novelist said Sunday, the Jerusalem Post reported, citing an interview he gave with the German rbb24 TV channel. "But if there were a Palestinian state now, it would be run by Hamas, and we would...
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Mohammed Bin Salman Attempts to Reform Islam
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Asia News ^
| 5/8/21 | Kamel Abderrahmani
In an interview with "Al-Arabiya", the Saudi Crown Prince suggests concentrating the constitution and laws on the Koran, eliminating many hadiths (sayings of the Prophet). He speaks of the need for a current “interpretation” of the Koran. A real change in ideological direction that goes beyond the Wahhabism propagated by Riyadh to
date. No more stoning, scourging, killing apostates and homosexuals. Many Muslim intellectuals were persecuted and killed because they proposed the same vision as Mbs.Paris (AsiaNews) - On April 27 Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman (Mbs), gave a long television interview to the Saudi channel "Al-Arabiya"[i], dedicated...
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Ariana Grande and Salman Abedi – Both Deeply Deceived
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Canada Free Press ^
| 05/26/17 | Rev. Michael Bresciani
Two great evils that collided in the course of human events to create what both the dumb parents and the deeply deceived Muslim fanatics can only call a tragedy or a great, but damnable victory, respectively. It
goes without saying that the loss of the young lives in Manchester England is a tragedy of the highest order. Even though they were chasing a pop-culture pipe dream they were subject to the kind of treatment that no one should ever have to endure. What is hard to escape is the picture the media paints of kids just having fun as a...
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Trump: King Salman Is a Wise Man Who Wants ‘Rapid’ Improvements
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Al Arabiya ^
| Thursday, 25 May 2017
US President Donald Trump said that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is a “wise man” during both his visits to Jerusalem and Brussels, adding that the Saudi King wants to see “things get much better rapidly.” Trump
highlighted the need to fight terrorism in order to stop attacks similar to what took place in Manchester during a news conference at NATO Summit in Brussels on Thursday. “The recent attack on Manchester and the United Kingdom demonstrates the depths of the evil we face with terrorism,” Trump said. “Terrorism must be stopped in its tracks or the horror you saw in Manchester...
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Salman Abedi, 22, Is Identified as Manchester Arena Bomber
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New York Times ^
| MAY 23, 2017 | KATRIN BENNHOLD, STEVEN ERLANGER and CEYLAN YEGINSU
MANCHESTER, England — A 22-year-old British man whose parents had emigrated from Libya was identified by the police on Tuesday as the bomber who carried out Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since 2005, an explosion that killed 22 people and injured 59 others at Manchester Arena. The man, Salman Abedi, lived in a
house just 3.5 miles from the arena, where he detonated a homemade bomb in a public concourse around 10:30 p.m. on Monday as a concert by the American pop star Ariana Grande was ending and as crowds of teenagers had begun to leave, many for an adjacent train...
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Saudi King Salman Cries During Son’s Graduation in Riyadh
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Al Arabiya ^
| Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Saudi King Salman could not hold back his emotions as he attended the graduation of one of his sons, Prince Rakan who finished high school studies in Riyadh. “I attend this graduation not only as Rakan’s father, but a father to all the students,” King Salman said during a speech he delivered.
King Salman has made a habit of attending all his sons' graduation ceremonies, a sign of the importance the king places on education. Before the ardha (sword dance) ceremony, Prince Rakan presented a sword to his father, which caused the King to get emotional seeing his last son...
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Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
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Reuters ^
| Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:53pm EST | Angus McDowall
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television.
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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
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AP, via ktul.com ^
| Oct 23, 2022
Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report. Literary
agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in an article published Saturday that Rushdie suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso in the attack that took away sight in an eye and left a hand incapacitated. Rushdie, 75, spent years in hiding...
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Dead, Detained or Disappeared: A Who’s Who of Mohammed bin Salman’s Victims
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Middle East Eye ^
| 12 March 2020
Over five years, the Saudi crown prince has steadily accumulated power by ruthlessly targeting perceived rivals and critics. Here's
an overview of the hundreds of Saudis impacted When Saudi Arabia's King Salman ascended to the throne in 2015 and named his 29-year-old son, Mohammed, as defence minister and then as deputy crown prince, there was talk of the rising star who would reshape the kingdom. Five years later, Mohammed bin Salman, now apparently poised to become king, has consolidated his control and shaken the foundations of the House of Saud by ruthlessly eliminating or neutralising his perceived rivals and vocal...
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Jared Kushner, Mohammed bin Salman, and Benjamin Netanyahu Are Up to Something
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Foreign Policy ^
| NOVEMBER 7, 2017 | DOV ZAKHEIM
<p>There seems to be a general consensus in Washington that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ongoing purge of princes and businessmen — including the wealthiest of them all, the business mogul and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal — is motivated by his determination to consolidate his power, well before his father, King
Salman, passes from the scene. He is in this regard a latter-day Adonijah, who had himself crowned king while his father King David was alive. And, like Adonijah, Mohammed bin Salman has made some very powerful enemies in the process. Unlike that Biblical figure, however, he has his father’s support and has taken care to arrest anyone who might threaten his drive to preeminence.</p>
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Saudis Are Hoping Mohammed bin Salman Will Drain the Swamp
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Foreign Policy ^
| NOVEMBER 21, 2017 | STEVEN A. COOK
Saudis Are Hoping Mohammed bin Salman Will Drain the Swamp A road trip among ordinary Saudis revealed high hopes, and hardly any worries, about the country's new political era. BY
STEVEN A. COOK | NOVEMBER 21, 2017, 12:46 PM We must be doing 80 miles per hour on a rutted road outside the northwestern Saudi town of Ula. It is late and I am tired, but I’ve got one eye on the road and one eye on the dashboard indicator light signaling that the Chevy Tahoe in which I am traveling has low tire pressure. What would happen if this...
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Africa ‘Unanimously’ Backs Sheikh Salman for FIFA Presidency
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Arab News ^
| Friday 5 February 2016
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said Friday it was backing Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain as its candidate to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of world body FIFA. 'The executive committee decided that CAF will give full support to Sheikh Salman with his candidacy for FIFA presidency,' CAF first
vice president Suketu Patel told reporters following an executive committee meeting. CAF second vice president Almamy Kabele Camara said the decision to support the 50-year-old Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president had been reached “unanimously†at the meeting during the African Nations Championship tournament in Kigali.
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Salman Rushdie Is the Canary in a Free Speech Coal Mine
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Christianity Today ^
| Mike Cosper
But the liberty at stake is moral and spiritual, not just intellectual.In the days since a brutal attack on Salman Rushdie, the world has seen an outpouring of solidarity. The
phrase “We are all Salman Rushdie” appeared on Twitter profiles and in countless articles, acknowledging that threats to one person’s freedom of expression are a threat to all. In the New Yorker, Adam Gopnik anticipated efforts “to somehow equalize or level the acts of Rushdie and his tormentors and would-be executioners.” That approach is despicable, he wrote, “because the right to be insulting about other people’s religions…is a fundamental right,...
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