US blasts Saudi 'religious curbs'
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Saudi Arabia severely violates religious freedom, the US says, in an unusual public rebuke to its key ally.
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The United States temporarily closed its diplomatic offices in Saudi Arabia on Monday after gunmen blasted their way past armed guards at the US consulate in Jiddah.
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Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report Friday.
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The US freezes assets of two Saudi Arabian citizens, one a UK-based dissident, accused of supporting al-Qaeda.
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Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority has issued an edict barring the use of cell phones with built-in cameras, blaming them for "spreading obscenity" &#151; a final resort after a ban on their sale and import to the kingdom failed to dent their popularity.
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Saudi Arabia's foreign minister urged the United States and Iran on Wednesday to show restraint after this weekend's naval confrontation in the Persian Gulf and warned of the grave consequences of such incidents.
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The libraries of a number of American mosques feature Arabic-language writings published by the Saudi government or top clerics in the desert kingdom that virulently denounce Muslims from different traditions as well as Christians and Jews, and say devout Muslims should think of America as enemy territory, a new study said.
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Saudi Arabia said Friday it has advised the nation&#39;s imams they should condemn terrorism and terrorists in prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service | posted 09/16/2004 9:00 am. The US State Department on Wednesday for the first time included Saudi Arabia on a list of eight &quot;countries of particular concern&quot; for not
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WASHINGTON: The United States has called Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Eritrea âcountries of particular concernâ in an annual report on international religious freedom.
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Saudi Arabia says a US-backed Middle East peace conference will be pointless unless it tackles key issues.
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Washington, Sept. 16 (NNN): India as well as Pakistan both have been criticized by the United States for their âanti-minorities biasâ and for failing to stop violence against religious minorities.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia will probably skip a Mideast peace conference called by President Bush if it doesn't tackle substantive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, the kingdom's foreign minister said yesterday.
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The State Department yesterday put Saudi Arabia on its blacklist of severe violators of religious freedom for the first time, opening the door to US sanctions.
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The Bush administration's proposed multibillion-dollar weapons sale to Saudi Arabia brought new allegations on Capitol Hill Tuesday that the monarchy has been lax in countering terrorism.
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The United States said Thursday it has raised with Saudi Arabia its arrest of an Internet blogger who aired anti-government views, with Washington insisting on freedom of expression.
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Saudi Arabia will probably skip a Mideast peace conference called by President Bush if it doesn't tackle substantive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, the kingdom's foreign minister said Wednesday.