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By IGA Staff Newly Crowned King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has just issued a royal pardon releasing three leading liberal reformers, one of their lawyers and a religious scholar. Drs. Abdullah Al-Hamed and Matrook Al- Faleh, Poet Ali…

Fahd has been practically dead for 10 years, but his actual death is an opportunity to demand wide-ranging internal reforms from the ruling tribe of Al-Saud. King Abdullah is not the reformer the Bush administration and many American…

Washington DC - Following the assault and rape of a young Bahraini activist, from the unemployed commission, two nights ago by the Bahrain security forces, hundreds of Bahrainis went to the streets and chanted anti government slogans.…

  Contact: Joshua Haber and Adam Rozell (202) 466-9500 Washington DC - The Institute for Gulf Affairs has released a report comparing the current edition of Saudi textbooks to statements made by the regime, emphasizing the deception…

July 10, 2008 Contact: Mike Carver and Oscar Gilroy  202-466-9500 Washington DC - Today the Institute for Gulf Affairs released a paper on the Saudi government’s motivations relating to its interfaith dialogue in Madrid on July 16-18.…

A Policy brief by Ali Al-Ahmed and Logan Barclift The Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin AbdulAziz has been rushed abruptly for urgent medical care to Geneva, Switzerland Saturday, a sign of a serious problem that may disturb the succession…

By Ali Al-Ahmed January 13, 2006 - In what seems to be an annual occurrence, hundreds of Muslim pilgrims have died in a stampede while performing their religious duties outside Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This is the second tragedy that…

By Logan Barclift and Ali Al Ahmed In a peculiar political move, the United Arab Emirates has moved to allow a few thousand people to elect half of the Federal National Council (FNC). The announcement was made December 1, 2005 by the…

Bahrain's Sectarian Challenge EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS A little over four years after Sheikh Hamad bin `Isa al-Khalifa announced a sweeping reform plan, Bahrain's fragile liberal experiment is poised to stall, or, worse,…

Washington DC - A Saudi government minister and Chief Justice instructed Saudis to fight American and Iraqi troops to raise the name of Allah, according to a secret recording obtained by IGA.  (Click Here To Listen to Audio Clip) Saleh bin…