ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Friday 28 June 2013 Imam Malik was one of the most respected scholars of Fiqh also known as Imam Darul Hijrah. His great grandfather Abi Aamer, who was from Yemen, embraced Islam in 2 AH and migrated to Madinah. He participated in all the battles alongside […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 27 June 2013 The costs of performing Haj and Umrah are expected to increase this season according to pilgrim service providers. The surge in prices has […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 28 June 2013 The ongoing expansion of the mataf (the circumambulation area around the Kaaba) will double the hourly capacity of the area from 48,000 pilgrims […]
STORY SUMMARY It appears as if Kerry didn’t send the Israelis a memo about his current efforts. From time to time in recent years, and decades, U.S. officials suddenly begin making positive statements about the need for a Palestinian-Israeli peace; sometimes, they even hold talks with the two sides. As […]
Archbishop of Canterbury: Israel the center of the world In Jerusalem, the leader of 80 million Anglicans — who has a Jewish father — blesses Kerry’s peace efforts, highlights Christian […]
By Caroline Alexander Bloomberg June 26, 2013 Syria’s Kurds are carving out a self-governed zone as the decay of President Bashar al-Assad’s government creates an opportunity for a people who […]
By Hasnain Kazim SPIEGEL.DE The situation in Afghanistan is becoming so precarious that Afghan diplomats no longer want to return to their homeland. Up to 100 foreign service employees set for rotation back to Kabul from assignments abroad have now defected. A total of 105 Afghan diplomats were meant to […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS STAFF Thursday 27 June 2013 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced July 8 (Shaban 29) as the last date for seeking Umrah visas. All Saudi diplomatic missions across the world will continue issuing Umrah visas until the “end of Shaban,” said Osama […]
Telegraph: Ha ha. It’s a good gag by whoever’s come up with it – a room full of Saudi Arabian men supposedly coming together to talk about ‘women in society’. […]
Source: ET LAHORE: The biases and prejudices in school textbooks are one of the main reasons for the radicalisation of young people and poor quality of education in Pakistan, said academics and civil society activists at a conference here on Wednesday. “These are not textbooks as much as propaganda brochures which […]
ET: LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain says that the “Titanic” of the Muslim Ummah is sinking and that immediate steps should be taken before “the whole ship collapses and finally sinks.” Speaking during a telephonic address to the Rabita Committee, Hussain recalled the promises that were made to those on the Titanic and said […]
Source: Asia Times. Western corporate media is head over heels with the Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, 61, as he magnanimously chose to depose himself to the benefit of his son, the former heir apparent Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, 33. In a positively Kennedy-esque speech on national television, the outgoing […]
Source: LUBP Justice Baqar is also a Shia – a death sentence in Pakistan today. The ASWJ-TTP terrorists who attacked him share the same ideology – Takfiri Deobandi which is closely linked with global Salafist-Wabahist movements. As global events have clearly shown, this mindset cannot tolerate the Other. This mindset […]
Source: ET The June 23 incident at the western base camp of Nanga Parbat, in which nine foreign tourists and their local guide were gratuitously killed, raises many questions. Reports indicate the area has been cordoned off and search parties are scouring all possible approaches to and away from the base camp. […]
“If we think you’re praying, you’ll be arrested,” the Israeli cop said impatiently as we walked up the Mughrabi Bridge, almost like a flight attendant reminding a delinquent passenger to […]
By Zhao Xinying ( China Daily) University majors such as animation, law, biology, mathematics, physical education and Englishhave been listed as the “red-card” majors — fields in which supply […]
Daily beast: Pakistan: Mullahs and Militants Keep Polio Alive Unidentified assailants have killed two more immunization workers in northwestern Pakistan’s Chardassa district, outside Peshawar, bringing the total number to eight. In response, the organizers of the three-day polio vaccination drive suspended the campaign nationwide. No armed group has claimed responsibility. Six health workers […]
Epigraph: “The ink of a scholar is more holy than the blood of a martyr.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad The Muslim Times is pooling information about online courses offered by […]
Wahhabi Islam: General Overview Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 1:56:56 PM by StevenAU The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 shook the United States to its core. Since those horrific moments, our nation has been thrust into a global war against terror and religious extremism. Now more than ever, […]