At UN, free speech divides West and Muslim nations Los Angeles Times Prompted by the anti-Islam video produced in California that has stirred deadly riots around the world, delegations from major Muslim nations have arrived at the U.N. prepared to demand international curbs on speech or media that they believe defame … […]
AMMAN — Jordan will host the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for the seventh time at the Dead Sea, slated for May […]
BY: JOSEF FEDERMAN | AP Monday 24 September 2012 JERUSALEM: Israel’s defense minister called for a unilateral pullout from much of the West Bank in published comments Monday, saying Israel must take “practical steps” if peace efforts with the Palestinians remain stalled. The comments by Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared […]
YOUSUF MUHAMMAD Tuesday 25 September 2012 MADINAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah laid the foundation stone for the largest expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque here yesterday. The […]
ARAB NEWS Tuesday 25 September 2012 NEW YORK: International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says the civil war in Syria threatens to spill across the Middle East and is “extremely bad and […]
(MENAFN – Jordan Times) The new UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, was reluctant from the outset to accept the mission of a peace mediator in this country. The mission seems impossible after one-year-and-a-half of heavy fighting that destroyed a large part of Syria, killed more than […]
Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage. In Saudi Arabia they destroyed and damaged houses and mosques associated with the Prophet Mohammad and his family. The history goes back to 18th and 19th century and their raids on Shi’a holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing and […]
IDF searched for missing unit member for over an hour after fierce engagement at border By STUART WINER THE TIMES OF ISRAEL The IDF spent over an hour desperately searching for a female soldier believed to be kidnapped during Friday’s clash with terrorists on the Egyptian border, only to discover […]
The premier Jewish ultra-Orthodox authorities has made it known that owners of Apple’s iPhone are not merely forbidden from owning the device, but are required by Jewish law to destroy […]
“Indeed, I am sufficient for you against the mockers” (Qur’an, 15: 95), “And I raised high for you your repute” (Qur’an, 94: 4) “And I have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds” (Qur’an, 21: 107). We are much concerned about and strongly condemn the […]
Sunni Islam leader calls for peace French cartoon also stirs anger Author: From Ian Lee and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy CNN Published On: Sep 22 2012 02:59:18 AM CDT Updated On: Sep 23 2012 07:52:40 AM CDT Print Email Esam Al-Fetori / Reuters CAIRO (CNN) – A leading figure in the Sunni […]
All of us are transgressors and we all need each other; atonement is to be achieved individually and communally. Haaretz:………… Many Jewish men wear a kittel on Yom Kippur, the […]
by Muath Freij JORDAN TIMES PETRA — On donkeys, on foot, by day or by night, Petra offers many perspectives from which to observe its archaeological treasures and natural beauty. […]
Source: New Straits Times: ‘NO’ TO BLASPHEMY: Attacks on things held dear by all faiths are repugnant and merit restraint by law No society on earth can function, and no […]
AFP ARABNEWS Friday 21 September 2012 RAMALLAH: French investigators and Swiss experts could jointly exhume the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to judge if he was poisoned, a Palestinian source close to the probe said Friday. The source, asking not to be named, told AFP the two teams would travel […]
Jeddah: Arab News Saturday 22 September 2012 Minister of Interior and Chairman of Haj Higher Committee Prince Ahmad has issued a directive requesting the Ministry of Haj to implement a […]
In view of the recent happenings in the world, Dr. Juergen Todenhoefer, released his 10 theses in English, Arabic and German languages, calling it by purpose ‘Innocence of Muslims – the real version’. (It is hoped that those who klick on the internet search will come to these videos instead). […]
AFP | Sep 20, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Every time violence intensifies in Syria, so do abductions of civilians, for political reasons and more often for financial gain, activists and families of hostages say. The plight of hundreds of people abducted over the past 18 months of conflict […]
What Ahmadis are doing about the Anti-Islam Movie ? Several people including my Zere-Tabligh in Kashmir and a CAIR official who writes on Muslim issues asked me what Ahmadis are doing about it? Ahmadis condemn all forms of attacks and derogatory remarks about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of […]
(Vatican Radio) – It is time for Christians and Muslims to come together in a decided and sincere witness against divisions, violence and war: This was Pope Benedict XVI’s clear […]