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Articles of the author Saeed Al Soraihi
Security and violations by the Haia
Okaz I admit I am fed up with talking about the excesses of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Haia). Undoubtedly, there are many like me who are also fed up with such talk. Perhaps even the Haia itself is, after its (...)

24 - 02 - 2016
Executive courts
Okaz Executive courts in the Kingdom have received 150,000 applications during the last Hijra year 1436 as many individuals and institutions approached them to obtain their rights, which the defendants had delayed to pay despite court rulings. These (...)

05 - 01 - 2016
Restricting Haia's powers
TODAY I will write about the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice or Haia, which is an official government organization with its own system and positions. Its employees are like the staff of any other government agency or (...)

31 - 12 - 2015
The role of Haia
Okaz Let me tell you in the beginning that I was inspired by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sharief to write this article as I read his comment on the social media that it was the duty of Islamic scholars to identify the forbidden things, not that of the (...)

28 - 12 - 2015
A lack of courage
Okaz Following the withdrawal 80 provocative books, including those by Hassan Al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb and Muhammad Qutb from school libraries, the Ministry of Education has made a strange statement saying it was an old decision. The ministry's (...)

07 - 12 - 2015
Agents who sympathize with terrorism
MANY attempts to justify terrorist attacks carried out by radical groups in this country and others reveal their hidden sympathy for these groups and their acts of bombing, killing, terrifying and destroying. The justifications that some people use (...)

26 - 11 - 2015
When students no longer relish success
Okaz EDUCATION used to challenge students' skills and abilities so that they invest so much of their time and effort to continue learning and pass their examinations that test their mental abilities. Therefore, the passing of examination meant real (...)

25 - 10 - 2015
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