At Least 65 Dead in Grand Mosque in Mecca from Falling Crane by Reuters RIYADH — At least 65 people were killed when a crane crashed in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense authority said, in an accident that came just weeks before Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage. […]
Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? Sorry to break this to you, but you’re an idiot You don’t need to be a white westerner to own a relatively cheap piece of technology James O’Malley “Hey, those people fleeing war in Syria aren’t poor at all! Look, they all have smartphones!” […]
Refugee crisis: Thank God for Germany taking responsibility – the rest of Europe appears to have forgotten the age-old lessons of history Thousands of years of our history can be traced via the movements of refugees. Often, they have been welcomed, and the societies receiving them enriched. Yet the same […]
583. Commandment – You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes [2:85] And remember the time when We took a covenant from you: ‘You shall not shed your blood or turn your people out of your homes;’ then you confirmed it; and you have been witness to it. […]
This Normal Life: Magic, demons and Judaism: what to do with troubling texts? Source: Jerusalem Post By Dr. Robin Stamler is a magic buff It’s not magic tricks that interest […]
582. Commandment – And create not disorder in the earth after it has been set in order [7:57] And create not disorder in the earth after it has been set in order, and call upon Him in fear and hope. Surely, the mercy of Allah is nigh unto those who do […]
581. Commandment – And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them 581. Commandment – And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them [49:10] And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them; then if after that one […]
FP: Pope Francis has won praise around the world for advancing a more humble, tolerant version of Catholicism, but there’s one country that he evidently hasn’t won over. Saudi Arabia […]
Asylum’s Dark Side: The Deadly Business of Human Smuggling REUTERS Every day, thousands of refugees entrust their lives to human smugglers as they make their way to Europe — and many of them die en route. The smugglers, meanwhile, are making handsome profits, and aren’t particularly concerned about safety. By […]
By Batsheva Sobelman, Los Angeles Time Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, now in its fifth year, more than 4 million refugees have fled the country while […]
The Electronic Intifada: The UK parliament may debate whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes. This is because more than 100,000 UK citizens and residents […]
By Michael StephensRoyal United Services Institute (Rusi), Doha Image copyrightReutersImage captionTens of thousands of Syrian refugees are heading westwards into Europe Images of Syrian refugees stuck at borders and at train stations, not to mention the harrowing picture of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach, has spurred […]
580. Commandment – Regarding Jizya (kind of tax) [9:29] Fight those from among the People of the Book who believe not in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor hold as unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared to be unlawful, nor follow the true religion, until they pay […]
In this May 10, 2014 file photo, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad Madani speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Monday 7 September 2015 JEDDAH: The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation […]
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Sep 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this recent photo, Kufic inscriptions are seen at the site of Wadi Shireh mosque, which dates back to the Umayyad era (Photo courtesy of Glenn Corbett) AMMAN — Two scholars from the American Centre of Oriental Research (ACOR), Glenn Corbett […]
© Business Insider© Provided by Business Insider A photo of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from US Army files relating to his time as a detainee in Iraq. The world knows little of the Islamic State terror group’s brutal leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but a new article from counterterrorism expert Will McCants […]
SEP 6, 2015 – 15:09 BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned British “interference” in its affairs, after a senior government minister signalled Britain was moving closer to military action in the war-torn country. State news agency SANA said the foreign ministry had sent two letters to United […]
Photo: Norddeutsche Rundfunk/Screenshot Palestinian TV teen given German residency Published: 05 Sep 2015 11:29 GMT+02:00 A Palestinian teen threatened with deportation who burst into tears during a televised debate with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has got a residency permit for “humanitarian reasons,” a statement said Friday. In the encounter last […]
By JT – Sep 05,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Migrants wait to board a train after crossing the border between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece near Gevgelija on Saturday (Reuters photo) AMMAN — Jordan has said that the world community’s failure to aptly address the refugee plight has led […]
Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar visits the headquarters of the pilgrim establishment for Arab states in Makkah on Thursday. (AN photo Ahmad Hashad) ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 5 September 2015 JEDDAH: A total of 172,000 pilgrims have arrived via 861 flights from around the world at King Abdulaziz International Airport […]