86. The decree of Allah is coming, so seek ye not to hasten it [16:2] The decree of Allah is coming, so seek ye not to hasten it. Holy is He, and exalted above all that which they associate with Him. [21:38] Man is made of haste. I will certainly show you My Signs […]
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Those who have followed the last eight months of American-mediated Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have anticipated the unveiling of the United States’ own “framework” for continued talks to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement. Whether or not this happens, for now the negotiations have hit a […]
KHALID BAIG Published — Friday 4 April 2014 “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him maintain the bonds of kinship” (Bukhari) A YOUNG man went to attend the weekly Hadith lecture of Sayyidna Abu Huraira but stopped when he heard him saying “If anyone sitting here […]
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Mariam Karouny/Reuter A general view shows the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal in Lebanon near the Syrian border. Shiite Muslims from the Bekaa Valley town of al-Labwa recently cut off the Sunni Muslim town of Arsal from the rest of Lebanon. (Reuters/Hassan Abdallah ) Conflict in Syria kills […]
85. Whoso hopes to meet Allah, let him be prepared for it, for Allah’s appointed time is certainly coming [29:6] Whoso hopes to meet Allah, let him be prepared for it, for Allah’s appointed time is certainly coming. And He is the All-Hearing, the All-knowing. [18:111] Say, ‘I am only a man like […]
By Noam Sheizaf |Published April 2, 2014 Diplomatic process in crisis: Staying away is Kerry’s best move Kerry’s team has been so sensitive to Netanyahu’s political needs that it kept handing the Israeli prime minister political achievements without getting anything in return. This dynamic has been put on hold now, […]
84. Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring [84:7] Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring; then thou art going to meet Him. [94:8] So when thou art free, strive hard, [94:9] And to thy Lord do thou attend whole-heartedly. [4:126] And who is better […]
BY Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service Friday, 28 March 2014 14:18 Police officers stand guard at the entrance to the new Azraq Syrian refugee camp, which is under construction east of Amman, Jordan, March 25. Azraq Refugee Camp will open April 30, according to a U.N. official.- CNS photo/Muhammad Hamed, […]
A leading Islamic scholar, and a winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, has slammed orientalists in the West for spreading false information about the religion. Muhammad Mustafa Azmi, who specializes in Hadith studies, said: “Their false and misleading works are now called research but have no […]
Extremist voices and groups have hijacked Islam and misappropriated the right to speak on its behalf, according to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani. In his address at the inaugural session of the 25th Session of the Arab Summit held in Kuwait recently, he stressed that […]
RAMALLAH/BRUSSELS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a request to join several UN agencies on Tuesday, in a move that could derail a US push to revive faltering peace talks with Israel. “The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, […]
People leave the Deir Rafat Catholic Convent whose walls were sprayed with a graffiti (right) reading in Hebrew ‘Jesus monkey, Maria cow, Tag price’ Tuesday near the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem (AFP photo) DEIR RAFAT CONVENT, Israel — The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem condemned Tuesday an […]
Source: TheGulfToday DUBAI: An Iraqi born British physicist, Prof. Jim Al-Khalili, has called for rejuvenation of science advancement in the Arab and Muslim world by building infrastructures and changing attitude […]
AFP | Mar 31, 2014 | 22:56 Updated: Mar 31, 2014 | inrOCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in Monday to Tel Aviv on his latest mission to salvage peace talks after the Palestinians rejected an Israeli proposal for extending negotiations US peace efforts are teetering […]
Foreign agencies ‘using drugs to destabilize KSA’ THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: Smugglers have been increasingly using new methods to bring drugs into the Kingdom. DAMMAM: SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Saturday 29 March 2014 Certain hostile foreign agencies are possibly trying to destabilize the country by flooding it with drugs, […]
Arab Israelis, Palestinians rally to mark Land Day AFP | Mar 30, 2014 | 23:19 A protester waves a Palestinian flag towards the Israeli border during a protest marking Land […]
TRIP OF A LIFETIME: Egyptian pilgrims get a warm reception in Madinah. (AN photo) MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Madinah is witnessing a flourishing trade in various items as pilgrims flock to the city of the Prophet’s mosque this Umrah season. The shops in the vicinity of the Prophet’s Mosque in […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Saudi women are capable of holding top positions like ministers of education, health, information and social affairs, said Hanan Al-Ahmadi, a member of the Shoura Council. “Appointment on women to the Shoura Council is one of the important decisions taken in the […]
Story Summary The case of the bishops kidnapped in Syria for almost a year is complicated, Maj. Ibrahim, who helped secure the release of the Maaloula nuns earlier this month, as well as the Lebanese hostages last year, has also been following up on the case of the bishops. […]