Vienna may shut down controversial Saudi school
Russia Today: Vienna’s Board of Education has ordered for a school owned by the Saudi government to stop operating by the end of the year, after it failed to provide […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 320. Commandment – make not unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you
320. Commandment – make not unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you [5:88] O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you, and do not transgress. Surely, Allah loves not the transgressors. [7:33] Say, ‘Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 321. Commandment – eat and drink but exceed not the bounds (be moderate in eating)
321. Commandment – eat and drink but exceed not the bounds (be moderate in eating) [7:32] O children of Adam! look to your adornment at every time and place of worship, and eat and drink but exceed not the bounds; surely, He does not love those who exceed the bounds. […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 322. Commandment – be moderate in spending
322. Commandment – be moderate in spending [25:68] And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly but moderate between the two;
UK Women News: Saudi Cleric Says Women Are not required to Wear Hijab
Saudi Cleric Says Women Are not required to Wear Hijab, Can Put Makeup Around 5,000 Yazidi women and girls have been kidnapped by IS militants, who sell them as sex slaves ‘Saudi Cleric Says Women Are not required to Wear Hijab, Can Put Makeup Dec […]
Many uncertainties remain in the anti-ISIS campaign
Summary by David Ignatius, Daily Star, Lebanon Gen. John Allen must sometimes feel that he’s navigating a maze as he organizes the coalition to defeat ISIS: Iran is a silent partner in Iraq but a potential adversary in Syria and elsewhere; Turkey and Saudi Arabia are crucial allies, but skittish […]
Lebanon to launch refugee crisis response plan
The Daily Star BEIRUT: United Nations and Lebanese officials are meeting Monday to launch the 2015-16 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan to deal with the more than 1.2 million Syrian refugees the country is hosting. Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas and Ross Mountain, the U.N. resident coordinator in Lebanon, will discuss […]
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 […]