MUST-READS

• Mobily
  Tadawul index plunges 3.5%

  Shares in Saudi Arabian telecommunications firm Mobily plunged their 10 percent daily limit on Tuesday after the firm restated 18 months of earnings and posted a shock profit drop, undermining the entire stock market.

• Religion and Violence
  Book Review: Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood: Is Religion Inherently Violent?

  All of Armstrong's arguments come back to the same basic point: It's impossible to explain contemporary or historical violence solely through religion. "Muslim fundamentalism ... has often—though again, not always—segued into physical aggression," she writes. "This is not because Islam is constitutionally more prone to violence than Protestant Christianity, but rather because Muslims had a much harsher introduction to modernity." (Here, she dates modernity to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.) In other words: Even religious history has to be read through the narrative lens of politics.

• 2014 Mid-Term Elections
  After Election Day, the Isolationists Will Be Back

  en we wake up Wednesday morning, a lot of us will be isolationists again.

• Sports
  Saudi club demands investigation into finals refs

  Angry Al Hilal officials are demanding an investigation into the appointment and performance of match officials in the Saudi club's 1-0 aggregate loss to Western Sydney in the Asian Champions League finals, describing the outcome as "a black spot in the history of Asian football."

• Free Syrian Army
  U.S.-backed Syria rebels routed by fighters linked to al-Qaeda

  The Obama administration’s Syria strategy suffered a major setback Sunday after fighters linked to al-Qaeda routed U.S.-backed rebels from their main northern strongholds, capturing significant quantities of weaponry, triggering widespread defections and ending hopes that Washington will readily find Syrian partners in its war against the Islamic State.

• Women
  WEF recognizes Saudi Arabia’s efforts on gender parity

  The Global Gender Gap Report 2014 named Saudi Arabia as one of the most improved countries in efforts to close the gender gap.

• KACST
  KSA plans to use solar energy for desalination

  In addition to the use of solar energy in desalination, the larger aim is to take advantage of the locally developed solar cells as an important energy-generating source to produce electricity in the areas where it is most needed.

• Sipchem
  Saudi Sipchem says unit to shut methanol plant for maintenance

  Saudi International Petrochemical Co Sipchem said on Monday one of its affiliates will shut a methanol plant for around three weeks for maintenance and some repairs.

• Real Estate
  Saudi Arabia’s Sedco Capital eyes $300 mln Europe real estate deal

  eddah-based Islamic investment firm Sedco Capital plans to arrange a club investment of up to $300 million in European real estate, and will soon distribute its Luxembourg fund range via two European investment firms, its chief executive said.

• Israeli F-35 Purchases
  Israel Planning To Increase F-35 Buy

  Israel is set to place a second order of F-35 joint strike fighters, bringing its planned procurement of the stealthy, fifth-generation jet up to 44. Israel became the first country to purchase the F-35 through a foreign military sales (FMS) program when it agreed in 2010 to procure 19 conventional-takeoff-and-landing F-35A models. The new order will involve adding 25 F-35A fighters.

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