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Y Ali
Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:32 EST
Umrah Visa
Assalumualikum

Can someone please tell me the date the Umrah Visa will be first available in 2012?

Wasalaam
Amin Siraj
Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:48 EST
Need informations
I am a non british passport holder livivg in uk temporary, I want to know do i need a six months valid Uk visa at least so i can apply for a saudi visa??!! knowing that i have Uk student visa that will expires in less than 3 months!!

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
Amin M S
SN Ahmad
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:49 EDT
Eleven Days in Saudi Gitmo
Eleven days in Saudi Gitmo

I have no idea why I was detained in Mecca and Jeddah in dire conditions for days and then deported, but I know this is not Islam.

Syed Neaz Ahmad guardian.co.uk,

I worked as a senior lecturer at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca until last January. I taught English language, linguistics and creative writing. Over 28 years I signed three contracts with the university and had no problem whatsoever, either with students or the administration.

I taught graduates and undergraduates and, as a tribute to my good standing, I was often asked to teach for the women's campus – which involves use of CCTV whereby the pupils can see the teachers but the teacher cannot see them.

In collaboration with a Saudi colleague I co-authored a series of three books on writing for students of engineering and Islamic architecture. In addition I wrote weekly columns for the two Jeddah-based English newspapers, the Saudi Gazette and Arab News. I appeared on Saudi TV chat shows and was often interviewed on Jeddah FM radio. For more than fours year I also worked as an online editor of Saudi Gazette.

When my tenure with the university ended, I was offered the post of editorial consultant at the Muslim World League – a non-government organisation based in Mecca. Since I am a British citizen my job transfer had to be approved by the interior ministry in Riyadh and I signed a one-year (usually renewable) contract. All my papers were in order.

In May, I was called unexpectedly to the Mecca passport office and detained for several hours without any apparent reason. On that day they confiscated my passport and my residence permit. When I protested that I would not be able to drive my car or go out on the street without a valid residence permit they gave me a temporary one valid only for Mecca. I was not allowed to leave the city: my confinement had already begun.

On the morning of 7 June, while working at the Muslim World League office, I was asked to return to the passport office. I was detained in the main office for several hours with no explanation and then transferred to another outfit run by the interior ministry.

I had no idea why I was being detained or where I was being sent. They took away my briefcase and my mobile phone and pushed me into a room that was already full with around 500 inmates. The air conditioning and the fans did not work. There was no drinking water. The toilets were dirty and three of the five toilets were without water and electricity. One can only imagine the stink. In June temperatures in Mecca run up to 50C.

Inmates in this Saudi Gitmo were moved from one room to another every two hours or so. As there was not enough room to sit or stretch your legs it added to the stress and strain. We were made to sleep on bare floors and fights for sitting/sleeping space were not uncommon. There was a stabbing over a small sum of money – I don't know if the victim survived.

The guards in Mecca were very "kind" to me. They never missed an opportunity to call me "animal", kick my ankles with their boots or step on my toes.

After four days handcuffed in Mecca, I was transferred to a detention centre in Jeddah where conditions were even worse. In warehouse-like halls with no air conditioning, no fans and temperatures rising to 50C, about 1,500 people were locked up.

We were provided with food but we ate only enough to survive as it was rumoured that the food was drugged to make us sleep. From the sleeping patterns of the inmates, this was probably true.

After 11 days of hell I was deported to Bahrain from where I made my way back to England. I had to leave everything – my car, my flat and my belongings.

I still do not know why I was singled out for this treatment which has left me jobless, broke and with a traumatic experience that is hard to overcome. As a Muslim I know that this is not Islam.
Grace Casas
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:24 EDT
SIR,good day Im here again to ask help sir for my mother Maurita P.Molina case#32-2-96 THE HANDLE OF HERE CASE IS MR.Ibrahim Zailon 0559250419 his#,, my mother said her employer was accused her so that she put on jail,but it does not true the accuse of her employer.my sister in UnitedStates of America was very worried .about her.almost 6months in jail help us Sir how can We apply amnesty for my mother,pls.talk to MR.Ibrahim what s the situation of my mother case.pls.I beg,she 60 y/o she can't take the punishment of your law she had ahypertension and diabetic.hopefully you responde this.and I will never forget your good things to do.thank you.have a nice day.Respectfully yours,GRACE C. Thaliacasas@yahoo.com
Samina Manzoor
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:08 EDT
VISA FOR UMRA
Aslaam ul laikum,

Can you please advise when the Visa's open again to the Public after the Hajj period.

