RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A conservative Saudi cleric was told to stop giving ... the kingdom's decision to send young female competitor Dalma Malhas to the Youth ...

Golpayegani, 91, a Shi'ite source of emulation in the holy city of Qom, is not the first conservative cleric to deplore the participation of female Iranian athletes in foreign competitions.

U.S. military figures show 31 attacks by 35 female suicide bombers so far this year, compared with eight in 2007. Hertling said the cleric approached U.S. forces earlier this week to tell them ...