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December 12
- Saudi police detain young woman for removing abaya - media Sami Aboudi, Reuters
July 10
- A Saudi Morals Enforcer Called for a More Liberal Islam. Then the Death Threats Began. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times
June 14
- Islam’s Punitive Line on Homosexuality Karen Leigh and Asa Fitch, The Wall Street Journal
June 13
- Islamic State group targets gays with brutal public killings Bassem Mroue, AP
June 6
- Is Islam ‘Exceptional’? Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic
April 27
- Saudi reform plans flirt with social change, risk Wahhabi backlash Reuters
April 23
- U.N. torture watchdog urges Saudi Arabia to halt floggings and amputations Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
April 18
- Saudi Arabia limits powers of its religious police World Watch Monitor
January 12
- A Woman’s Intifada against Domestic Abuse in Saudi Arabia Fatima Albanawi, Muftah
January 7
- The Middle East’s sectarian divide on views of Saudi Arabia, Iran Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Center
- Anger grows in Saudi Arabia’s Shiite areas after executions Reuters
January 6
- Saudi execution exposes dangerous political and religious divisions John Kemp, Reuters
- Sayings of executed Saudi Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr Reuters
January 5
- Saudi executions driven by fear of Sunni militancy, signal combative policy Reuters
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