Netanyahu paralyzes two-state solution, says expert
“Netanyahu is telling the US that he wants to negotiate at the same time he is thumbing his nose at the State Department which has long been against continued settlements,” […]
Association that aims to build synagogue in al-Aqsa
The World Bulletin: The Jewish groups form association that aims to build synagogue in al-Aqsa Mahmoud Abu Atta, Al-Aqsa Foundation’s media coordinator, said that the Registrar of Israeli Associations approved […]
Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a war of religion, not territory
Haaretz: The conflict is a clash of ideologies, and such a conflict can’t be solved by drawing lines on a map. Anyone who has ever suffered from a sore throat […]
Muslim scholars to examine notion of ‘modern Islamic state’
Jordan Times | Aug 18, 2013 | 23:34 AMMAN — Some 100 Muslim scholars will convene in Amman on Monday at the 16th conference of the Royal Aal al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought under the theme “Viable and Sustainable Modern Islamic State”. Several issues will be discussed at the […]
Knowledge about Arabs is improving
Story Summary The scholarship and serious popular literature on the Arab region in much of the Western world has improved vastly in the past few years, for the simple reason that authors have been forced to write about the realities of what ordinary Arab men and women have put on […]
US mission in Jordan could last years as Syria war rages — Dempsey
Reuters | Aug 15, 2013 | 22:55 AMMAN — The top US military officer told American troops in Jordan on Thursday that their mission to help the Kingdom contain the […]
Riyadh, Amman back Cairo against ‘terrorism’
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Jordan on Friday threw their support behind Egypt as it sought to restore law and order, with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah calling […]
80 percent of Israeli Jews say peace impossible: Poll
A full 62.9 percent of respondents said they would rather the government announced a freeze on Jewish settlement construction than release prisoners AFP , Friday 16 Aug 2013 Almost 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe a peace deal with the Palestinians is impossible, an opinion poll found on Friday, two […]
Noam Chomsky: Israel’s West Bank plans will leave Palestinians very little
Source: CNN Editor’s note: Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among his recent books are Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, Power Systems, Occupy, and Hopes and Prospects. His web site is http://www.chomsky.info. (CNN) — The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks […]
Qassim hosts world’s largest date market
BURAIDAH: MUHAMMAD AL-HARB ARABNEWS Published — Friday 16 August 2013 Buraidah’s date season started and the air in the area designated for the city’s annual date market was filled with […]
SR300bn Makkah projects to expand pilgrim services
JEDDAH: P. K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF New projects worth more than SR300 billion are being implemented in Makkah to improve services being rendered to millions of pilgrims […]
Rabbi bans male handshaking
PressTV: The head of the Gur Education Department, Abraham Benjamin Silberberg, said at a meeting with educational officials that handshakes between men is banned because it can cause “sinful thoughts.” […]
World’s wackiest shoes on sale at ‘2 Crazy Dubai’
Dubai: 2 crazy for it … or it’s 2 crazy for you. That’s the tag line of this admittedly ‘crazy’ store whose shoes can sweep you off your feet. Called ‘2 Crazy Dubai’, the store stocks the most bizarre shoes from all over the world, made by top designers and […]
Prophet’s Mosque expansion: Most east-side buildings razed!
Source: saudigazette.com.sa MADINAH — The demolition of over two-thirds of buildings surrounding the Prophet’s Mosque from the east have been completed for the mosque’s grand expansion ordered by Custodian of the Two […]
Egypt’s top sheikh begins mediation efforts – Head of leading Islamic institute Al-Azhar calls on political powers to attend reconciliation talks.
The head of Egypt’s leading Islamic authority Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, has begun calling on political powers and public figures to attend a national reconciliation meeting later this week. The […]
Revealed: What the West has given Syria’s rebels – Britain has so far handed over equipment worth £8m – but can it help on the front line?
KIM SENGUPTA Author Biography SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2013 The holy month of Ramadan is over and both sides in Syria’s civil war are preparing for a new round of attrition. […]
Saudi Arabia Steps Up Efforts To Oust Syria’s Assad
August 09, 2013 Charles Recknagel Radio Free Europe (US sponsored) It’s no secret that Saudi Arabia wants to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But just how much Riyadh is willing to use its money to reach that goal can be surprising. One measure was a meeting on July 31 in […]
BELIEF Q9.4: WHAT WAS THE GUIDANCE OF KHILAFAT-E-AHMADIYYA ON PALESTINE?
BELIEF Q9.4: WHAT WAS THE GUIDANCE OF KHILAFAT-E-AHMADIYYA ON PALESTINE? Source: http://cultgirlahmadiyya.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/belief-q94-what-was-guidance-of.html In this ‘spin off’ series of articles, in response to the question of whether mankind still needs divine guidance, we have presenting just a few examples of the divinely inspired guidance Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his successors […]
Assad sends air force to prevent rebel advances in home province
August 10, 2013 – 15:42 By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes bombed a village in Syria’s north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect. Assad’s forces are on the defensive […]
Bahrain deports U.S. teacher over ‘radical’ writings
By Dalton Bennett STORY SUMMARY Bahrain deported a U.S. citizen working as a teacher in the gulf kingdom over what it described Saturday as her “radical” writings on Twitter and websites as the government cracks down on dissent the country. In a statement Saturday, Bahrain’s Ministry of State for Communications […]