Pakistan, Abdus Salam and Ahmadis: The Day of Reckoning is Near
Daily Times: We are the pariahs of the world — Yasser Latif Hamdan Dr Abdus Salam is one of the few heroes this nation can be truly proud of, but […]
Olympic ‘terror visas’ racket: Pakistan passport gang is smashed
The Sun: A VISA scam giving potential terrorists the chance to sneak into Britain with Pakistan’s Olympic team has been smashed by The Sun. We infiltrated a crime ring offering […]
Pictures: Ramadan Around the World
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Iftar invitations in Ramadan
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi, Arab News Staff Monday 12 August 2002 (an ‘old’ article, but always new for the days of Ramadan)… Mr. Hamad of Riyadh wonders whether what he has heard of the unacceptability or discouragement of inviting people to Iftar dinners in Ramadan. He says that his […]
Ramadan in Kingdom a unique experience
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN, ARAB NEWS STAFF The advent of the holy month of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia provides a unique experience felt nowhere else in the world. This is […]
WAMY to give food packets to poor
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 23 July 2012 The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) has started distributing 10,000 food packets among poor families, widows and orphans in Makkah province during […]
Editorial, Jordan Times: Misleading (Obama on ‘peace process’)
US President Barack Obama has recently admitted that his efforts to solve the Palestinian problem have failed. That much everybody knows already and is disappointed about, especially after the initial promises to the contrary. Yet this statement is not complete, nor accurate, since he blames the two sides to the […]
Arab League calls for transitional government in Syria – Qatar
Arab nations urge Assad to give up power AFP | Jul 23, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES DOHA (AFP) – Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar Al Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country’s unrest, Qatar’s prime minister said Monday. “There is agreement on […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Israel
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Exciting iftar parties at Prophet’s Mosque
MADINAH: YOUSUF MUHAMMAD ARABNEWS Sunday 22 July 2012 Breaking of the fast (iftar) parties at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah are an incredibly spiritual experience. People sit close to each […]
Saudi calls for extraordinary Muslim summit to fight ‘sedition’
Saudi Arabia has called for an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders to be held next month to address risks of ‘sedition’ threatening Muslim countries, state news agency SPA reported on Sunday. Saudi King Abdullah has called for “an extraordinary Islamic solidarity meeting to ensure… unity during this delicate time as […]
Rabwah: an oasis of tranquility amidst raging storms
The Friday Times: by Tariq Bashir: A part of the city caught fire or, more probably, was set on fire and under cover of the fire, a mob started targeting […]
Video: Knocked Down Minarets of Ahmadiyya Mosque in Kharian
MTA video detailing the tragedy of Kharian and other mosques. A video that contains pictures and some text to connect the tragedy they depict.
Why doesn’t the Muslim world recognize Israel?
a Bangladeshi writing in The Jerusalem Post: By MOHAMMED MOSTAFA KAMAL Hamas, Hizbullah and Iran do not accept peace, the rest of the Muslim world must boycott them. This will be justice. No Muslim country boycotted East Timor or banned its citizens from traveling there after it became independent from […]
Jordan: Activists warn of large-scale election boycott
by Khaled Neimat | Jul 22, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Jordan Bar Association (JBA) on Saturday criticised the 2012 Elections Law calling on His Majesty King Abdullah to intervene and amend it in a way to ensure wider participation in the upcoming polls. The King had directed […]
2.5 million throng Two Holy Mosques
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 22 July 2012 More than 2.5 million people attended prayers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on Friday, the first […]
India seeks global arms trade treaty to defang terror groups
Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: India wants a global arms trade treaty (ATT) to be decided by consensus with all “stakeholders”, where the big players in weapons trade like the US and China sharing obligations to prevent illicit trafficking of arms to terrorist groups. It is more difficult to […]
No voice from Muslim World for the voiceless Rohingya Muslims
sOURCE: Two Circles By Suhail Reza, The founder of self reliant modern Malaysia, Mahatir Mohammad who snubbed the US and West to flex the muscles of his country on the path of progress in master-peace speech in OIC meet on in 2005 remarked on Arab Centredness vision, the delineation from […]
58 civil groups issue statement on Myanmar Rohingya Anti-Muslim violence
Source: Mizzima A coalition of 58 civil society groups has condemned what it says is a “wave of abuse launched by state authorities in Myanmar against the Rohingya community,” in a statement released on Tuesday. It also charged Bangladesh with flouting international law in its attempts to prevent fleeing Rohingya […]