UN draws up 2nd list of Syrian war crimes suspects
Source: reuters // Reuters AlertNet GENEVA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators said on Monday that they had drawn up a new secret list of Syrians and […]
Iran admits having elite forces in Syria, Lebanon (as ‘advisors’, just like NATO…)
DAMASCUS — Iran on Sunday admitted for the first time it has elite forces present in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon. Meanwhile, fighting raged in Syria’s two biggest cities on Sunday as UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi ended his first visit to the country on a peace mission a rebel commander […]
Facebook campaign aims to correct misperceptions about Prophet Mohammad
by Muath Freij | Sep 16, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — A group of young Jordanians launched an initiative on Friday to counter a film deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed by educating people about who the prophet really was. The organisers of the campaign, “This is the Prophet […]
Saudia to ferry 800,000 Hajis
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Monday 17 September 2012 Saudi Arabian Airlines will transport more than 800,000 Haj pilgrims from 102 stations around the world this year, said Abdul Aziz Al-Hazmi, the airline’s deputy director general, yesterday. Speaking to reporters after presiding over a meeting of the Council of Airline […]
Heed the message
The visit of Pope Benedict XVI can only be hailed as a success. It achieved all its objectives, from the collective welcome and genuine enthusiasm he received, to the problem-free […]
Pope urges world to offer solutions to end Syria crisis
BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI celebrated an open-air Mass for hundreds of thousands of people in Beirut Sunday and called on the Arab countries and the world to propose solutions to […]
Pope sends farewell message of unity
By Van Meguerditchian The Daily Star, Lebanon BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI called on all Lebanese to reject strife and work for unity as he wrapped up an historic three-day visit, […]
Anti-Islam film: UN, EU condemn attacks on Western missions
BRUSSELS: The United Nations and European Union on Saturday condemned attacks on Western embassies in Arab and Muslim countries over an anti-Islam movie. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged leaders in Arab and Muslim countries to “call immediately for peace and restraint”. “I condemn in the strongest terms […]
Muslim Leaders say Rioters Don’t Understand Islam
Source: The Seattle Times Muslim leaders in Washington state say rioters don’t understand Islam Local Muslim leaders say they want to take back the heated conversation from extremists staging anti-American riots in parts of the world. Leaders here say people in some Muslim countries do not understand American values […]
Why I fell in love with Saudi Arabia
by Sebastian Farmborough The Express Tribune Blog Moving to Saudi Arabia was such an incredible culture shock. Having been accustomed to a really open way of life in Barcelona, I […]
Pope calls for Christian-Muslim harmony in Mideast
AFP JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — Pope Benedict XVI urged Middle Eastern Christians and Muslims on Saturday to forge a harmonious, pluralistic society in which the dignity of each person is […]
Separated conjoined twins stable
MD RASOOLDEEN Sunday 16 September 2012 RIYADH: Separated Saudi conjoined twins Reem and Rana were reported healthy and stable yesterday, 48 hours after surgery. The twins from the Baha region […]
Grand Mufti urges criminalizing abusing prophets
ROB WAGNER ARABNEWS Sunday 16 September 2012 The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh called on the international community to criminalize acts of abusing great prophets and messengers such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all), according to a statement issued today. The statement was […]
Grand Mufti denounces violence against embassies
ARAB NEWS Sunday 16 September 2012 RIYADH: The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, yesterday denounced attacks on diplomats and embassies as un-Islamic after deadly protests against a US-made anti-Islam film swept the Middle East. At the same time, he called on the international community to take steps to […]
Pentagon prepares to drop the hammer on anti-US Muslim riots?
Russian TV: The US has deployed military teams to respond to unrest in 17 or 18 locations in Muslim nations that are of strategic interest to Pentagon. “We have to be prepared in the event that these demonstrations get out of control,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a Friday interview […]
Opinion (from the Tripoli Post, Libya): Playing into the Hands of Fundamentalists
Opinion: Playing in the Hands of Fundamentalists – by Muhammad Azeemullah Benghazi once known as the cradle of revolution in Libya is now deemed as the ghost of terror. The armed assault on American consulate in Benghazi, in which the American ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other diplomats died, has […]
And now another movie: Scholars, Al-Azhar demand Iran refrain from screening film on beloved Prophet
RIYADH: NAWAL KSAR ARABNEWS With the announcement almost three years ago about the production of a film portraying the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Iranian director Majeed Majeedi sparked a controversy all over the Islamic world. Now, as the film is ready for viewing, the temperature […]
Netanyahu pushes for a war that the U.S. doesn’t want
By Fareed Zakaria (welcome back, Fareed Zakaria). The Daily Star Underneath the headlines of the presidential campaign, there are growing signs that we are moving toward another war in the Middle East. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scolded the United States for refusing to draw a “red line” […]
Papal pressure
There are different versions of when it happened, but more than 60 years ago when confronted with the idea that the Vatican might not be enamored with his policies, Soviet […]
A week of criminals and culture clashes
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star LEBANON So many different things have happened across the Middle East and in Arab-Israeli-Iranian-American relations this week that it is hard to know where to start in analyzing the situation and sorting out the important and lasting developments from the merely fleeting issues. […]