Al Jazeera Marwan Bishara © Provided by Al Jazeera Muslims have a long memory and deep distrust of Western motives when it comes to provoking war or invoking Islam. Not a day passes without certain pundits sharing their newfound “insights” about Islam; “Islam at war”, “Islam’s war within”, or “Islam’s […]
Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis? Who, What, WhyThe Magazine answers the questions behind the news 8 August 2014 SOURCE: bbc.com Share Among the many victims of the advance of The Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East are a group of up to 50,000 Yazidis, who are trapped […]
Source: Voice of America At a youthful 1,400 years, Islam is the youngest of the world’s major religions — and it’s on track to be the largest sometime this century. […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star What happens when chronic violence and brutal aggression go unchecked for decades on end? We see an example of this in the release this week of the findings of a United Nations internal investigation of events during last summer’s war in Gaza. The report […]
Robert Fisk in Abu Dhabi: The acceptable face of the Emirates While Dubai is a byword for excess, vulgarity and human rights abuses, the UAE’s capital affects a higher calling. So, alongside the Emirates Palace Hotel (1,022 crystal chandeliers), the Grand Mosque (capacity: 40,000) and four million foreign workers, there […]
First Islamic State Birth Certificate: Guns and Grenade A newborn next to an Islamic State-issued ID with a gun and hand grenade by the infant’s head. Tue, April 28, 2015 This picture, dubbed the first Islamic State birth certificate, has been circulated on Twitter and is reported to be authentic. […]
By: Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association – AMYA
The Daily Star The pace of military developments in Syria has picked up noticeably in recent weeks; nearly all of the news has been bad for supporters of President Bashar Assad. Some have begun speaking of the “beginning of the end” of the regime, but its true strongholds – from […]
In the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar and ISIS stronghold west of Mosul, several hundred Ezidis are being held captive since August last year. After dozens of women, children and in some cases men managed to escape from Tal Afar following an intensification of armed clashes with Peshmerga and HPS forces […]
PNN Published on Monday, 20 October 2014 11:00 Days of Palestine Day of Palestine reported that Israeli occupation signed on Sunday a deal with Egypt to supply natural gas worth $500-700 every year for next seven years. A deal of understanding with a company representing nongovernmental consumers in Egypt, under […]
450. Commandment – Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets [33:41] Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah has full knowledge […]
CJ Werleman Friday 24 April 2015 13:26 BST With the Der Spiegel revelations of how the Iraqi Baathists plotted the rise of Isis, it’s clear regional conflicts are about politics, not Islam This week the German magazine Der Spiegel published documents that struck yet another blow to the thesis that […]
AFP / JORDAN TIMES / Apr 26, 2015 Residents stand upon the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad […]
Summary by Omar Ashour| The Daily Star Such interventions were usually aimed at empowering a proxy political force over its military and political rivals, instead of averting humanitarian disaster or institutionalizing a nonviolent conflict-resolution mechanism following a war. By 1982, when the Lebanese government failed to extend the ADF’s mandate, it […]
449. Commandment – Treat not the calling of the Messenger among you like the calling of one of you to another [24:64] Treat not the calling of the Messenger among you like the calling of one of you to another. Allah does know those of you who steal away covertly. So […]
Why Mona Eltahawy’s Provocative New Book, Headscarves and Hymens, Falls Short In Its Goal to Change the Arab World By Stephanie Nolen, Apr. 17 2015 Title Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution Author Mona Eltahawy, Genre Non-Fiction, Publisher HarperCollins, Pages 240 pages Price $26.99, Year […]
Summary by Ana Palacia, The Daily Star Among the numerous challenges the West faces, one is consistently overlooked: its addiction to meaningless rhetoric. course, the inherent complexity and unpredictability of international affairs intensify politicians’ inclination to equivocate. Unfortunately, the result has been to make a bad situation worse. Under […]
447. Commandment – O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and speak not aloud to him, as you speak aloud to one another [49:3] O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and speak not aloud to him, […]
448. Commandment – O ye who believe! say not ‘Ra‘ina,’ but say, ‘Unzurna’ and hearken [2:105] O ye who believe! say not ‘Ra‘ina,’ but say, ‘Unzurna’ and hearken. And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment. Note: The word Rai’na belongs to the measure of Mufa’alah which generally gives the send […]
Source: Arab News By Myriam Francois-Cerrah, who became popular when she was a child for acting in the 90s hit film ‘Sense and Sensibility.’ Now she is gaining more popularity […]