UN envoy calls on Security Council for Israel action
AP | Jordan Times – Mar 26, 2015 | 22:33 UNITED NATIONS — The UN’s top Mideast envoy challenged the Security Council on Thursday to step up and lead the […]
The battle for the Middle East’s future begins in Yemen as Saudi Arabia jumps into the abyss
As a Saudi-led coalition wades into the fight for Yemen – currently under siege from Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran – Robert Fisk examines the much wider-reaching repercussions of this escalating conflict ROBERT FISK Friday 27 March 2015 Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss. Its air attacks […]
The battle for the Middle East's future begins in Yemen as Saudi Arabia jumps into the abyss
As a Saudi-led coalition wades into the fight for Yemen – currently under siege from Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran – Robert Fisk examines the much wider-reaching repercussions of this escalating conflict ROBERT FISK Friday 27 March 2015 Saudi Arabia has jumped into the abyss. Its air attacks […]
419. Commandment – If a son is not believer then he is not part of the family
Commandment – If a son is not believer then he is not part of the family [11:42] And he said, ‘Embark therein. In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly Most Forgiving, Merciful.’ [11:43] And it moved along with them on waves like mountains. […]
Iran Film Draws Criticism For Portraying The Prophet Muhammad
| By Nasser Karimi ALLAHYAR, Iran (AP) – Here in this Persian replica of Mecca, built at the cost of millions of dollars, an Iranian film company is attempting to […]
SAUDI-LED STRIKES KILL 25 CIVILIANS IN SANA’A
Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author) YEMEN TIMES SANA’A, March 26—Twenty-five citizens were reported killed and another 40 injured in the capital Sana’a on Thursday following Saudi-led airstrikes early that morning. The air raid came as part of operation “Decisive Storm” involving over a hundred fighter jets, with strikes reported in […]
OIC supports military action in Yemen
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has backed the military action in Yemen and slammed the Houthis for undermining the country’s legitimate government. Iyad Ameen Madani, secretary general of the OIC, said here Thursday that military action was inevitable to save the country from “the chaos unleashed on it by […]
Allah is the sole Creator
God never had a child, nor have there been any gods beside him. [Had there been any], each of them would have appropriated to himself what he created, and some would have overcome others…” (Qur’an, 23:91) DR. JAAFAR SHEIKH IDRIS Published — Friday 27 March 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Can it be […]
Islam ‘forbids unjust excommunication’
JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI Published — Friday 27 March 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Islam forbids Muslims from declaring others non-believers, known as takfir, without backing from the Qur’an because this causes unnecessary bloodshed, the Council of Senior Scholars said in a statement on Thursday. Countries in the region have taken action against certain […]
Israeli settlements may have already killed two-state bid – U.N.
MAR 26, 2015 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli settlements on occupied land wanted by the Palestinians may have already killed a possible two-state solution, said the United Nations Middle East envoy on Thursday as he suggested the U.N. Security Council should take action on the peace process. […]
Turkey may give Saudi Yemen operation ‘logistical’ support: Erdogan
Summary Turkey could provide “logistical” support for Saudi Arabia’s operation against Iran-allied Huthi rebels in Yemen, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, slamming Tehran’s involvement in the region. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the Huthi Shiite rebels on Thursday, in an operation slammed by Shiite Iran as a […]
Turkey may give Saudi Yemen operation 'logistical' support: Erdogan
Summary Turkey could provide “logistical” support for Saudi Arabia’s operation against Iran-allied Huthi rebels in Yemen, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, slamming Tehran’s involvement in the region. Warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed the Huthi Shiite rebels on Thursday, in an operation slammed by Shiite Iran as a […]
417. Commandment – Do not feel ashamed with the news of the birth of a female
417. Commandment – Do not feel ashamed with the news of the birth of a female [16:59] And when to one of them is conveyed the tidings of the birth of a female, his face darkens, while he suppresses his inward grief. [16:60] He hides himself from the people because […]
418. Commandment – Children weaning is two years
418. Commandment – Children weaning is two years [46:16] And We have enjoined on man to be good to his parents. His mother bears him with pain, and brings him forth with pain. And the bearing of him and his weaning takes thirty months, till, when he attains his full […]
Arab foreign ministers agree on unified military force: Egypt TV
BY Mahmoud MouradAli Abdelaty| Reuters CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Egypt on Thursday on a draft resolution to form a unified Arab military force, Egyptian state TV said. The agreement came after warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck Shiite Muslim rebels fighting to oust […]
Canada: Stephen Harper's flip-flop on war fits pattern of deceit
Instead of scaring and dividing Canadians, the prime minister should concentrate on issues that really matter, like the economy. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS If the Islamic State poses as big a threat to Canada as Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it does, why has he committed only six […]
Canada: Stephen Harper’s flip-flop on war fits pattern of deceit
Instead of scaring and dividing Canadians, the prime minister should concentrate on issues that really matter, like the economy. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS If the Islamic State poses as big a threat to Canada as Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it does, why has he committed only six […]
Misogyny in the name of religion :Women were born for a purpose which is to satisfy a man’s sexual desires
Source: Dawn This time, Sherani has stated that not only are men ‘allowed’ to remarry without their wives’ permission but even the idea of a wife consenting to polygamy is anarchism. This anarchism, according to Sherani, is furthered under the garb of women rights. Because of course, the rights of […]
Pakistan 'examining' Saudi request over Yemen intervention
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Pakistan confirmed on Thursday it is currently examining Saudi Arabia’s request to provide assistance to overcome the on-going crisis in Yemen. “The Saudi request to become part of its coalition against Yemeni rebels is currently being examined,” Foreign Office Tasnim Aslam said, during her weekly press briefing in […]
Pakistan ‘examining’ Saudi request over Yemen intervention
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Pakistan confirmed on Thursday it is currently examining Saudi Arabia’s request to provide assistance to overcome the on-going crisis in Yemen. “The Saudi request to become part of its coalition against Yemeni rebels is currently being examined,” Foreign Office Tasnim Aslam said, during her weekly press briefing in […]