Still murky
The rumour mill over the Saudis’ royal succession is whirring
The Saudi succession
Nov 25th 2010 | Cairo
Nov 25th 2010 | Cairo
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The whole Muslim World is praying for the fast recovery of Custodian of Two Holy Mosques,His Majesty The King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz. May the Almighty Allah Bless him and protect every physical problem and harm (Ameen).I also pray for his longer and healthier life and to keep his shadow on the Heads of Muslims (Ameen).
Ahmed
>The whole Muslim World is praying for the fast recovery of Custodian of Two Holy Mosques,His Majesty The King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz.
Well Ahmed, he's not going to live forever. You'd be better off praying that he's arranged a pretty water-tight succession or Saudi, and even the wider region, will likely see some bloodshed.
And the sooner Nayef carks it the better.
I'm not praying for him, because God doesn't exist. Oh and he heads the most intolerant country on Earth.
When we pray that this kind of governors with absolute powers, will be healed and back in command, this means two things:
Either you are a beneficiary of the annuity Royal ..
Either you are suffering from color blindness ..
In both cases, the text should be read again ..
thank you
The Thing about Leadership by Gerontocracy is that it inevitably shuffles off this Mortal Coil.
Aly-Khan Satchu
www.rich.co.ke
Sultan should see his sorcerer for safekeeping Saud and the house thereof.
Saudi succession is still murky whilst sorcery is still a crime.
I live in Saudi Arabia and had five pages ripped out of my print edition (pretty much the entire Africa and Middle East section), including this article, by the thought police. It always makes me laugh when I hear the current king referred to as something of a liberal or progressive reformer! By contrast to the rest of his family he is; but against any other criteria his 'liberal' credentials are sadly lacking. That he is seen as progressive is an indictment on the entire misogynist Al-Saud family.