Instead of ripping out the offending pages like they normally do, Saudi Arabia has outright banned the latest issue of the Arabic language version of Forbes magazine. The reason the magazine is banned is an article that talked about the wealth of the King and other Arabic country leaders.

Refaat Jaafar, managing editor of Forbes Arabia, which is based out of Dubai, said "The reason was a two-page report on the wealth of 15 ruling dynasties, seven of which are Arab."

A government official speaking on the condition of anonymity told reporters, "Instead of ripping out the pages of the report, the authorities decided to ban the magazine altogether."

Officials from the Saudi government have so far not been available to comment on the ban. The report in Forbes ranked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia third, behind the rulers of Brunei and the United Arab Emirates. Apparently, Saudis shouldn't know this kind of information.

This is not the first time that Forbes Arabia has been censored by the Saudi government. Authorities have ordered columns written by Khalid al-Dakhil, a well-known Saudi analyst and university lecturer, to be ripped out of the magazine twice this year already.

Censorship is common practice in the country of Saudi Arabia, where authorities in the conservative kingdom frequently tear out pages from newspapers and magazines before they are allowed to hit the newsstands.