In addition to dismissing two ultra-conservative figures (Sheikh Ibrahim al-Ghaith, the head of the "Mutawwa", and Sheikh Salih Ibn al-Luhaydan, the head of the Saudi judiciary, who approved the murder of owners of satellite channels transmitting "immoral" material), King Abdullah has appointed Norah al-Faiz, an American-educated official, as deputy education minister with special responsibility for female education. These and other moves are seen as a genuine attempt to hasten the reform program in the Kingdom.
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