by Rula Samain | May 04, 2014 | 22:48 AMMAN — Muslim and Christian leaders, and intellectuals have denounced a recent Israeli move to recruit Arab Christians in its army as a “Zionist conspiracy aiming not only to divide and weaken the Arab ranks, but also to push Christians to […]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to hold talks with Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Monday for the first meeting since their rival movements signed a […]
ASKAR REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank: Suad Abu Fayed and her husband have had no physical contact for more than 11 years. That is how long he has been in an […]
JERUSALEM: Five times a day, loudspeakers at the top of nearly 200 minarets in this holy city call to Muslims to pray. They blare before dawn and the wailing cry […]
Story Summary The Palestinians are in the most difficult position, given their relative weakness militarily, their fragmentation politically, and their vulnerability economically. Yet this moment is also one of opportunity for the Palestinians, on three important fronts: national unity, coordinated political resistance and the mobilization of international support. The PLO […]
Story Summary Tens of thousands of Syrians fled inter-jihadist fighting in the east as rebels Saturday neared a final deal with the government to withdraw from their last besieged strongholds […]
Several Haj and Umrah pilgrimage establishments have stopped accepting applications for Umrah visas from pilgrims over 60, as well as children, following a Health Ministry advisory to that effect as […]
by Elisa Oddone | Apr 30, 2014 | 23:50 Syrian refugees are seen at the Azraq Refugee Camp, which was officially opened on Wednesday (Photo by Muath Freij ) AZRAQ […]
AMMAN — Muslim scholars and intellectuals from various Islamic countries and schools of jurisprudence have reached a consensus on a fatwa (religious edict) to end a ban of Muslim visits to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem while under Israeli occupation. The fatwa was announced during the three-day “Road to Jerusalem” […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ repeated call on Arabs and Muslims to visit Jerusalem is finally paying off. A conference held in Amman, courageously tackled this issue and produced a surprising […]
Source: arabtimesonline.com WASHINGTON, May 1, (AFP): An expert panel on Wednesday urged the United States to add Pakistan to a blacklist of violators of religious freedom, saying that the Ahmadi minority […]
Ramallah/PNN PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat said in a statement issued by the Negotiations Affairs Department of the PLO that Israel never gave the negotiations a chance to succeed. Erekat stressed that everything Israel did during the past nine months aimed at sabotaging Palestinian and international efforts to achieve […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS.COM Published — Thursday 1 May 2014 AMMAN: A UN official says Jordan is opening a new, sprawling tent city to accommodate tens of thousands more Syrian refugees who are expected to flee fighting as their nation’s civil war continues unabated. Helene Daubelcour says Jordanian officials will open […]
May 01, 2014 12:10 AM By David Ignatius The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY Ask Yousef Bargash when he might go home to his village of Mahaja in southern Syria and he turns his palms skyward in supplication. Getting refugees such as Bargash back home from camps and squatters’ apartments in […]
Riadh, S. Arabia. Express News, Lahore, Pakistan 30/04/2014 According to a Pakistani Urdu newspaper The Grand Mufti of S. Arabia Abdul Aziz al-Shaikh issued a fatwa (religious edict) that driving through the traffic red light is a capital sin and is prohibited by religious law. The Grand Mufti said in […]
RT: Brunei is to become the first East Asian country to adopt Sharia law as the sultan confirmed the Islamic penal code on Wednesday. The move sparks broad concern over […]
by Daoud Kuttab Palestinians skeptical of the Oslo process have for years been complaining that it has served only to relieve Israel of its obligations as an occupying force, instead of producing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state. This has led to repeated calls for the dissolution of the Oslo-created […]
by Daoud Kuttab Palestinians skeptical of the Oslo process have for years been complaining that it has served only to relieve Israel of its obligations as an occupying force, instead of producing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state. This has led to repeated calls for the dissolution of the Oslo-created […]
Rima Al-Mukhtar ARABNEWS Published — Wednesday 30 April 2014 Moja Majka is a unique kaftan and abaya brand by half-Turkish half-Saudi fashion designer Sarah Basaad and her mother, Sureyya Barli […]
April 30, 2014 12:13 AM By Marwan Muasher The Daily Star Story Summary When the second Arab awakening began in 2011, its primary goal should have been to advance pluralism and democracy – causes that were neglected in the Arab world’s first, anti-colonial awakening in the 20th century. Will the […]