Telegraph: Qatar and Saudi Arabia have ignited a “time bomb” by funding the global spread of radical Islam, according to a former commander of British forces in Iraq. General Jonathan Shaw, who retired as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff in 2012, told The Telegraph that Qatar and Saudi Arabia […]
Arab compatriots show little sympathy for Syrian families fleeing violence ROBERT FISK Author Biography BEIRUT Monday 06 October 2014 The shooting went on for hours, heard even in the centre of ancient Baalbek as Hezbollah and the Jabhat al-Nusra/Isis insurgents from Syria fought it out on the ridgeline above the […]
Summary Perhaps no time in recent memory has seen such international attention focused on Islam and Muslims, while sectarian tension, pitting Sunnis against Shiites, is rife in several critically-important areas of the Middle East. Islam itself has been hijacked by a group of ultra-extremists who have distorted centrally-important aspects of […]
Murdered aid worker Alan Henning’s brother has called on David Cameron to put British troops on the ground in Syria and Iraq to catch the Islamic State “monsters” who killed him. Reg Henning said those responsible for killing the taxi driver, from Eccles in Greater Manchester, were “barbarians”. He also […]
Ben Affleck became embroiled in a furious debate about Islam on an American television show, accusing the host of being racist and the guests of being ignorant Harriet Alexander By Harriet Alexander1:56PM BST 05 Oct 2014 Ben Affleck, the Oscar-winning actor and director, has launched a ferocious defence of Islam, […]
Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin made a festive visit to the northern Israeli town of Kfar Yasif near Acre, in honor of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, which […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Monday 6 October 2014 Haj has never been so organized — from the trains that run on elevated tracks to the extremely helpful security forces […]
255. Commandment to say the right word [33:71] O ye who believe! fear Allah, and say the right word. [33:72] He will bless your works for you and forgive you your sins. And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger, shall surely attain a mighty success. [4:10] And let those fear […]
MAKKAH: HANI HAZAIMEH Published — Sunday 5 October 2014 Makkah’s state-of-the-art metro will have transported nearly one million pilgrims by the end of this Haj season, said a top official. […]
Philip Weiss on September 27, 2014 In The Nation, Barbara Crossette interviews Lakhdar Brahimi, 80, the Algerian who served as a leading diplomat for the United Nations over a couple […]
BY RAMI G. KHOURI, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON SUMMARY One of the most significant common factors that has characterized the Arab world in recent years has been the birth and spread of non-state actors – organizations, parties, militias – that have assumed the role of traditional governments in many countries. […]
Russia is vital in dealing with regional challenges in the Middle East and without Russia, the region “would be a lot worse off” King Abdullah II of Jordan underlined as he sat down for a one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Kremlin, on Thursday. King Abdullah attended the meeting […]
Allah the Almighty preferred some months to others, some days to others and some nights to others and selected specific times in the year to be seasons of worship and […]
MINA: Pilgrims stoned the devil on Saturday in the last major ritual of this year’s Haj in Makkah, and Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid Al-Adha, the feast of […]
255. Commandment to say the right word [33:71] O ye who believe! fear Allah, and say the right word. [33:72] He will bless your works for you and forgive you your sins. And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger, shall surely attain a mighty success. [4:10] And let those fear […]
On Saturday, pilgrims set off for Muzdalifah, where they gather pebbles for the stoning of the devil AFPPublished: 16:41 October 3, 2014 Gulf News “I am now a newborn baby and I don’t have any sin,” Nigerian pilgrim Taofik Odunewu said, standing at the foot of Mount Mercy on the […]
Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum| The Daily Star The global financial crisis taught the world how profoundly interdependent our economies have become. In today’s crisis of extremism, we must recognize that […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 3 October 2014 Saudi authorities are planning to introduce a barcode system for Mina tents to help stranded pilgrims identify their tents with the assistance of Google maps. “A technology has been already developed for this purpose,” said Mohammed Al-Ruwaished, head of the […]
MINA: HANI HAZAIMEH & SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Friday 3 October 2014 In scenes of devotion seen nowhere else on the planet, over two million pilgrims, wrapped in seamless white […]
In Jordan also soon the weather will change and get cooler. Not known by some outside of the region is that Jordan can have very cold weather and even snow. The snow usually lasts a few days, but the cold season with occasional rain can last from November to April. […]