Marriages don’t have to cost a fortune
Couples are being urged not to spend thousands on a wedding and advised to opt for cheaper weddings to escape from heavy debt. A forum highlighting how families can ease […]
KSA ‘does not fund or support IS murderers’
JEDDAH: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Saturday 30 August 2014 Saudi Arabia had not and would not support or fund criminals who have unleashed a reign of terror in many areas of the region, said Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom. Responding to an article by […]
A political coming of age in the Gulf
Summary by Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star, Lebanon The apparent airstrike against targets in Tripoli, Libya, last week by the air force of the United Arab Emirates, in conjunction with Egypt, must go down as one of the most intriguing developments in the modern history of the Arab Gulf […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 220. Let every soul look to what it sends forth for the morrow
220. Let every soul look to what it sends forth for the morrow [59:19] O ye who believe! fear Allah; and let every soul look to what it sends forth for the morrow. And fear Allah; verily Allah is Well-Aware of what you do. [2:224] Your wives are a tilth […]
8 Things You Didn’t Know about Masjid Al-Aqsa
By Muhammad Wajid Akhtar There can be only one choice for the world’s most contested area of land, and that is masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. It is no exaggeration to say that for thousands of years, people have been dying for control over it. For Muslims, it holds a very […]
Israelis cannot let Judaism be a mask for racism
Source: Haaretz: It’s time Jews in Israel shed their Diaspora mentality of fearing assimilation and start taking care of the minority religions living in this country. By Arie Hasit / […]
Fijian UN troops in Golan used as hostages
AGENCIES arabnews.com Published — Friday 29 August 2014 UNITED NATIONS: Negotiations are going on for the release of 43 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) peacekeepers in the Golan Heights […]
43 U.N. peacekeepers abducted in Golan Heights
Washington Post: BEIRUT — The United Nations said Thursday that 43 peacekeepers serving along the cease-fire line between Syria and Israel have been detained by Syrian rebels during intense fighting in the area between opposition and government forces. The abductions came a day after rebels claimed control of the border crossing between Israel […]
Palestinians threaten to turn to ICC if date not set for return to 1967 lines
Epigraph: Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lordyour God is giving you. “You shall not murder. “You shall not commit […]
Allah and the limits of human imagination
DAUD MATTHEWS Published — Friday 29 August 2014 And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allah will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your […]
Pilgrims from India, Bangladesh begin arriving for Haj 2014
The first Haj flight from India arrived in Madinah on Wednesday. Air India flight AI 5001 transported 235 pilgrims from Kolkata to Prince Mohammed International Airport. More than 136,000 Indians are slated to perform Haj this year. Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao, Consul-General B.S. Mubarak, Deputy Consul General Md Noor […]
Qur’an lesson for today: Indeed, the most honorable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you
219. Imdeed, the most honorable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you [49:14] O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, […]
327 Moral Idiots
Source: The Times of Israel This week 327 people demonstrated that having survived the Holocaust or being related to Holocaust survivors certainly does not mean you have any moral wisdom. […]
Israel-Gaza conflict: No victory for Israel despite weeks of devastation – Palestinians have won: they are still in Gaza, and Hamas is still there
by Robert Fisk, The Independent ’Twas not a famous victory – but that’s what the Palestinians of Gaza are celebrating. There was much shaking of heads in the international media […]
The ‘Islamic State’ and its brutal crimes betray Muslim world: Editorial
Source: The Star The so-called “Islamic State’s” brutal crimes make it a threat to moderate Islam, Mideast stability and global security. The Muslim world’s moral censure alone won’t shake the […]
Palestinian joy as Israel agrees Gaza truce – Hamas and Israel agree long-term deal which will ease Israeli blockade of enclave after talks brokered by Egypt.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday from the occupied West Bank that a formula had been accepted by all parties and that a ceasefire had gone into effect at 1600 GMT. He hailed the agreement as a chance to “build a new nation and end the occupation”, before […]
The Unprotected: A Gaza Family Destroyed by Israeli Bombs
By Julia Amalia Heyer and Juliane von Mittelstaedt SPIEGEL.DE Zaki Wahdan is looking for a head. Or a body. The remains of eight people that have to be here. The […]
Iraq and Syria Follow Lebanon’s Precedent
By George Friedman GEOPOLITICAL WEEKLY, STRATFOR Lebanon was created out of the Sykes-Picot Agreement. This agreement between Britain and France reshaped the collapsed Ottoman Empire south of Turkey into the states we know today — Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and to some extent the Arabian Peninsula as well. For nearly […]
1.3 million Muslims from abroad to perform Haj
More than 1.3 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year, according to the Haj Ministry. South Asian countries will send the largest contingent of 410,000 Hajis followed […]
Qatar and the reason US hostage Peter Theo Curtis has been released – The Qataris are telling Assad that they are important in Syria
by Robert Fisk, The Independent So once again, the Fairy Godmother of the Middle East steps on to the stage. Qatar, the nation which supposedly paid £40m to free 13 […]