Israel blocks hospital transfers over use of ‘State of Palestine’
By Maher Abukhater February 12, 2014, 3:15 p.m. RAMALLAH, West Bank – The presence of three words on a letterhead – “State of Palestine” – is keeping Palestinian patients from […]
Jihadism rears its head in the West Bank
Story Summary Security sources say the three were part of a local Salafist-jihadist group that planned to carry out attacks against Israeli targets in the West Bank. In the past two years, Israel had reported targeting militant cells bearing some connection to Al-Qaeda in the north of the West […]
FSA sacks chief over battleground failings
DAMASCUS: The Free Syrian Army has sacked its military chief after the Western-backed rebels suffered battlefield setbacks, amid signs the warring parties are escalating the fighting that has already killed […]
Saudi Regime Working to Lure the Arab League into Attacking Syria
By Fars News Agency Global Research, February 17, 2014 Fars News Agency After its failure in coaxing the US into war on Syria, Saudi Arabia is now attempting to persuade the Arab League (AL) to issue permission for military attack against the crisis-hit country, Arab media reports said. “The Saudi regime […]
43. Reward for being grateful and punish for being ungrateful
[14:8] And remember also the time when your Lord declared, ‘If you are grateful, I will, surely, bestow more favours on you; but if you are ungrateful, then know that My punishment is severe indeed.’ [2:153] Therefore remember Me, and I will remember you; and be thankful to Me and do not be ungrateful to Me. [16:115] So eat […]
Abbas, Talking to Israeli Students About Peace, Finds a Receptive Audience
Source: New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNERFEB RAMALLAH, West Bank — A decade ago, after the suicide bombings of the second Palestinian uprising, Israelis mostly came to Ramallah and the […]
Why Salafist-takfiris should worry us
By Rami G. Khouri (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb) Several months ago when I wrote about the looming danger of the growing strength of Salafist-takfiri groups in Iraq and Syria, I focused on the threats that thousands of their fighters, bombers and terrorists posed to those countries and also to […]
Halima: The foster mother of Prophet Muhammad
Halima: The foster mother of Prophet Muhammad The place where once Halima Saadia’s house existed. Abu Tariq Hijazi Islam develops cohesion in society for the general benefit of the mankind. It promotes strong bonds between parents and the children. It expands relationship to even the wet nurses, serving the […]
Syria: The Chaos of War
Syria: The Chaos of War Damascus Will the walls fall? By Anne Barnard Photograph by Andrea Bruce In the rectangular courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, the heart of Old Damascus, women swathed in black sit and chat on the cream-colored stone floor, polished smooth by the comings and goings of […]
Pray to thy Lord, and offer sacrifice
[108:3] So pray to thy Lord, and offer sacrifice. [46:16] And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him and his weaning takes thirty months, till, when he attains his full maturity […]
Mediator Brahimi apologises to the Syrian people after negotiations end with impasse on issue of political transition.
SOURCE: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/syria-peace-talks-end-deadlock-2014215112455622202.html A Syrian activist group says the death toll in Syria’s three-year-old civil war has reached 140,000 [Reuters] Syria’s government and opposition have agreed on an agenda for a third round of peace talks in Geneva, but there has been no date set for the resumption of negotiations, […]
Rumi’s Love Quotes Capture The Sufi Mystic’s Divine Passion
By Yasmine Hafiz When it comes to searingly passionate poetry, 13th-century Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi has no equal. The Sufi mystic’s declarations of love speak across the centuries to strike […]
Youth in Islam — culture, faith and generation gap
by Khalid Baig, ARABNEWS.com Youth is a period of high energy and great enthusiasm, coupled with an air of invincibility and perpetuity. Like the driver of a fast car, […]
39. Be grateful
39. Be grateful [34:14] …….. ‘Work ye, O House of David gratefully;’ but few of My servants are grateful. [16:79] And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers while you knew nothing, and gave you ears and eyes and hearts, that you might be grateful. [34:16] There was indeed a […]
40. Glorify thy Lord, with His praise, and seek forgiveness of Him
40. Glorify thy Lord, with His praise, and seek forgiveness of Him [110:4] Glorify thy Lord, with His praise, and seek forgiveness of Him. Surely He is Oft-Returning with compassion. [29:64] And if thou ask them, ‘Who sends down water from the sky and therewith gives life to the earth after its death?’, they will surely say, […]
Madinah’s history showcased in ‘Letters and Illumination’ expo
The history of Madinah has been illuminated in words and images at a major art exhibition that opened on Tuesday in the city. Entitled “Letters and Illumination,” the exhibition includes […]
By instinct I was drawn to One God
Arab News — Diane Breslin is an ex-Catholic Christian living in US. She lost faith after reading the Bible, but her continued belief in God led her to explore other religions including Buddhism, Hinduism. In this first of the three-part series, Breslin recounts her Irish Catholic background and says that […]
Will Saudi Arabia Destroy Islam’s Greatest Heritage?
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Kerry’s plan will liquidate the Palestinian cause
Nadia Saad Al-Din www.middleeastmonitor.com Thursday, 13 February 2014 It is obvious that ‘agreements’ such as that proposed by John Kerry will not provide a just and comprehensive basis for peace The US administration does not possess a clear plan to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict; […]
Only a regional accord can help stabilize Syria
February 13, 2014 By David Ignatius STORY SUMMARY The Syria tragedy embodies a deeper intellectual failure. What is missing in Syria is an animating strategic framework that could power a U.S.-led coalition. Instead, we have a conflict driven by sectarian hatred between Sunnis and Shiites, which in […]