571. Commandment – It does not behove a Prophet that he should have captives until he engages in regular fighting in the land [8:68] It does not behove a Prophet that he should have captives until he engages in regular fighting in the land. You desire the goods of the world, […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 28 August 2015 Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam. All Muslims who fulfill certain conditions must perform Haj at least once […]
AIJAZ ZAKA SYED ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 28 August 2015 Many western commentators have been raving about Barack Obama’s twin foreign policy triumphs in the last lap of his presidency. The best take came from Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. Having trashed him in June as […]
Epigraph: Indeed, the Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often. (Al Quran […]
By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Many Jews supported Muhammad when he arrived in Medina. I learned about one of them from Dr. Muqtedar Khan, a professor of Political Science, at […]
Qasim Rashid Become a fan Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies Posted: 08/27/2015 In central Syria, Daesh (“ISIS”) recently destroyed an ancient monastery and a church. This, after abducting several Christians, in what has become the group’s long scourge on humanity. While global […]
he Shia holy city of Qom teems with mosques, mullahs and madrassas. So, it was a little surprising to hear Qom religious scholar Hossein Soleimani’s response when I asked him […]
566. Commandment – Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered into a treaty and who have not subsequently failed you in anything nor aided anyone against you. So fulfil to these the treaty you have made with them till their term [9:4] Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered […]
568. Commandment – And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away from the path of Allah [8:48] And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away […]
569. Commandment – And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; only you perceive not [2:155] And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; […]
570. Commandment – Treatment of prisoner of war [47:5] And when you meet in regular battle those who disbelieve, smite their necks; and, when you have overcome them, bind fast the fetters — then afterwards either release them as a favour or by taking ransom — until the war lays down its burdens. That is the ordinance. And if Allah […]
Haaretz Extremists call it a ‘holy war,’ but this conflict has always been about the very secular issues of territory, injustice and identity. Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a religious one? […]
By AFP – Aug 24,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters chant in support for the Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, in the poster, during a demonstration in Basra, 550 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday (AP photo) BAGHDAD — As Iraq attempts to curb rampant corruption […]
Preventing Further Radicalisation Is the Challenge Muslims Must Undertake: Some Concrete Suggestions By Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam 27 April 2015 [This article is a slightly updated version of a presentation made by the author in an international conference on counter-terrorism in Jaipur (India) 19–21 March, 2015] A Brief […]
By AFP – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Christian worshippers and priests arrive for an open-air mass to protest against the building of Israel’s controversial barrier in the Cremisan Valley, which lies between the sprawling settlement of Gilo in occupied East Jerusalem, and the West Bank settlement of Har […]
By Reuters – Aug 23,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A migrant tries to pass a fence near the town of Idomeni, on the border between former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece, on Saturday (AFP photo) BERLIN — Germany’s interior minister led calls on Sunday for a crackdown on right-wing militants and […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Looking at the obscene photograph of old archeologist Khaled al-Asaad’s headless corpse tied to a lamp-post in Palmyra – another image for the library of pornography that Isis produces weekly – I was struck by how deeply the “Islamic Caliphate” has stabbed the world of […]
Aug 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Musa Keilani Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has been targeted by many times in attempts to destroy it in order to build the Third Temple on the same site. This week marks the 46th anniversary of the first attempt to burn the mosque, on August […]
567. Commandment – Allah forbids you not, respecting those who have not fought against you on account of your religion, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that you be kind to them and act equitably towards them; surely Allah loves those who are equitable [60:9] Allah forbids you not, […]
The United Arab Emirates Sunday decided to allot land for building a temple in Abu Dhabi, the first in the Emirati capital after Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two-day […]