Exasperated Abbas pushes UN end-of-occupation bid
BY MERRIT KENNEDY | AP Published — Saturday 29 November 2014 CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday he is moving ahead with a proposed UN Security Council resolution on […]
Learning to love prayers
TAREK GHANEM Published — Friday 28 November 2014 Skipping prayers is unfortunately something common among many Muslims. Many, nonetheless, keep going back to prayers out of fear, and rightfully so, […]
Israeli Ahmadi Muslim Sheikh Says Attacks on Jews ‘Stain Islam’
Source: Arutz Sheva, Israel Israeli Sheikh, Sheikh Muhammad Sharif Odeh, visits Har Nof synagogue, says terror attacks against Koran. By Ari Yashar Sheikh Muhammad Sharif Odeh, a leader of the […]
Jerusalem: IDF Chief Rabbi Rafi Peretz Claims Muslim Worship of Temple Mount is Phony
By Umberto Bacchi November 28, 2014 08:57 GMT Israel’s chief military rabbi claimed that the religious significance of a contested Jerusalem compound to Islam is an invention, as an overwhelming majority of Muslims have no idea what’s actually written in Quran. In comments that are likely to further exacerbate tensions […]
Yemen: March into middle ages
The Daily Star The unfolding situation in Yemen looks set to secure the country among the world’s failed states, but in such a way that it will make Somalia appear like Sweden. Even before the Houthi rebels took over the capital Sanaa in September, the country was on shaky ground. […]
700 migrants’ harrowing sail ends
BY NICHOLAS PAPHITIS | AP ARABNEWS.COM Published — Friday 28 November 2014 IERAPETRA, Greece: More than 700 people, most fleeing Syria, were disembarking Thursday on the Greek island of Crete […]
With incentives and brute force, IS subdues tribes
BEIRUT — The Islamic State (IS) group is employing multiple tactics to subdue the Sunni Muslim tribes in Syria and Iraq under its rule, wooing some with gifts — everything from cars to feed for their animals — while brutally suppressing those that resist with mass killings. AP JORDAN TIMES […]
Region’s security hinges on Mideast peace — King
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday asserted that the Palestinian issue is the core and essence of the conflict in the Middle East, noting that the region will continue to suffer insecurity, instability, despair and an increasing fear of the future unless just, comprehensive and viable peace is […]
Islamic State Lacks Funds to Keep Control of Iraqi, Syrian Territory: Experts
LONDON: Islamic State (IS) militants may ultimately lose the war in Iraq and Syria because they do not have enough money to run the territory under their control, despite holding assets worth more than $2 trillion, international terrorism experts said. The cost of running an entire administration – paying civil […]
Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels
by Amena Baker, The Daily Star, Lebanon Summary At a desert base, Gulf state Qatar is covertly training moderate Syrian rebels with U.S. help to fight both President Bashar Assad and ISIS and may include more overtly Islamist insurgent groups, sources close to the matter say. The camp, south of […]
Online Umrah visa applications now open
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID Umrah operators are now ready to receive online applications for visas, Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has said. Hajjar said they opened up for applications on Nov. 23. He urged companies working in the field to provide the best services for pilgrims, who are their responsibility on arrival […]
Inaccurate copies of Qur’an to be removed from holy mosques
arabnews.com: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance has instructed officials to remove all copies of Qur’an with mistakes from the two holy mosques, said Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh on Wednesday. Al-Asheikh said the ministry recently discovered that traders and philanthropists had unwittingly brought copies of these […]
Israeli Arabs are putting ‘2nd class citizen’ stamps on their Facebook profiles
Hundreds of Israeli Arabs have replaced their Facebook profile pictures with a stamp that says “second class citizen” in response to the proposed bill defining Israel as “the nation state […]
Israeli president criticises divisive Jewish nation-state bill
(Reuters) Israel’s president has said a bill promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would anchor in law the status of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people runs counter […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Commandment – Confer for the attainment of virtue and righteousness
303. Commandment – Confer for the attainment of virtue and righteousness [58:10] O ye who believe! when you confer together in secret, confer not for the commission of sin and transgression and disobedience to the Messenger, but confer for the attainment of virtue and righteousness, and fear Allah unto Whom […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 304. Commandment – when you consult the Messenger in private, give alms before your consultation
304. Commandment – when you consult the Messenger in private, give alms before your consultation [58:13] O ye who believe! when you consult the Messenger in private, give alms before your consultation. That is better for you and purer. But if you find not anything to give, then Allah is Most Forgiving, […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 305. Commandment to say peace be on you (Assalamo Alaikum)
305. Commandment to say peace be on you (Assalamo Alaikum) [51:26] When they entered upon him and said, ‘Peace!’ he said, ‘Peace!’ They were all strangers. [56:26] They will not hear therein any vain or sinful talk, [56:27] Except only the word of salutation, ‘Peace, peace.’ [10:11] Their prayer therein shall be, ‘Glory be to Thee, O Allah!’ and […]
60 Imams, Rabbis Meet In Washington For Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Summit
Frustrated by dangerously high tensions between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, 60 imams and rabbis gathered Sunday (Nov. 23) to hatch concrete plans to bridge the gulf between […]
Saudi Arabia: Birth control emphasized?
Source: Arab News: Experts have emphasized the need for population control to preserve the economic resources and urged the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars and the Shoura Council to express their opinion on the sensitive issue. “People are afraid of talking about birth control in the Kingdom because of sensitivity […]
Muslim clerics gather in Iran to discuss how to counter terrorism
Clerics from 80 countries plan how to combat extremist groups including ISIS The Huffington Post: Shiite and Sunni clerics from about 80 countries gathered in Iran’s holy city of Qom […]