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Saudi Ramadan Features Charity Campaign

(AP/Washington Post) - Donna Abu-Nasr This year, politics and an anti-terror drive have influenced the way Saudis give during Ramadan, a month of charity and high religious fervor. Conspicuously absent from mosques and shopping centers are collection boxes that Saudi charities usually set up under posters of dying children in the Palestinian areas. To curb terrorist funding, the government banned the boxes after the May 12 Riyadh bombings. Under new regulations, donations are made through charities' bank accounts, which are advertised in posters and billboards across the city.
2003-11-03 00:00:00
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