Jordan’s main opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), said on August 15 the recommended amendments to the constitution included “positive aspects”, but fell short of meeting the people’s aspirations. A royal committee that was set up three months ago by King Abdullah for the revision of the constitution submitted its recommendations to the monarch on August 14. The king described the proposed amendments as a “historical” achievement that put Jorda...

Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi on August 18 said his government would take a tougher line on allies of the ousted president, responding to calls to put more of them behind bars. Thousands of people protested on August 15 in the capital and provincial cities over what they see as the authorities’ failure to break with the legacy of Zine Abidine Ben Ali, the leader toppled in a revolution that inspired the “Arab Spring.” The protests were sparked by the release of for...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah arrived in Makkah on August 17 to lay the foundation stone for the largest Haram expansion project in history.

Muhammad Al-Khozaim, vice president of Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques (PTHM) said the new expansion launched by King Abdullah on August 19 would increase the Grand Mosque’s capacity by nearly 1.2 million worshippers. The new project covers 400,000 square meters in the northwest and n...

An Alkhobar woman studying in the United States is taking credit for destroying 23 Danish websites that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him), reports said citing Al-Madinah newspaper on August 18. Nouf Rashid told the Arabic newspaper she was hacking into Danish websites having references to cartoons of the Prophet along with other sites that had questionable content in her view.

She said she had also destroyed a number of pornographic site...