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Al Nadwa article about Avicenna, Zakaria Razi and Abu Reyhan Birouni dated 1964 caused a diplomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and the Imperial Iran due to the fact that they were described by the paper as Arab thinkers.{{cite book
The U.S. diplomatic cables reported that Al Nadwa was the only paper condemned the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 before the Saudi government displayed a clear official position concerning this event. Additionally, in the 1990s, a series of articles, criticising extremist views, was published in the paper. The target of these criticisms were initially non-Saudi Islamic figures such as Sudanese Hasan Al Turabi. However, later the paper began to criticise Safar Al Hawali and Ayidh Al Qarni. The criticism against these two Saudi Islamic figures led to public anger. As a result, columnist Yousuf Damanhouri was removed from the paper's board of editors.{{cite book|author=Mansoor Jassem|title=Islam and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia: The Quest for Political Change and Reform|year=2011|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|page=112|isbn=9780203961124
The paper openly reported the negative physical conditions experienced in Mecca. For instance, it reported in 2007 that although Al Bayary, an old street, is in close proximity to Masjid Al Haram, it seriously suffers from lack of electricity and water facilities as well as sewerage problems.{{cite news|title=Mecca residents feel abandoned by Saudi government|newspaper=Khaleej Times|access-date=19 May 2012