Ynetnews: A Saudi-backed center to promote interfaith dialogue worldwide began work in Vienna on Monday by bringing hundreds of religious activists together to discuss how to promote understanding among different beliefs. Named after Saudi King Abdullah, the center is a welcome boost for bridge-building between faiths in an era of […]
Haaretz: Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, and Spain will join France in backing Palestinian upgrade at UN; Britain seeking assurances from Palestinians; Germany will oppose move. More European states joined France on Wednesday in backing a Palestinian bid for limited statehood but Britain held back, saying it wanted an assurance that the […]
Source: UPI The Saudi royal family denied reports King Abdallah was placed on life but the monarch’s failing health has brought the succession issue into focus. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. […]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: The Palestinians are facing “intensive pressure” not to sue Israel for war crimes at the International Criminal Court if they win upgraded UN status, an official said on Wednesday. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said that various foreign governments, led by Britain, […]
NY Times: RAMALLAH, West Bank — For years, the United States and its Middle East allies were challenged by the rising might of the so-called Shiite crescent, a political and […]
Dr. Ibrahim Saleh Al-Naimi welcomed the guests at the occasion of a lecture by Lord Woolf at Georgetown University Auditorium, SFS-Doha on Monday, 19 Nov. The lecture was titled “Rule […]
RIYADH: SHARIF M. TAHA ARABNEWS Wednesday 28 November 2012 A recently concluded conference in Riyadh condemned all forms of terror and extremism. It called for Arab governments to boost developmental projects, curb unemployment and address youth problems. The conference on the impact of terrorism on social development was jointly organized […]
By BEN HUBBARD Associated Press WWW.WANDTV.COM HAREM, Syria (AP) – Before the civil war, Ramiz Moussa was a middle class civil servant who processed fines for littering, illegal construction and disturbing the peace in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. Now, the 40-year-old squats with other rebels in damaged, abandoned homes in […]
The Jakarta Globe: Every time the Israeli-Palestinian conflict re-emerges on the stage of global politics, Muslim groups in predominantly Muslim-populated countries like Indonesia, but also in the West, the United […]
by Khaled Neimat JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Islamists on Monday suggested “two options” to overcome the current political crisis, under which they believe the Kingdom can restore stability. They called […]
The Iron Dome kept missiles at bay, but another ‘dome’ shields the people from reality by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK Israelis are congratulating themselves on the success of their Iron Dome missile shield. But across Israel these past years has fallen a different kind of iron dome, one that […]
The people of Huj – now almost forgotten – had helped the Jewish Haganah army escape the British. The thanks they got was to be sent into Gaza as refugees by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK I think I found the village of Huj this weekend – but the road […]
Op-Ed: JTA: By Marc Schneier and Shamsi Ali The recent conflict in Gaza and Israel casts a vivid spotlight on the need to strengthen relations between Jews and Muslims in […]
Op-Ed: The Arutz Sheva: By Ece Koc, Turkish TV Everyone has an opinion about the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Arabs. Some say that Palestinian Arabs started it with their […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 26 November 2012 Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, has highlighted the significance of dialogue with other cultures and religions, saying it is a good medium to spread the message of Islam. “The Holy Qur’an, which is an eternal miracle, […]
Petra | Nov 25, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES MAFRAQ — A 62-truck convoy from Saudi Arabia carrying aid for Syrian refugees on Sunday arrived in Mafraq, 80km northeast of Amman. The trucks, laden with foodstuff and other humanitarian assistance, were dispatched upon Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz’s directives. The […]
Common Ground News Service: by Mike Prashker Ramle – Two weeks ago – before the current explosion of violence – I travelled down to Beersheba, the largest town in Southern […]
By Agha Shahid Ali W. W. Norton & Company Copyright © 2002 Agha Shahid Ali. All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-393-04149-2 Chapter One From Amherst to Kashmir 1. Karbala: A History of the “House of Sorrow” In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husayn will […]
Daily Times: * Critics say The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue could be used by Riyadh to spread Wahhabism and divert attention from human […]
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