Saudi Arabia is lifting the alcohol ban for wealthy foreigners

Saudi Arabia has started to allow wealthy foreign residents to buy alcohol, will tourists soon be allowed to do the same?
Vanguard

Saudi Arabia ‘allowing’ wealthy foreigners to buy alcohol

Saudi Arabia has quietly begun allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy alcohol, marking a major shift after a 73-year ban ...
LAist

Saudi Government Curbs Religious Police

Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has ordered the controversial religious police in the conservative Wahhabi kingdom to stop detaining or interrogating citizens suspected of violating Islamic law. The ...
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Popular Actor arrested by religious police for 'taking selfies with women unrelated to him'

A popular actor and TV presenter has been arrested in a mall in Saudi Arabia after he was seen taking selfies, thereby causing a huge commotion among young female fans. Abdul Aziz Al Kassar, a Saudi ...
The Business Standard

Saudi Arabia lifting alcohol ban for wealthy foreign residents

Alcohol sales have been banned in Saudi Arabia – home to Islam's two holiest sites – since 1952, reflecting the kingdom’s strict interpretation of Islamic law ...