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Saudi Arabia bans using Gregorian dates

The use of the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned

    Gulf News report
    Published: 18:27 May 17, 2012
    Gulf News

   http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-ara … -1.1024301

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has banned all government and private agencies from using the Gregorian calendar in official dealings.

The use of the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned, a local daily said.

All ministries and agencies have to use the Hijri dates (Islamic calendar) and the Arabic language, the interior ministry said. The ministry attributed its decision to preserving the Islamic calendar and the Arabic language, Arabic daily Al Watan reported.

In the statement to the ministries and establishments, the ministry said that it noted that some government entities were using Gregorian dates "unnecessarily", in a violation of high orders and instructions. Several hotel and company receptions used English in their communications, the ministry said.

What if one does not speak English if you order food or anything else when they hear British accent, they just drop your phone off?

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:D These rumorous news have already been discussed on EB a couple of weeks back.

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=165032

How they say that in Arabic --- Mustaheel --- Impossible!

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