Jazakallah
manzoorsamina@yahoo.com
Ayub Pervaz
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:22 EDT
Enquiry about Visa
I want to take a group of converts and Young muslims for Umrah in May 2012 to raise some money through sponsership for our Qur'an printing projectcan you please let me know how can I aply for block visa
DR.K.M.ABDELRAHIM
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:23 EDT
WORK IN SAUDIA ARABIA
I AM A QUALIFIED PSYCHIATRIST WORKING IN THE UK
I WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN SAUDIA ARABIA
HOW CAN I DO THAT
و بالله التوفيق
TEL: 07500381204
Grace Casas
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:47 EDT
SIR/MADAM
GOOD DAY,and EID'L FITR,i don't know how can I great your occation,but any way I agree what is going on.SIR/MADAM remember me?I'm the one you respond my concern.but I apologize to not respond you a soonest as you want,because were just looking for another help.can my mother is possible to release in jail.she had letter again every filipina was release she alwAys gave a letter to say that she need help.AND HER AGENCY ALSO STILL IGNORE US.Who gonna help us,i dont know how can I contact
in riydh embassy to know maurta molina's case that can she posible to relese this month?u
or to ask amnesty for her.she was 60 y/o i pray that she might be release,I'm ask forgiveness for those who hurt her.thank you SIR/MADAM for your effort to read this and I pray that GOD will touch the heart for those who want to help and GOD will give BLESSINGS in return.I dont know where gonna find help.
thank you.and have a Bless Day....
thaliacasas@yahoo.com


Respectfully Your's
GRACE CASAS
Grace Casas
Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:37 EDT
Releasing my Mother
Dear Sir,Abdul Raluman Hardi Alanbri, A pleasantgood day I thankful that you answering my Email.IM sorry if I was not able to reply at once because for 1 month We have been looking for someone to help us and besides we are just renting in the internetcafe so I apollogize.We have no xtramoney to rent veryday to check this and we are far in the computer cafe.Can I Ask a favour again please.because I SEE NO HOPE in DFA here in philippines , they say they could not help my mother because according to them one's the OFW commit a mistake, the saudi government is responsible to punish the law breakers and the philippine embassy in Riyahd they could not able to help.They accused my mother. Last July 18 if i'm not mistaken the friend of my mother met in the jail was released as you said in your email that you will give a pardon for the prison but my mother was not include. She said in the letter we must go to the agency to look for the head (Mr.Ayub)to find her employer because according to my mother her employer only should be able to help to her to released her,but they ignore us. Iv'e been go there for three times to go there in the agency but Mr.Ayub is too busy for the coming of Ramadan said of his secretary.I'm very pity at my mother because there is no one should help her. I'm wrote this email with a great hope , and I hope that you will help us. She call last week of july if im not mistaken she said that she need a help because she's not feeling well physically and emotionally because her things was been scattered at her friend's,and her friend's now was disappeared and she said there is no complain only the police was put her in jail that's why we need your help you are only my hope I begging a Pardon please help us because we have no money to afford her, and besides she was converted in islam since she work in Saudi Arabia her name is Maurita P. Molina she is 60 years old her employer name Mahadja Alquantane her work is dressmaker and again Thank you very much, I must really appreciated your kind of help thank you i will never forget this favor of you, and i will always include you in my prayers. thaliacasas@yahoo.com


Thank for your kind and consideration..







Respectfully Yours,
Grace Casas
San Jose Del Monte Bulacan, Philippines
WAJID ALI
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:14 EDT
Appeal for financial Assistance on Human Right Ground for Higher Education PGD/MBA
To,
HONRABLE King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
SADUI PRESDENT

THROUGH SAUDI EMBASSY
Subject: Appeal for financial Assistance on Human Right Ground for Higher Education PGD/MBA

Dear Sir,
I work in a Private company as an Engineering supervisor on less salary and belong to a middle class/Poor family. It was the wish of me and my Mother that I go abroad for Higher education MBA and serve my country and my poor people /Family after Education from abroad. I lived from hand to mouth and saved money from my salary and got admission in the Stratford College of Management of England. I got the visa and I went to England for higher education PGD/MBA Business Management. After 10 days I came to know that my mother is very ill Serious Condition and have some heart problem so I had to left my education to come back Pakistan and look after my mother as there was no onw who could take care of her. I take care of her for about six months and spend all the money on her treatment that I saved for my studies. My Mother is now well and I want to continue my course in UK but according to Stratford college of Management I have to pay the remaining fee in this Month 4200 pound than I will be transferred in new session starting from 5th September 2011 otherwise my admission and visa will be cancelled. Sir, I am passing through very difficult time and I do not have the money to pay for the College this difficult time
So it is requested to you to help me (Pakistani student) on the ground of Human Rights and pay the fee of my College from any welfare trust. If I didn’t pay the fee I will not be able to get higher education and my future will go dark.
You can verify the college all the information provided above. For this purpose I am attaching my admission letter/VISA mother’s medical certificate and Fee voucher.
I am writing this letter with great hope and I hope that I will be helped on the Human Right ground on Ramzan-ul-Mubarak month I will never for get this favour of you and will always remember you in my prays

Thanking you


Yours Obediently


WAJID ALI
Student of Statford College of Management
247-251 Wood Street E-17 3NT
UK LONDON

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