Why our hearts must engage in Allah’s worship
Islam prescribes many forms of worship that have outward expressions, prayer being the most obvious of these. Yet, the greatest, most important facets of worship are the internal ones, the […]
Huge umbrellas to be installed at Makkah Grand Mosque
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Published — Monday 15 December 2014 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved a project to install about 300 sunshades in the courtyards of […]
Orthodox Jews back scarf-wearing Muslim in Abercrombie & Fitch case
Samantha Elauf was 17 when she was rejected by a Tulsa, Okla., branch of the clothing store. Members of any religion that need an accommodation will be put in a bad situation if in job interviews they have to ask for them. – William Burgess, staff attorney, Council on American-Islamic […]
The Jews of Arabia
The Jews may have originated in the Middle East but they were long ago scattered far and wide – to the Gulf, among other places. Few now remain, except in Iran. But a century ago, writes Matthew Teller, there was even a proposal to found a Jewish state at an […]
ISIS & Slavery
ISIS: Enslaving, having sex with ‘unbelieving’ women, girls is OK By Greg Botelho, CNN.com updated 11:20 AM EST, Sat December 13, 2014 source: CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS ISIS produces a document, “Question and Answers on Female Slaves and their Freedom” It has been posted online, and armed men distributed it to […]
Knowledge is essence of religion
SHEIKH IBRAHIM AL-TUWAIJRI Published — Friday 12 December 2014 ARABNEWS.COM Allah created man and provided him with the tools for acquiring knowledge, namely hearing, sight and wisdom. Allah says: “And […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 318. Commandment – there shall be no sin for what they eat, provided they fear God
318. Commandment – there shall be no sin for what they eat, provided they fear God [5:94] On those who believe and do good works there shall be no sin for what they eat, provided they fear God and believe and do good works, and again fear God and believe, […]
Indonesian editor accused of blasphemy over IS cartoon AFP
Dawn: JAKARTA: The chief editor of a leading English-language newspaper in Muslim-majority Indonesia has been named a suspect in a blasphemy case after the publication of a cartoon about the Islamic State group, police said Friday. The Jakarta Post’s Meidyatama Suryodiningrat could be jailed for up to five years if […]
King’s SR390m (104 million $) aid to help feed Syrian refugees battling cold
JEDDAH: HANI HAZAIMEH Published — Friday 12 December 2014 A $104 million (SR390 million) donation from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has helped restore food vouchers for […]
Jihadist violence ‘killed 5,000 in November’
A closer look at the BBC’s investigation on the global cost of jihadist violence More than 5,000 people worldwide died in November as a result of jihadist violence, a BBC […]
Amnesty: Death of Palestinian Minister Highlights Excessive Force By Israeli Army
The death of a Palestinian minister during a protest against land confiscations in the West Bank may have resulted from arbitrary and abusive force by Israeli forces against demonstrators, said […]
UN official calls for prosecution after CIA revelations
.itv.com: A United Nations human rights expert has called for the prosecution of US officials who ordered acts of torture against detainees. Ben Emmerson, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 317. Commandment – Eat of that which Allah has provided for you of what is lawful and good
317. Commandment – Eat of that which Allah has provided for you of what is lawful and good [5:89] And eat of that which Allah has provided for you of what is lawful and good. And fear Allah in Whom you believe. [20:82] ‘Eat of the good things that We […]
Iraqi Kurd urges regional rule for Iraqi Sunnis
Summary Iraq’s central government in Baghdad must give up much of its authority to local power centers — and potentially permit the creation of an autonomous Sunni Muslim region — […]
Syrian Hebrew Bibles Could Spark Ownership Dispute
Huff Post: JERUSALEM (AP) — Two decades after Israeli spies helped Syrian Jews whisk ancient Hebrew bibles from Damascus to Jerusalem, Israel’s national library asked an Israeli court on Monday to grant it custodianship over the manuscripts — a move that could spark an ownership battle over some of the […]
Jordan’s King Says Fight Against ISIS Is ‘a Third World War, a Muslim Problem’
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who is in Washington to meet with President Barack Obama, described the battle against the Islamic State, or ISIS, terror group in Iraq and Syria as “a third world war” and “a Muslim problem,” they need to take ownership of. “This is a Muslim problem,” Abdullah […]
How ISIS Drives Muslims From Islam
NY Times: THE Islamic State has visibly attracted young Muslims from all over the world to its violent movement to build a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But here’s what’s less visible — the online backlash against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, by young Muslims declaring […]
Gaza engineer develops new technology to replace cement
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Salameh Bihar, 56, who was displaced after Israel destroyed his house in Gaza’s Shajaiya neighborhood in the recent war, is still waiting to rebuild his three-story house. But he is not optimistic about succeeding. Summary: Engineer Imad al-Khalidi has developed a replacement for cement to […]
UN reveals Israeli links with Syrian rebels – Reports by UN observers in the Golan submitted to 15 members of Security Council detail regular contact between IDF officers and armed Syrian opposition figures at the border.
Reports by UN observers in the Golan Heights over the past 18 months reveal the type and extent of cooperation between Israel and Syrian opposition figures. The reports, submitted to […]
A Sunni governor offers advice to defeat ISIS
A Sunni governor offers advice to defeat ISIS David Ignatius| The Daily Star The Obama administration’s slow campaign against ISIS takes a small step forward this week as a leading Sunni politician visits Washington to urge support for a 10,000-member national guard force that could gradually help regain control of […]