UN envoy calls on Security Council for Israel action
AP | Jordan Times – Mar 26, 2015 | 22:33 UNITED NATIONS — The UN’s top Mideast envoy challenged the Security Council on Thursday to step up and lead the […]
The battle for the Middle East's future begins in Yemen as Saudi Arabia jumps into the abyss
As a Saudi-led coalition wades into the fight for Yemen – currently under siege from Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran – Robert Fisk examines the much wider-reaching repercussions of this escalating conflict ROBERT FISK Friday 27 March 2015 Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss. Its air attacks […]
The battle for the Middle East’s future begins in Yemen as Saudi Arabia jumps into the abyss
As a Saudi-led coalition wades into the fight for Yemen – currently under siege from Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran – Robert Fisk examines the much wider-reaching repercussions of this escalating conflict ROBERT FISK Friday 27 March 2015 Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss. Its air attacks […]
419. Commandment – If a son is not believer then he is not part of the family
Commandment – If a son is not believer then he is not part of the family [11:42] And he said, ‘Embark therein. In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly Most Forgiving, Merciful.’ [11:43] And it moved along with them on waves like mountains. […]
SAUDI-LED STRIKES KILL 25 CIVILIANS IN SANA’A
Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author) YEMEN TIMES SANA’A, March 26—Twenty-five citizens were reported killed and another 40 injured in the capital Sana’a on Thursday following Saudi-led airstrikes early that morning. The air raid came as part of operation “Decisive Storm” involving over a hundred fighter jets, with strikes reported in […]
OIC supports military action in Yemen
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has backed the military action in Yemen and slammed the Houthis for undermining the country’s legitimate government. Iyad Ameen Madani, secretary general of the OIC, said here Thursday that military action was inevitable to save the country from “the chaos unleashed on it by […]
Allah is the sole Creator
God never had a child, nor have there been any gods beside him. [Had there been any], each of them would have appropriated to himself what he created, and some would have overcome others…” (Qur’an, 23:91) DR. JAAFAR SHEIKH IDRIS Published — Friday 27 March 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Can it be […]
Islam ‘forbids unjust excommunication’
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Published — Friday 27 March 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Islam forbids Muslims from declaring others non-believers, known as takfir, without backing from the Qur’an because this causes unnecessary bloodshed, the Council of Senior Scholars said in a statement on Thursday. Countries in the region have taken action against certain […]
Israeli settlements may have already killed two-state bid – U.N.
MAR 26, 2015 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli settlements on occupied land wanted by the Palestinians may have already killed a possible two-state solution, said the United Nations Middle East envoy on Thursday as he suggested the U.N. Security Council should take action on the peace process. […]
Turkey may give Saudi Yemen operation ‘logistical’ support: Erdogan
Summary Turkey could provide “logistical” support for Saudi Arabia’s operation against Iran-allied Huthi rebels in Yemen, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, slamming Tehran’s involvement in the region. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the Huthi Shiite rebels on Thursday, in an operation slammed by Shiite Iran as a […]
Turkey may give Saudi Yemen operation 'logistical' support: Erdogan
Summary Turkey could provide “logistical” support for Saudi Arabia’s operation against Iran-allied Huthi rebels in Yemen, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, slamming Tehran’s involvement in the region. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the Huthi Shiite rebels on Thursday, in an operation slammed by Shiite Iran as a […]
417. Commandment – Do not feel ashamed with the news of the birth of a female
417. Commandment – Do not feel ashamed with the news of the birth of a female [16:59] And when to one of them is conveyed the tidings of the birth of a female, his face darkens, while he suppresses his inward grief. [16:60] He hides himself from the people because […]
418. Commandment – Children weaning is two years
418. Commandment – Children weaning is two years [46:16] And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him and his weaning takes thirty months, till, when he attains his full […]
Arab foreign ministers agree on unified military force: Egypt TV
BY Mahmoud MouradAli Abdelaty| Reuters CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Egypt on Thursday on a draft resolution to form a unified Arab military force, Egyptian state TV said. The agreement came after warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck Shiite Muslim rebels fighting to oust […]
Test prep question asks students: ‘Which race is superior’ in Israel?’
Haaretz.com: Teenagers in an alternative school program were surprised this week to discover the following question on a worksheet on “Nazi ideology and policy”: “From your acquaintance with the peoples that live in Israel, which is the superior race and which is the inferior race?” The students were part of […]
Test prep question asks students: 'Which race is superior' in Israel?'
Haaretz.com: Teenagers in an alternative school program were surprised this week to discover the following question on a worksheet on “Nazi ideology and policy”: “From your acquaintance with the peoples that live in Israel, which is the superior race and which is the inferior race?” The students were part of […]
Medieval Fantasies? Islamic State Pursues Apocalyptic Logic
An Essay By Georg Diez spiegel.de Islamic State is making headlines by destroying historical artifacts in Iraq. But far from being an expression of medieval nihilism, the campaign on culture is a strategy aimed at drawing the West into battle. The destruction is reminiscent of that wrought by the US. […]
Prince Hassan calls for empowering refugees
Petra | Mar 24, 2015 | 22:44 DUBAI — Wherever refugees are, they need education and they seek to get it, and “we have to empower them by providing the […]
The U.S. must now embrace the Arab plan
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star What should Israel, the Palestinians and the world make of the statement by White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough that the United States expects the next Israeli government to end nearly 50 years of occupation and clear the way for a Palestinian state? […]
416. Commandment – Let those fear God who, if they should leave behind them their own weak offspring, would be anxious for them. Let them, therefore, fear Allah and let them say the right word
416. Commandment – Let those fear God who, if they should leave behind them their own weak offspring, would be anxious for them. Let them, therefore, fear Allah and let them say the right word [4:10] And let those fear God who, if they should leave behind them their own […]