02/03/2014 | 11:39 PM | Gulf News JEDDAH, March 2 (KUNA) — Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz said Sunday the Muslim world faces critical situations characterized by bitter struggles and sedition. “The recurrence of crises that result in loss of scores of lives at many hotspots in the Muslim world […]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani deplored the spread of terrorism in the world, and called for practical measures by all Muslim countries to eradicate terrorist and extremist groups. “Terrorists must be prevented from establishing bases in Muslim countries,” Rafsanjani said in a meeting with […]
55. It is not for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask of God forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they may be kinsmen [9:113] It is not for the Prophet and those who believe that they should ask of God forgiveness for the idolaters, even though they may be […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 2 March 2014 Last update 2 March 2014 5:42 am Former imam of the Grand Mosque and imam of Al-Mahasini Mosque, north east of Riyadh, Sheikh Adel Al-Kalabani, criticized the current sermons in mosques, saying that the content has nothing to do with […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN Published — Sunday 2 March 2014 Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, has pledged to build 10 world-class mosques in Maldives, an island […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 2 March 2014 Last update 2 March 2014 5:54 am Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib, an imam at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, said that Muslim solidarity […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ announcement that “Omar”, one of this year’s candidates for best foreign language film, hailed from “Palestine” has raised eyebrows in these parts, […]
54. Ask forgiveness for thy frailties, and for believing men and believing women [47:20] Know, therefore, that there is no God other than Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy frailties, and for believing men and believing women. And Allah knows the place where you move about and the place where you […]
Anne Irfan The Electronic Intifada 24 February 2014 Humanitarian workers habitually find themselves unwelcome, detained or turned back at Israeli-controlled border crossings. (Joe Goldberg) The Israeli detention of and denial of entry to Western activists, academics and humanitarian workers sympathetic to Palestinians has received particular attention in […]
Yousef M. Aljamal The Electronic Intifada 28 February 2014 Palestinian refugees in Syria in 1948. Many Palestinians have faced multiple displacements since their families’ first exile from their homeland. (UN Photo) Muhammad is a second generation Palestinian refugee with a very tragic story of displacement and alienation. He […]
UNPRECEDENTED: Wherever you cast your eye, you can see hundreds of red- and yellow-colored cranes around the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (AN photo by Ahmad Hashad) MAKKAH: SIRAJ WAHAB Published — Friday 28 February 2014 Forty-five-year-old Syed Laeequddin Quadri, from Maharashtra, India, was standing in quiet […]
A young boy receives polio vaccine from government health workers in Najran on Thursday. (SPA) JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH & FOUZIA KHAN Leading Islamic scholars from all over the world led by the imam of the Grand Mosque on Thursday adopted a “Jeddah Declaration” and a focused six-month […]
Christians are not allowed to make renovations to churches, display crosses outside churches, ring church bells or pray in public. By Haaretz | Feb. 27, 2014 | 9:29 PM […]
Israeli troops ‘using excessive force’ in West Bank Amnesty accuses the Israeli authorities of failing to publish the findings of investigations into killings Continue reading the main story Mid-East crisis Q&A: Israeli-Palestinian talks Little hope for talks Prisoner profiles Core issues Israeli forces are using excessive and […]
Story Summary By Brian Michael Jenkins Faced with open defiance from the leader of Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria and Iraq, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri publicly expelled the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), suspending its franchise and stripping it of its status as part of the Al-Qaeda global […]
JEDDAH: Irfan Mohammed Published — Thursday 27 February 2014 A temporary air conditioning facility is going to be provided for visiting pilgrims in the old part of the grand mosque […]
Delivering a speech at a conference in Jakarta, where he also held talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on bilateral ties and the latest regional developments, the King stressed the role of the Ummah (Muslim nation) in spreading the true essence of Islam and contributing to the resolution […]
by Khaled Neimat | Feb 26, 2014 | 23:41 4 inShare MPs chat on the sidelines of a Lower House session on Wednesday (Photo by Khaled Oudat) AMMAN — The majority of the 150-member Lower House on Wednesday voted in favour of a motion to expel Israel’s ambassador to Jordan […]
Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim Asalam Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu “Tree makasee”. Thank you. It is an honour to support Nahdlatul Ulama in its work for dialogue. To all of you, […]
47. Take Allah as thy Guardian [73:10] He is the Lord of the East and the West; there is no God but He; so take Him as thy Guardian. [17:3] And We gave Moses the Book, and We made it a guidance for the children of Israel,saying, ‘Take no guardian beside Me, [39:42] Verily, We […]