Arab World

We need to be generous with charity

UTHMAN KHAN ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 19 June 2015 As Ramadan has arrived this is the time to exceed beyond one’s normal deeds with more voluntary acts, increasing them in a gradual manner. Then whoever can perform itikaf (confinement of oneself to the mosque) they spend all of their time […]

Saudi Arabia top global donor

Courtesy: Global Humanitarian Assistance program REUTERS Published — Friday 19 June 2015   LONDON: Saudi Arabia trebled its global humanitarian aid input to $755 billion, placing it among the top 10 providers, a list traditionally dominated by Western nations, new figures showed on Thursday. The total aid figure hit a […]

503. Commandment – So go forth with thy family in thelatterpart of the night, and follow thou in their rear. And let none of you look back, and now proceed to where you are commanded

  Commandment – So go forth with thy family in thelatterpart of the night, and follow thou in their rear. And let none of you look back, and now proceed to where you are commanded [15:66] ‘So go forth with thy family in the latter part of the night, and follow thou in their rear. […]

Finding Home Elsewhere

Jun 18,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In April 2011, approximately one month after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, Fayez, his wife and their six children had to flee their village in Homs. They remained displaced, moving from place to place across the country, for more than three years. Then, […]

Further fracturing Arab countries

Jun 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES BY MICHAEL JANSEN The battle between Kurdish militiamen and Daesh over the strategic Syrian border town of Tel Abyan has been a crucial test for both sides; Daesh is certain to try to regain control. The town, across from the Turkish city of Akcakale, is […]