Saudi newspapers ran front page pictures on Friday of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz in a crowd of women with their faces bared, adding fuel to the growing fight over mixing in the kingdom. The undated photograph showed the kingdom’s two most powerful men together with more than three dozen smiling [...]

In a move to regulate the powers of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Shoura Council Sunday approved a proposal to have the rights and duties of all members spelt out in a written document. The recommendation was approved by 100 Shoura Council members, with 16 voting against the [...]