Saudi King Changes Weekend to Friday and Saturday

[Jango]

If you read Quran Islamic ally I don't think holiday on Friday is justified because ALLAH when you hear azan leave your business and go for Jummah Salah and after offering it return to your business and also keep doing zikar

Second time on this forum I have agreed with you!

 

[Zarvan]

Second time on this forum I have agreed with you!

I say things which are told by Islam Sir and this ayat makes it clear their is no room for Friday Holiday in Islam

 

[Cheetah786]

If you read Quran Islamic ally I don't think holiday on Friday is justified because ALLAH when you hear azan leave your business and go for Jummah Salah and after offering it return to your business and also keep doing zikar


What secularism have to do here Sir don't come up with funny points Sir if you read Quran I don't think even Friday Holiday is allowed their should be holidays but not on Fridays and Saudi Arabia is not even close to being secular

Zarvan and I agree how did that happened

 

[somebozo]

About time, it is just funny seeing how all the religious idiots on tweeter angry over this.

Go secular policy GO. It will take a while but we are getting there

It's gonna take a while to get used to the new weekend but that's alright.

Saturday is Sabbath which is holy for Jews..
Food for conspiracy theorists!

 

[twilight]

Saturday is Sabbath which is holy for Jews..
Food for conspiracy theorists!

let me to make a fresh conspiracy theory :

in next year Saudi will come and changes weekend to Saturday and Sunday and close their people mouth with some excuse like this :

If you read Quran Islamic ally I don't think holiday on Friday is justified because ALLAH says when you hear azan leave your business and go for Jummah Salah and after offering it return to your business and also keep doing zikar

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/middle...es-weekend-friday-saturday.html#ixzz2XAvux3oG

and then Muslims have to act like Christian an Jews and abandon their 1400 years traditional/Sunnah and this will be another step to erase Islamic culture from Muslim countries without ordinary Muslim notice the supreme goal
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after all , Al Saud are friend of Zion and puppet of westerns ...

 

[somebozo]

let me to make a fresh conspiracy theory :

in next year Saudi will come and changes weekend to Saturday and Sunday and close their people mouth with some excuse like this :



and then Muslims have to act like Christian an Jews and abandon their 1400 years traditional/Sunnah and this will be another step to erase Islamic culture from Muslim countries without ordinary Muslim notice the supreme goal
​

after all , Al Saud are friend of Zion and puppet of westerns ...

Whatever dude, Iran is pathetically and desperately trying to cover its failure by playing the Islamic Ummah card. May be if you guys woke up before it was too late, situation would be different today.

Anyway, good going KSA. I was always aggravated by how time was wasted in Sat-Sun, Fri-Sat and Thu-Fri weekend. Now atleast a degree of unification as been achieved.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

Go, go, go ‘GCC’.

Saudi Arabia shifts weekend to Friday-Saturday

King Abdullah decrees change from Thursday-Friday weekend to bring biggest Arab economy's working week into line with neighbours

Reuters in Riyadh
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 23 June 2013 15.52 BST

Saudi Arabia has announced it is switching its official weekend to Fridays and Saturdays, bringing its working week closer in line with other countries in a move long desired by many of its businesses.

The kingdom, the biggest Arab economy, had been the only member of the six-member Gulf Co-operation Council to have a Thursday-Friday weekend after Oman shifted to a Friday-Saturday weekend last month.

The surprise move, which will be applied from this week, was immediately welcomed by Saudi economists and businessmen.

"It will increase interface with the rest of the world, now things will move faster," said Ali al-Ajmi, a former vice-president at state oil company Saudi Aramco.

Abdulrahman al-Ubaid, a former vice-president at Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world's biggest petrochemical companies, also welcomed the change.

"We expect the impact to be positive on the Saudi economy, we think our business will be easier," he said. Saudi Arabia is considering opening its stock market to more direct foreign investment in the future.

Although the world's top oil exporter had discussed looking at the change in its weekend in the future, few people had expected it to make the switch so soon.

Some Saudi companies, including food producer Savola, had already announced they would change their own weekend to Friday and Saturday to improve their co-ordination with regional partners.

The fact that the change is happening in June, after schools have closed and while many Saudis are on holiday before the Ramadan fast starts on 9 July, means it will be less jarring, economists said.

"Instead of having just three working days aligned with the rest of the world, now you will have a full team for most of the working week that the rest of the world applies. One extra day does play a considerable role in increasing output," said John Sfakianakis, chief investment strategist at Masic investment in Riyadh.

Traditionally Saudis had a six-day working week, taking Fridays off – when Muslims are enjoined to attend mosque for communal prayers – but the government added Thursday to the official weekend.

Some religious conservatives had argued against moving to a Friday-Saturday weekend because it smacked of westernisation. However, that argument did not enjoy serious support, said Saudi sociologist Khalid al-Dakhil.

"In terms of religious opposition, yes there might be some, but there's absolutely no unanimity in opposing this course among religious people," he said.

A statement on Sunday on national Saudi news agency SPA said the change, decreed by King Abdullah, will take effect as of the coming weekend, "for the sake of putting an end to the negative effects and the lost economic opportunities consistently associated with variation based on work days between local departments, ministries and institutions and the regional and international counterparts."

King Abdullah issued the decree following a recommendation in April by the kingdom's Shura Council, which advises the government on new laws.


The Guardian

 

[FaujHistorian]

Whatever dude, Iran is pathetically and desperately trying to cover its failure by playing the Islamic Ummah card. May be if you guys woke up before it was too late, situation would be different today.

Anyway, good going KSA. I was always aggravated by how time was wasted in Sat-Sun, Fri-Sat and Thu-Fri weekend. Now atleast a degree of unification as been achieved.

Good move.

It is better to be aligned with the rest of the world's work schedule.

We now live in a global village, and it doesn't help if your "shop" is closed the day the market is filled with "buyers".

KSA is blessed with petroleum a hot commodity, and "shoppers" will wait if the shop is closed.


But in the long run, "hot commodity" or not, it hurts to be out of sync with the world.


peace

 

[jetti]

muslims should not go out of muslim lands especially to west because Fri is working day

 

[FaujHistorian]

muslims should not go out of muslim lands especially to west because Fri is working day

An Indian (most likely a Hindu), who talks like hard core Islamists.

What's new in the PDF land.

What the fing weird and new here.