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This reality is both humbling, at one level, and scary at another. Humbling because the world's richest and most powerful Muslim is being consigned to oblivion with little fanfare - death ends all claims to greatness - but also scary because it shows the sheer unemotional severity of Wahhabi Islamist doctrine.
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died today, weeks after he was hospitalised and was succeeded by his half-brother Salman, who called for "unity and solidarity" among Muslims in the birthplace of Islam, also the world's top oil exporter.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has extended an amnesty for foreign workers to obtain legal status in the country, until the end of the Islamic year on November 3, extending it from the previous deadline of July 3, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday said it was switching its official weekend to Friday and Saturday, bringing the kingdom's working week in line with other members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council.
Two royal deaths and two Cabinet reshuffles in just over a year have edged Saudi Arabia's ruling family toward a tough decision: turning to a new generation after 60 years of rule by sons of the founding patriarch.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Saudi Arabia's king and foreign minister in Riyadh on Friday to discuss the Syria conflict against a backdrop of tension with Iran and oil policy differences.
