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Articles of the author Okaz AL BAHA QASSIM
Barley prices to decrease, hope herders
The Royal Order to increase the fodder subsidy by 50 percent will have a positive impact on efforts to contain the price hikes that have overburdened livestock herders in different regions. Muhammad Sa'eed Al-Ghamdi, a fodder supplier in Al-Baha, (...)

23 - 07 - 2011
Al-Qaeda recruiting women as suicide bombers, warns expert
A terrorism expert has warned that Al-Qaeda may be on a drive to recruit women as suicide bombers. Dr. Yusuf Al-Rumaih, a researcher in terrorism affairs and professor of criminology at Al-Qassim University, also warned that the organization may be (...)

08 - 06 - 2010
Militant's mother says son is in ‘safe hands'
The mother of Aqil Amish Aqil Al-Mutairi, a wanted Al-Qaeda-linked militant, who surrendered last Wednesday to security authorities, is happy that her son has returned to the Kingdom. “I'm assured of my son's fate because now he is in safe hands (...)

04 - 05 - 2010
Segregation of sexes: Hai'a chief stands by his comment
Ghamdi, the head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a) in Makkah, has said he will not go back on his previous comments on the segregation of the sexes, and described opposition to his views from within his (...)

06 - 04 - 2010
Hai'a man accused of fraud, forgery
A water provider has lodged a complaint against an official of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Hai'a, for allegedly failing to pay water bills from allocated funds. The water provider alleged that the (...)

26 - 03 - 2010
Imams barred from issuing fatwa
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call, Guidance, and Endowment has instructed mosque imams across the Kingdom not to issue a fatwa to any inquirer. The memo circulated recently asked the imams to refer inquirers to fatwas issued by members of the (...)

25 - 10 - 2009
Pregnant wife missing in Jeddah
A man from Qassim is appealing to the public in Jeddah for help in finding his eight months pregnant wife who disappeared from his parked car while he left to search for accommodation. The 27-year-old woman, who doctors say suffers from depression, (...)

28 - 08 - 2009
Seven traffic cops charged with bribery
The Administrative Court in Qasim has charged seven traffic officers with accepting bribes, forging official documents, and misuse of authority. Meanwhile, the Traffic Administration in Madina has come under fire for failing to tackle the (...)

22 - 08 - 2009
‘Shariah encouragement, not objection for cinema'
There is no objection to the opening of cinemas in the Kingdom as long as it is conducted in accordance with Shariah rules, while well-made films, if so guided, could be of great benefit, according to Dr. Khalid Al-Qaasim of King Saud University (...)

28 - 06 - 2009
Yemen set to hand over Al-Harbi to the Kingdom
Yemen intends to hand over Abdullah Abudlrahman Al-Harbi, who was arrested in Yemen on Sunday, to Saudi Arabia. Yemen had previously handed over other suspects to the Kingdom including Muhammad Atiq Al-Oufi who was apprehended last month. Mohammad (...)

17 - 03 - 2009
First-ever art exhibition by a woman in Al-Zulfi
A female artist has held the first-ever art exhibition by a woman in the town of Al-Zulfi, neighboring the regional capital Bureidah, paving the way for other female artists in the region to exhibit their work. Areej Al-Salim displayed 14 paintings (...)

21 - 02 - 2009
Code of conduct soon for arbitrators
Prince Dr. Bandar Bin Salman Bin Muhammed Al-Saud, Chairman of the Consultative Committee for Arbitration, said the committee has succeeded in convincing world law experts to accept graduates of Shariah to work as an international arbitrators in (...)

08 - 01 - 2009
7 Asians killed in tire-burst accident
At least seven Asian passengers were killed when a tire burst caused their speeding bus to overturn several times near Oqlat Al-Sugour, 200 km west of Buraidah in the central region, said Col. Abdulaziz Al-Khalaf, Qassim Traffic Police chief. Six (...)

06 - 01 - 2009
Bin Humaid says Saudis not happy with Shoura
Saudi people have not yet developed a sense of satisfaction about the performance of the Shoura Council, said Sheikh Saleh Bin Humaid, chairman of the Shoura Council, Wednesday in Qassim. The Saudi Shoura Council is not an exception in this regard, (...)

01 - 01 - 2009
Speeding car kills elderly man
A speeding car ran over Abdullah Klaibi, an elderly man who was crossing the street, killing him instantly at Al-Shafuliyah village in Uhud Al-Masareha. In another accident at the intersection of the fodder market and Al-Khamis Highway, two (...)

01 - 09 - 2008
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