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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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. […]
By Olivia Alabaster The Daily Star, Lebanon BEIRUT: The aim of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon is ostensibly to allow him to deliver an “apostolic exhortation” in response to […]
Source: Alislam.org So said the Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani The Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said about God of nature and Islam: […]
Source: IDB The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) announces the eleventh edition of its Prizes for Science and Technology (1434H-2013G). The IDB established the Prizes in 1422H (2001G) to acknowledge […]
by Muath Freij JORDAN TIMES MAFRAQ — When Syrian newlywed Huthaifa Hariri got engaged nine months ago in Daraa, he did not imagine that his wedding would be held in […]
By Dana Khraiche, Rima S. Aboulmona The Daily Star BEIRUT: Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon’s capital Beirut Friday, in the third-ever visit by a Roman Catholic prelate to this […]
by Dr. David Liepert Canadian Muslim Leader and Spokesperson, Interfaith Advisor to the Canadian Council of Imams HUFFINGTON POST Whether or not it turns out (as I expect it will) that Middle-Eastern Muslim mobs were duped by jihadist radicals — provoked by an old, fringe video to provide cover for […]
KHALED AL-DAKHEEL Monday 10 September 2012 ARABNEWS Modern Arab political thought has, for the most part, relied heavily on the theories of Ibn Khaldoun to explain whatever concerns the “modern […]
Saudi condemns anti-Islam film and violent reaction Reuters 11:05 a.m. CDT, September 13, 2012 DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned a film Muslims consider blasphemous to Islam but also denounced the violent anti-American protests it has sparked in some Muslim countries.Four U.S. officials including the ambassador to Libya were […]
by David Frum, The Daily Beast. Mitt Romney has received much (deserved) criticism for his maladroit comments on the 9/11 embassy attacks. But you know what? There is a critique to be made of the Obama administration’s approach to Islamism, especially in Egypt – and it doesn’t require anyone to […]
RIYADH: WALAA HAWARI ARABNEWS Thursday 13 September 2012 Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, was a guest at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs knowledge meeting recently. Prince Sultan, who is also the chairman of the Disabled Children’s Association (DISCA). said: “Women play a […]
MANILA — Filipino Ruth Pana remembered the windows of her employer’s house in Damascus riddled with bullets. The maid, who escaped first to the Philippine embassy in the Syrian capital and then to Manila aboard an evacuation flight, also remembered one of the sons of her Syrian employer being killed […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 13 September 2012 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation announced yesterday that it would make all-out efforts for the UN recognition of Palestine when the General Assembly convenes in New York this month. “OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has urged a number of countries to recognize Palestine,” said […]
By David Amitai The Daily Star Every week for the past five months, a group of Arab and Jewish women from neighboring towns near Haifa, Israel, have come together to cook. Each week, they meet in a different woman’s home, discovering their commonalities and differences by sharing recipes, culinary traditions […]