480. Commandment – Speak to him a gentle speech that he might possibly heed or fear [20:44] “Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has transgressed all bounds. [20:45] “But speak to him a gentle speech that he might possibly heed or fear.”
WAR & CONFLICT East Jerusalem: ‘The two-state solution is dead’ Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem are increasingly pessimistic on the possibility of an independent state. Creede Newton | 14 Apr 2015 12:03 GMT | Netanyahu announced the construction of 143 new homes in the Jewish settlement known to Israelis as […]
WAR & CONFLICT East Jerusalem: ‘The two-state solution is dead’ Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem are increasingly pessimistic on the possibility of an independent state. Creede Newton | 14 Apr 2015 12:03 GMT | Netanyahu announced the construction of 143 new homes in the Jewish settlement known to Israelis as […]
RSS FOLLOW EMAIL PRINT SHARE Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star If I were Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, I’d be slightly worried that I received a telephone call from U.S. Vice President Joe Bidenon Monday assuring continued American military support and coordination to combat ISIS. Last week, ISIS made […]
Reuters | May 26, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES Afghan labourer Said Ahmad, 26, pulls a cart as he collects metals and plastics to sell in Kabul on Sunday (AFP photo) LONDON — The world’s rich donor nations must increase their overseas aid budgets and reverse the trend of declining funding […]
479. Commandment – Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation [16:126] Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in a way that is best. Surely, thy Lord knows best who has strayed from His way; and He […]
By Eric Draitser Global Research, May 23, 2015 The Western media has been consumed in recent days with the news that Islamic State militants have captured the strategically critical city of Ramadi in Iraq. The narrative is one of incompetence on the part of Iraqi military forces who, the corporate media tells […]
478. Commandment – And relate to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Signs, but he stepped away from them; so Satan followed him up, and he became one of those who go astray [7:176] And relate to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Signs, but […]
Source: Arab News By HARUN YAHYA • Arrogant people are always “on tenterhooks” • Their behavior is never sincere and genuine. • They think they will never make a mistake. • They therefore live in a constant state of discomfort. — Arrogance leads people to sickness of mind and […]
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR TERROR: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jeddah. (SPA) ARAB NEWS Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, denounced Friday’s terrorist attack on a Qatif mosque and said it was aimed at undermining the Kingdom’s security and stability. […]
There appears to be a trend among non-Israeli and often non-Jewish supporters of Israel to associate their support of Israel with right-wing extremist causes such as hatred of Islam. These people are playing into the hands of Islamist extremists, such as Hamas, who wish to portray the Israel / Arab […]
477. Commandment – And argue not with the People of the Book except with what is best; but argue not at all with such of them as are unjust [29:47] And argue not with the People of the Book except with what is best; but argue not at all with such of them as are […]
475. Commandment – Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death because they believe not [26:4] Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death because they believe not. [18:7] So haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death for sorrow after them if they believe not in this discourse. [40:39] And he who believed said: ‘O […]
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Nafeez Ahmed Friday 3 April 2015 12:30 BST Yemen is the latest casualty of a neoconservative strategy commissioned by the US Army to ‘capitalise on Sunni-Shia conflict’ in the Middle East – the goal is nothing short of ‘Western dominance’ Yemen is on the brink of “total collapse” according to […]
AP / JORDAN TIMES / MAY 23, 2015 SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan — Against a backdrop of Iraq and Syria in flames, Middle Eastern political and business leaders sought to focus on a future of growth and investment for a region that for long has lagged behind. But present-day reality proved rather […]
Muqtedar Khan Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, the University of Delaware Power is a function of knowledge. Say: Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know? [Quran 39:9] The Ummah is powerless because those who they consider as knowledgeable have failed for over 500 […]
476. Commandment – Grieve not over them [15:89] Stretch not thy eyes towards what We have bestowed on some classes of them to enjoy for a short time, and grieve not over them; and lower thy wing of mercy for the believers. [16:128] And endure thou with patience; and verily, thy patience is possible only with the […]
JEDDAH — The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed on Thursday an agreement with the government of Pakistan to establish 15 mobile medical clinics in remote rural regions of the country. IDB will build the clinics by using a part of the SR1 billion donated by a Saudi philanthropist to establish […]
Russia Today: The BBC has reached a “provisional finding” to uphold complaints made by Palestinian activists that the broadcaster breached its editorial guidelines in a “soft” interview with the Israeli […]