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KHALID AL-SULIMAN
Marriage registrar under investigation
OkazOkaz daily recently reported that the Minister of Justice ordered the Department of Marriage Registrars not to complete the marriage procedures of an underage girl in Asir. The minister ordered an investigation in the case and summoned the marriage registrar who solemnized the marriage ceremonies in flagrant violation of the Child Protection Law.I would like to thank the minister for rescuing this girl because underage marriages should be stopped even if a girl expresses her consent to such a marriage. This is unacceptable as a girl who has not reached the age of adulthood is not capable of making the right decision when it comes to marriage. Usually, such marriages are doomed to fail and many have. Some marriages end up with both spouses going their separate ways.Strikingly, section...
March 26, 2019

Marriage registrar under investigation

Media and crisis: The New Zealand model!
Media lessons never end, especially, in the New Media age. It used to be a much simpler world. If you needed to inform the public on an important matter, you could produce a TV broadcast, send a press release or call for a press conference. People would get the message loud and clear.What about a crisis? Set up a press center to feed the media, around the clock. You could speak directly to your audience in gatherings - town halls, public events and organized meetings. The press would always be there to cover and relay the news to a wider audience.That seems like ages ago, when channels of communication with the public were numbered, predictable and managed. You dealt with them through traditional channels - editors, journalists and management. They knew you, you knew them, and everyone had...
March 26, 2019

Media and crisis: The New Zealand model!

Hamoud Abu Taleb
Death live on social media
OkazThe terrible massacre in New Zealand resulted in the death of 50 people and many others injured, all of whom were Muslims who were inside a mosque waiting for Friday prayer. Since the crime took place, media reports have commented on it and on how it happened. This is a terrible crime that is painful to us as Muslims, as it specifically targeted believers in Islam. It shows that humanity is in danger. Killing a peaceful person, no matter what his color or creed is a crime against humanity.It is dangerous when a person who has a natural tendency to violence finds himself in an environment that feeds on extremism and hatred toward others. The criminal who committed this massacre is a product of a right-wing ideology that preaches hatred toward anyone of a different race or religion. This...
March 25, 2019

Death live on social media

Terror reaches New Zealand!
Terror has struck New Zealand, one of the quietest and most peaceful parts of the world. The victims were Muslims praying in mosques, and the accused is a right-wing extremist. This is not the first act of terror targeting Muslims, nor is it the first carried out by right-wing extremists. The time has come for the world to seriously confront the threat of right-wing extremism and not to consider it to be merely an “attack by individuals and anomalous groups.”The extremism that we are witnessing today has roots in the past. It was associated with a primarily Christian-Protestant religious movement that produced extremist groups such as the Klan and the Third Reich, which produced Adolf Hitler and Nazism. After the disappearance of Nazism, armed militias appeared in the West calling for...
March 25, 2019

Terror reaches New Zealand!

Yousuf Al-Muhaimeed
Saudi doctors should volunteer to help the Kingdom’s poor
Al-JazirahThere are many Saudis who do volunteer work to help poor people in other countries. These volunteers post news of their charity work on social media, with photos and videos of the work that they have done in various countries.Among these charity volunteers are Saudi doctors who work in many poor countries, especially in Africa. They perform simple surgeries for hundreds of poor patients.These doctors should take the initiative to do the same voluntary charity work for elderly people in our country. Many of these people live in small isolated villages in the north and the south of the Kingdom. They are forced to wait a long time for an appointment with a doctor and they have to travel long distances to hospitals in large cities.These volunteer doctors should start a small medical...
March 24, 2019

Saudi doctors should volunteer to help the Kingdom’s poor

Youth’s role in achieving peace
As a young Saudi woman, I am glad to be part of such a tremendous forum that believes in youth’s role in achieving peace, development and creativity for the world; a forum that prepares members of the current generation to become the leaders of the future, ensuring and maintaining the coexistence between all communities.Regardless of religious, cultural and language differences, the world’s youth face similar challenges and obstacles. Therefore, cooperation between young people is essential for the development of their countries through the exchange of knowledge and awareness.The Arab and African Youth Platform was a three-day event that took place from 16 to 18 March 2019 in Aswan, Egypt. The city of Aswan is proof that Egypt benefited from colonization while maintaining its language,...
March 20, 2019

Youth’s role in achieving peace

Retirees and retirement life
Retirement is a time when an employee has to withdraw from his occupation in accordance with the regulations prevailing in his country. The age for retirement varies from one country to another.In Saudi Arabia, the retirement age is 60 in accordance with the Hijri calendar. There are countries that set retirement at 62 and others where it is 65 or more. In these countries, the age is calculated in accordance with the Gregorian calendar and not on the basis of the Hijri calendar.As far as I know, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that follows the Hijri calendar in this regard. There are demands that the retirement age should be calculated according to the Gregorian calendar. The state has begun to follow the Gregorian calendar in the payment of salaries to government employees...
March 20, 2019

Retirees and retirement life

Abdullah Al-Jamili
Obstacles facing domestic tourism
Al-MadinahThe Tourism Call Center of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage dealt with more than 14,000 complaints during 2018. The complaints included pricing violations in all the sectors that are related to tourism.If we add to this number the complaints that the Commission received on social media and other complaints that did not reach the tourism call center, then I think we are facing major dissatisfaction with the national tourism sector.Despite the efforts by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage to activate the tourism sector and the many initiatives launched, domestic tourism is still facing many obstacles.Some of these obstacles include the poor services compared to the high prices charged in hotels, furnished apartments and parks. There are...
March 20, 2019

Obstacles facing domestic tourism

Time for public servants to sit up and take notice
While there has been some movement forward on the part of public servants and their obligations to us, the public, the move is at a snail’s pace judging from how many of these individuals are at their desk at the beginning of their work day and how many manage to stay till the very end.Remember the nine senior civil servants working in several sectors of the government of Dubai who made headlines back in 2016? It was late August of that year when they were busted by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Al-Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler, for failure to be at their desks when he arrived for a surprise inspection at their civic offices.It was the first day of the week and the tardiness was captured on film as Sheikh Mohammed made his way around half-empty offices with silence to greet him instead of hardworking...
March 20, 2019

Time for public servants to sit up and take notice

Talal Qashqari
Traffic courts should add mercy to justice
Al-MadinahThere is no doubt that the smile and the spontaneous way in which Saudi student Tahani Almanea spoke while defending herself in an American court after committing a number of traffic violations played an important role in freeing her from paying any traffic fines. Tahani has turned into a TV star and many Saudi TV channels are racing to hold an interview with her.At the same time, we should not neglect the role of the judge who is being called the “Judge of Mercy”. He succeeded in turning his courtroom from one of punishment and discipline into a court of justice and mercy. He deals with traffic violators in a humanitarian way. He investigates through his court sessions the conditions and reasons why people have committed traffic violations. He talks to them about their...
March 19, 2019

Traffic courts should add mercy to justice

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