5 things you didn't know about religious veils
CNN: By Abed Awad, who is an attorney, a national Islamic law expert and an adjunct law professor at Rutgers School of Law and Pace Law School. Here are five […]
West partly to blame for Daesh — top Muslim cleric
By AFP – Jun 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptian grand imam of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb, speaks during an interview with a journalist of the Agence France-Presse on Tuesday in Florence (AFP photo) Florence, Italy — The West has an interest in the “fragmentation” of the Islamic world […]
Saudi Arabia: Reformation: Wild party duo ordered to dig graves
Courtesy photo. ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Two young women and two men who were caught together at a wild party that involved in dancing and singing at a beach resort have been given interesting alternative sentences. The Criminal Court in Jeddah ordered the two girls to visit 10 patients at […]
Saudi Rial12m iftar meals for refugees
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif. (AP) ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 10 June 2015 JEDDAH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, has allocated SR12 million (US$ 3.2 million) to supply iftar meals to Syrian refugees and Somalis during the fasting month of Ramadan. The allocation […]
Four fast facts about Arabic, and other languages, you may not have known
Albawaba.com © Provided by Albawaba.com These statistics may make you want to finally crack open those language books.Arabic is well-known to have a major presence in several countries around the worldbeyond the Middle East. But to what degree? In fact Arabic stands tall in the rankings. That’s what you can […]
A Net Assessment of the Middle East – Geopolitical Weekly – Stratfor
Geopolitical Weekly JUNE 9, 2015 | 08:00 GMT By George Friedman The term “Middle East” has become enormously elastic. The name originated with the British Foreign Office in the 19th century. The British divided the region into the Near East, the area closest to the United Kingdom and most of […]
493. Commandment – Punishment of Apostasy is not Killing
Commandment – Punishment of Apostasy is not Killing [4:138] Those who believe, then disbelieve, then again believe, then disbelieve, and then increase in disbelief, Allah will never forgive them nor will He guide them to the way. [2:218] They ask thee about fighting in the Sacred Month. Say: ‘Fighting therein is a great transgression, but to hinder […]
‘False legitimacy’: Saudi Arabia hosting UN Human Rights Council slammed by watchdog
Russia Today: The decision to hold a UN-backed human rights summit in Saudi Arabia in early June, attended by the Human Rights Council’s chief, has sparked an outcry from rights organizations, claiming that the visit gave the Gulf kingdom “false legitimacy.” The main point of the international summit held in […]
492. Commandment – There should be no compulsion in religion
492. Commandment – There should be no compulsion in religion [2:257] There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely, right has become distinct from wrong; so whosoever refuses to be led by those who transgress, and believes in Allah, has surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah […]
Yes, Bush helped create ISIS — and set up the Middle East for a generation of chaos
Updated by Zack Beauchamp on June 2, 2015, 8:09 a.m. ET @zackbeauchamp zack@vox.com 392501 01: U.S. President Geroge W. Bush speaks to members of the Future Farmers of America farm youth organization July 27, 2001 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Mark Wilson/Getty Images Remember May 2003, in the […]
Why Should a Non-Muslim Discover Islam?
Our world has changed so much over the last twenty years. If Islam was mentioned at all on the TV before the events of 9/11 in the USA, it was […]
Changing western perception of Muslims
SABRIA S. JAWHAR ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 4 June 2015 If I were a betting woman I’d say the future looks pretty grim for Muslims. I’m no pessimist, but the evidence is a bit overwhelming. In the western world we are witnessing the progressive institutionalization of religious and cultural […]
Jordan-Palestine ties as strong as ever — Palestinian prime minister
By JT – Jun 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour meets with his Palestinian counterpart, Rami Hamdallah, in Amman on Saturday (Petra photo) AMMAN — A senior Palestinian official has said that the Jordanian-Palestinian ties are as strong as ever, “not being disturbed by anything”. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami […]
491. Commandment – Have patience, then, as had the Messengers of strong determination; and be in no haste about them
Commandment – Have patience, then, as had the Messengers of strong determination; and be in no haste about them [46:36] Have patience, then, as had the Messengers of strong determination; and be in no haste about them. On the day when they see that with which they are threatened, it […]
Saudi woman deflates husband’s tyres over second wife
Last month a Saudi woman racked up SR300,000 in traffic fines over husband’s second marriage PUBLISHED: 10:30 JUNE 2, 2015 02 BY: HABIB TOUMI,BUREAU CHIEF Manama: A woman who thought her husband was seriously planning to take another woman felt she found the perfect solution to exact revenge on him […]
Saudi woman deflates husband's tyres over second wife
Last month a Saudi woman racked up SR300,000 in traffic fines over husband’s second marriage PUBLISHED: 10:30 JUNE 2, 2015 02 BY: HABIB TOUMI,BUREAU CHIEF Manama: A woman who thought her husband was seriously planning to take another woman felt she found the perfect solution to exact revenge on him […]
Saudi Arabia: Meeting focuses on tackling religious intolerance
Madani says limits of freedom of expression need to be ascertained to determine where it ends PUBLISHED: 17:18 JUNE 4, 2015 WAM Jeddah: More 90 experts on human rights, law, politics and minorities, including UN special procedures as well as representatives of UN Member States, met at the OIC headquarters […]
Ways of encouraging believers to do good
The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, although both are good. (Muslim) HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 5 June 2015 A BELIEVER considers having certain human obligations toward not just the people around him, but to the society on the whole. That […]
All systems go as pilgrim influx due
MAJESTIC MOSQUE: The newly constructed annex of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, part of the latest Haram expansion project, will be opened to meet the requirements of increasing numbers of pilgrims and worshippers during Ramadan. (SPA) ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 5 June 2015 JEDDAH: Saudi missions abroad have […]
Al Qaeda’s Syria chief says Daesh caliphate ‘illegitimate’
By AFP – Jun 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — The chief of Al Qaeda’s Syria affiliate described the rival Daesh group’s self-proclaimed caliphate as “illegitimate”, in a wide-ranging television interview aired on Wednesday. In the second part of his appearance on the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera news channel, Al Nusra […]