Still murky

The rumour mill over the Saudis’ royal succession is whirring

The Saudi succession

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pj9oFypr2q wrote:
Nov 25th 2010 7:00 GMT

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

cyberwriter wrote:
Nov 25th 2010 8:47 GMT

>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.

dtmurphy wrote:
Nov 25th 2010 8:47 GMT

I'm not praying for him, because God doesn't exist. Oh and he heads the most intolerant country on Earth.

FH6vUwx8qB wrote:
Nov 25th 2010 10:00 GMT

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

Nov 26th 2010 7:32 GMT

The Thing about Leadership by Gerontocracy is that it inevitably shuffles off this Mortal Coil.
Aly-Khan Satchu
www.rich.co.ke

sea creature wrote:
Nov 26th 2010 7:28 GMT

Sultan should see his sorcerer for safekeeping Saud and the house thereof.
Saudi succession is still murky whilst sorcery is still a crime.

mrsmead wrote:
Dec 14th 2010 10:08 GMT

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.

Back to top ^^
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