Viagra very popular in conservative Saudi Arabia

Dubai, More and more young Saudis are falling for the blue pill as Viagra is commonly known in the kingdom.

A large number of married Saudi youths are flocking to pharmacies to buy Viagra to get more sexual satisfaction as online advertisements try to catch more customers with catchy words and obscene images.

They agreed that the pills were instrumental in keeping them virile during love making, the Gulf News reported.

Saudi clerics demand ban on women appearing in media

London, Mar.23 : A group of hard-line Saudi clerics have urged the kingdom’s new information minister to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines.

The 35 clergymen also called on Abdel Aziz Khoja, who was appointed by King Abdullah February 14 as part of a wide reform drive, to prohibit the playing of music and music shows on television, reports the Daily Express.

The clerics’ recommendation will probably have little effect because the king’s reshuffle removed a number of hard-line figures and is believed to be part of an effort to weaken the influence of conservatives in this devout desert kingdom.

The statement does, however, put a degree of pressure on the new minister and lets him know the feelings of the country’s powerful religious establishment.

Saudi Arabia was founded on an alliance with the conservative Wahhabi strain of Islam that sees the mixing of sexes as anathema and believes the playing of music violates religious values.

Saudi Arabian Cleric: It's A Sin To Use Biofuels

By Robert Paul Reyes

"An Islamic scholar in Saudi Arabia said using ethanol or other alcohol-derived fuels in vehicles may be a sin for Muslims.

Sheik Mohamed al-Najimi of the Saudi Islamic Jurisprudence Academy told Saudi newspaper Shams that the prophet Mohammed banned alcohol for all uses -- including buying, selling, carrying and manufacturing, Al-Arabiya reported Friday.

Najimi said Muslims who use biofuel, which is made from fermented plants, in their cars are violating the ban since the substance 'is basically made up of alcohol.'" UPI.Com


The ignorance and stupidity of clerics never ceases to amaze me. If the Roman Catholic Church had managed to impede the progress of science our children would be taught that the world is flat and that the sun and the planets revolve around the Earth.

Thanks to Muslim clerics Islamic countries may not explore the use of biofuels, because they don't want to offend the sensibilities of a nomadic warlord who died centuries ago.

Pollution is a world-wide problem, and all the nations must lessen their dependence on fossil fuels. It would be an outrage against common sense and a sin against Mother Earth if Islamic countries continued to pollute at unacceptable levels because of spurious religious beliefs.

If an American televangelist declared that only liberals and devil-worshippers are in favor of biofuels, the minister would be ridiculed by the press. But in an Islamic country like Saudi Arabia if you speak out against the insanity of a cleric you will be imprisoned or executed.