Imaam slams traders for unreasonable price hikes

Sheikh Salah Al-Bedair, Imaam of al-Masjid an-Nabawee in Madeenah, yesterday criticized merchants for exorbitant increase in prices of essential commodities and services in the country. Delivering his Friday sermon, the Imaam said Sharee’ah does not provide unrestricted freedom to traders to charge exorbitant prices causing harm to the public and increasing their financial burden. He […]

Gunbattle at dawn in Madeenah

A top Saudi terrorist was killed in a gunbattle with security forces near the holy city of Madeenah yesterday. A policeman was also killed and two of his colleagues were injured. The Interior Ministry said that gunfire erupted sometime after 4 a.m. on a stretch of road leaving Madeenah toward a popular camping destination on […]

Imaam condemns Frenchmen’s killing

The imaam of al-Masjid an-Nabawee in Madeenah yesterday condemned the killing of four French residents by unidentified gunmen in a desert area outside the holy city on Monday. “The fatal shooting of the Frenchmen was a terrorist act, which Islam repudiates and for which it prescribes the most severe punishment,” Sheikh Ali Al-Hudaifi said while […]

Security forces detain 136 militants

Security authorities have arrested 136 militants including foreign nationals who were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist operations inside and outside Saudi Arabia, an official source at the Interior Ministry announced yesterday. The arrests took place in Riyadh, Dammam, Makkah, Madinah, Jizan, Qasim, Hail and Al-Jouf over the past two months, the source said, without […]

Ramadhaan 1427 – As of 19:37 hours Saudi time

al-Hamdu-Lillaahi Rabbil-‘Aalameen was-Salaatu was-Salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil-Anbiyaa.e wal-Mursaleen, wa ba’d: as-Salaam ‘alaykum wa-Rahmatullaahe wa-Barakaatuhu, Saturday 21 October 2006: As of 19:37 hours Saudi time, our source at the office of the Director of al-Masjid an-Nabawee informs us that they have not received any information from the King’s court via the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia […]