Palestinians lay foundation stone for museum
Associated Press ARABNEWS Thursday 11 April 2013 L BIRZEIT, West Bank: The Palestinians have started construction in the West Bank of what organizers say will be the world’s largest museum […]
Madinah boy wins Qur’an contest
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 13 April 2013 A boy from Madinah has won the top prize in the Kingdom-wide Crown Prince Salman Prize for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an […]
Prince Hassan of Jordan calls for ‘Arab mind revival’
by Raed Omari JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Arabs’ indulgence in politics instead of focusing on science and mathematics is the main reason behind the region’s low productivity, weak competitiveness and poor scientific research, HRH Prince Hassan said Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony to honour winners of the 2013 El Hassan […]
How to strike a balance between work and worship
ARABMNEWS Friday 12 April 2013 Allah Almighty mentions in the Qur’an the ruling for seeking a livelihood, saying at the end of Surah Al-Jumuah (Friday Chapter) what means: “After you finish the prayer, go, seek and search out from the blessings of Allah Almighty” Here this means work; a livelihood. […]
King Abdulaziz University declared ‘best in Gulf’
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 12 April 2013 Last Update 12 April 2013 2:14 am Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz University (KAU) has been declared the top university in the Gulf and ranked 49th in Asia overall, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) Magazine report for Asia University Rankings 2012. “The list […]
Love, honesty marked Prophet’s manners
Jehan Sanchez Friday 5 April 2013 Al Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “I asked my father how the Prophet (peace be upon him) behaved in his sittings, and he said, ‘the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) never got up or sat down without mentioning the […]
High-tech strategy for Haj at final stage
EDDAH: P. K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS STAFF Thursday 11 April 2013 The Haj Ministry is currently giving final touches to a 25-year strategic plan that would bring about […]
Iraqi Al Qaeda wing merges with Syrian counterpart
Reuters | Apr 09, 2013 | 23:15 Updated: Apr 09, 2013 | 23:15 JORDAN TIMES DUBAI — Iraq’s Al Qaeda wing has united with a kindred Syrian group in the frontline of a struggle to oust President Bashar Assad, sharpening a dilemma for nations that back the revolt, but fear […]
600,000 workers “tricked and trapped” into forced labour in Mideast –– ILO (Hadith: “pay your workers before his/her sweat is dry)”)
by Hani Hazaimeh | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A study prepared by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which was revealed on Tuesday, showed that the highest rates of human trafficking were registered in the Middle East. The study, which was named “Tricked and Trapped: Human Trafficking in the Middle East”, […]
Islam Encourages Scientific Progress
by Harun Yahya HUFFINGTON POST The word Islam conjures up a disturbing picture in the minds of some people outside the Muslim world. It is a fact that many in the West imagine Islam to be a faith far removed from modern life, closed to science and that attaches no […]
In Syria’s Aleppo, children adapt to war life
AFP JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — “Goal! Goal!” children scream, kicking a football around like children everywhere. But in war-ravaged Aleppo, their playground is a strip of no-man’s land near […]
First female Saudi lawyer trainee becomes a reality
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Wednesday 10 April 2013 Arwa Al-Hijeili received the first definition of a trainee lawyer as a start to obtaining a license to practice law. A Justice Ministry […]
Taif airport will ease pilgrim load at KAIA
TAIF: IRFAN MOHAMMED arabnews Wednesday 10 April 2013 Taif airport may soon become a key disembarkation point for pilgrims coming in from the neighboring states. The airport has seen a 250 percent jump in air traffic in 2012, according to Khalid Al-Khaibary, spokesperson and general manager of public relations at […]
Egypt satirist faces new probe for ‘insulting Pakistan’
Express Tribune: CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors are probing new complaints against popular satirist Bassem Youssef, this time for “insulting Pakistan” and “spreading atheism,” judicial sources told AFP on Tuesday. The wildly popular Youssef – whose weekly political satire programme al Bernameg (The Show) has spared few public figures of merciless critique – […]
We must never forget the massacre in Deir Yassin
by Dina Elmuti THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA Chicago Transcribing the vivid details of the account engraved into the fabric of her memory, I am transfixed by all that she’s held onto for 65 years. From paper to pulse, I write the story buried deep in her consciousness to affirm her truth. […]
Extremists replace the picture of the Dome of the Rock with Talmudic writings.
The Jewish Press: Jewish religious leaders do not stop targeting the Al-Aqsa Mosque, trying to harm it in many ways, with daily attacks on the mosque and with Talmudic rituals […]
Palestine: Simple suggestion put forward
April 08, 2013 | 22:32 JORDAN TIMES Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has a good suggestion to break the impasse in the stalled Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, one that is simple and straightforward. He wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to draw a roadmap for the two-state solution that he has rhetorically accepted […]
Massive development of holy sites to ease Haj
HANOVER: ARAB NEWS Tuesday 9 April 2013 Studies are under way to set up 60,000 fireproof tents in Arafat at a cost of SR 2 billion, and expand Mina to house seven million pilgrims as part of government’s efforts to improve services to the guests of God. Interior Minister Prince […]
Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili – 3 Part BBC Documentary
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and […]
Robert Fisk: Khalil Raad’s Palestinian pictures chart the history – and the tragedy
The Long View: This exhibition of the work of the first Palestinian photographer helps fulfil the Palestinian narrative, but it also shows a country that will never return. Jerusalem lies there in 1933, the slopes below al-Aqsa empty of roads, the view across the Mount of Olives containing scarcely four […]