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 — […]
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 — […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
Source: The Guardian Government of Andalusia says Diocese of Córdoba is ignoring site’s history as a place of worship for Muslims and Christians Inscriptions from the Qur’an share space with […]
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities are holding a daughter and an ex-wife of the head of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the interior minister said. It was initially reported that a wife and son of the self-proclaimed “caliph” had been arrested last month. The woman, who has been named as […]
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID To ensure a smooth worshiping experience for everyone at the Grand Mosque this Umrah season, the director of the Gates Administration at the mosque in Makkah, Abdullah […]
Yazidis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( Total population 840,000 – 1,000,000[1][2][3] Regions with significant populations Iraq 650,000[4] Syria 50,000[5][6] Germany 40,000[1][7] Russia 40,586[8] Armenia 35,272[9] Georgia 20,843[10] Netherlands 5,000[11] Sweden 4,000[7] Scriptures Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe) Yazidi Black Book (Mishefa Reş) Languages Kurdish (Latin)[12][13] Yazidism Type Syncretic […]
313. Commandment – to whom houses you are allowed to have meals [24:62] There is no harm for the blind and there is no harm for the lame, and there is no harm for the sick and none for yourselves, that you eat from your own houses, or the houses […]
by Khetam Malkawi | Dec 04, 2014 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday stressed its commitment to supporting Syrian refugees on its territory, but warned that the same level […]
Summary An ISIS commander threatened to kidnap Lebanese women and children and end negotiations over the captive servicemen unless his wife and children, detained by authorities last week, are released soon. Shishani denied what he said were claims that the woman was ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s wife, saying that […]
Two female women’s rights activists have been detained by Saudi Arabia at the border from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for a protest against the kingdom’s ban on women driving. Saudi celebrity and human rights activist Loujain al-Hathoul, aged 25, attempted to drive a car across the border from the […]
IBN SINA ABU ‘ALI AL-HUSAYN (980-1037) Ibn Sina (Avicenna) is one of the foremost philosophers in the Medieval Hellenistic Islamic tradition that also includes al-Farabi and Ibn Rushd His philosophical […]
Guardian: The Muhammad myth is a popular one. For at least four years there have been numerous news reports declaring that Mohammed is the most popular boy’s name in the country. […]
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014 Perspective: Wahhabism to ISIS – how Saudi Arabia exported the main source of global terrorism By Karen Armstrong ________________________________________ Although IS is certainly an Islamic movement, it is neither typical nor mired in the distant past, because its roots are in Wahhabism, a form of Islam […]
AMMAN — Minister of Interior Hussein Majali emphasised at a meeting with Japan’s Ambassador to Jordan Shunichi Sakurai on Monday that Jordan and Japan are bound by strategic and distinguished relations that should be built on in the best interests of the two countries, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. […]
Wednesday, 3 December 2014 Chris Doyle Two brothers faced each other in wheelchairs. Only by sheer accident of fate did these two Syrian refugees find themselves reunited in a small center in central Amman. Every refugee there had a story, each one enough to scar for a lifetime. Many at […]