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Saudi Arabia Eases Alcohol Ban For Rich Foreigners: Who Can Buy Booze, New Rules Explained
Saudi Arabia's new alcohol policy allows select expatriates to legally buy alcohol for the first time in decades, signalling another major step in the kingdom's social reforms.
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Why Saudi Arabia Banned Alcohol After A 1951 Royal Incident
Saudi Arabia's alcohol ban was not born out of theology alone. It was shaped by a fatal incident, reinforced by political necessity
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Saudi Arabia Expands Liquor Store's Access To Wealthy Non-Muslims
Saudi Arabia has quietly expanded access to its only store that sells alcohol, allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy booze in the latest step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom's experiment in liberalization.
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Saudi Begins Selling Alcohol To Non-Muslim Residents. But There's A Catch
Saudi Arabia has taken further steps to relax rules around the sale of alcohol by allowing non-Muslim foreign residents with monthly earnings of 50,000 riyals ($13,300) or more to make purchases, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Saudi Arabia Residents Report Alcohol Ban Eased For Select Foreigners
Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents.
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Saudi Developer Insists Alcohol "Not Essential" To Draw Tourists
The chief of a luxury developer at the heart of Saudi Arabia's plan to diversify its oil-reliant economy insisted Tuesday that the once ultra-conservative kingdom's alcohol ban would not stand in the way of tourism.
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What Saudi Arabia Official Said On Reports Of Kingdom Lifting Alcohol Ban
A Saudi official denied on Monday media reports saying the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, would lift its 73-year-old ban on alcohol, which is prohibited for observant Muslims.
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Women At Wheel, Cinemas Reopened: 5 Key Reforms Under Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
The decision by Saudi Arabia to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats, according to two sources, is the latest in a series of reforms aimed at projecting a more open, moderate image.
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Saudi Arabia Set To Open 1st Alcohol Store For Non-Muslim Diplomats: Report
Saudi Arabia is preparing to open its first alcohol store in the capital Riyadh which will serve exclusively non-Muslim diplomats, a Reuters source familiar with the plans and a document showed on Wednesday.
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A Secular Muslim's Guide To Drinking Alcohol During Ramadan
Ramadan began almost three weeks ago, and hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world are now spending the long summer days abstaining from food and drink. Even water is forbidden from dawn to dusk for observers of the fast.
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Saudi Arabia Eases Alcohol Ban For Rich Foreigners: Who Can Buy Booze, New Rules Explained
Saudi Arabia's new alcohol policy allows select expatriates to legally buy alcohol for the first time in decades, signalling another major step in the kingdom's social reforms.
-
Why Saudi Arabia Banned Alcohol After A 1951 Royal Incident
Saudi Arabia's alcohol ban was not born out of theology alone. It was shaped by a fatal incident, reinforced by political necessity
-
Saudi Arabia Expands Liquor Store's Access To Wealthy Non-Muslims
Saudi Arabia has quietly expanded access to its only store that sells alcohol, allowing wealthy foreign residents to buy booze in the latest step in the once-ultraconservative kingdom's experiment in liberalization.
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Saudi Begins Selling Alcohol To Non-Muslim Residents. But There's A Catch
Saudi Arabia has taken further steps to relax rules around the sale of alcohol by allowing non-Muslim foreign residents with monthly earnings of 50,000 riyals ($13,300) or more to make purchases, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Saudi Arabia Residents Report Alcohol Ban Eased For Select Foreigners
Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents.
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Saudi Developer Insists Alcohol "Not Essential" To Draw Tourists
The chief of a luxury developer at the heart of Saudi Arabia's plan to diversify its oil-reliant economy insisted Tuesday that the once ultra-conservative kingdom's alcohol ban would not stand in the way of tourism.
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What Saudi Arabia Official Said On Reports Of Kingdom Lifting Alcohol Ban
A Saudi official denied on Monday media reports saying the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, would lift its 73-year-old ban on alcohol, which is prohibited for observant Muslims.
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Women At Wheel, Cinemas Reopened: 5 Key Reforms Under Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
The decision by Saudi Arabia to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats, according to two sources, is the latest in a series of reforms aimed at projecting a more open, moderate image.
-
Saudi Arabia Set To Open 1st Alcohol Store For Non-Muslim Diplomats: Report
Saudi Arabia is preparing to open its first alcohol store in the capital Riyadh which will serve exclusively non-Muslim diplomats, a Reuters source familiar with the plans and a document showed on Wednesday.
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A Secular Muslim's Guide To Drinking Alcohol During Ramadan
Ramadan began almost three weeks ago, and hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world are now spending the long summer days abstaining from food and drink. Even water is forbidden from dawn to dusk for observers of the fast.
