Peres posts peaceful Ramadan message
Times of Israel President uploads video on YouTube in which he talks of shared values of justice, compassion and peace during Islamic holy month Shimon Peres wished the Muslims of […]
No rush to war in Israel over Bulgaria bombing
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel signaled on Thursday it would not rush into any open conflict with Iran or its Lebanese guerrilla ally Hezbollah despite blaming them for a deadly attack on its citizens in Bulgaria. A suicide bomber killed eight people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists […]
Only very few Universities in Islamic countries are among the 400 best Universities of the world.
Here is a link to the world’s best universities: http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/top-400-universities-in-the-world?page=2 Glancing through the list I found only 7 Universities among the world’s best 400 that are located in Islamic countries, 3 of them in Malaysia, one each in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, UAE and Oman. I saw ‘King Saud University’ as […]
Mount Carmel
Carmel lights By Francis Gonsalves Ever heard of “Carmel” school or college? My sisters studied at Carmel School in Bandra, Mumbai. In boyhood I’d often tease them: “Why do you […]
Israel furious at UNESCO decision to back science chair at Islamic University of Gaza
Haaretz: Move represents endorsement of university, which trains Hamas engineers and bomb makers, Israeli officials say. Relations between Israel and UNESCO have reached a new low following the organization’s inauguration […]
The Muslim Ahmadiyya in Israel: Practicing Real Islam
By Earl Shugerman: Most people outside Israel are not aware of the fact that 25% of Israel’s population, are not from a Jewish background, and amongst them are Christians, Muslims, […]
Bringing Hearts Together in the Ahmedim Mosque in Kababir
As the first woman, Ada was invited to speak in the Ahmedim Mosque in Haifa. “A wonderful thing happened to me last Saturday. On June 30, I was invited to […]
Syria’s Ambassador to Iraq Reported to Defect
Source: NY Times. Syria‘s ambassador to Iraq was reported to have defected on Wednesday, which if confirmed would be the second prominent defection from President Bashar al-Assad‘s government in less than a week. More:
Holyland: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community holds Annual Convention in Kababer – Haifa
Ahmadiyya Times : The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Holy Land held its Annual Convention in Kababer, Haifa area in Israel, it has been reported. The convention, affectionately referred to […]
Disappearing mosques
Palestine: Israeli eradication of history: Disappearing mosques Al-Akhbar: The discovery of a rare aerial photo of Jerusalem in the 1930s, taken by a Zeppelin, has provided the long-sought after proof that when Israel occupied the Old City in 1967 it secretly destroyed an important mosque that dated from the time […]
Four Gulf States Amongst World’s Ten Fattest Nations
Ramadan period is expected to add to the weighty population; health clubs try to push their way into Gulf countries.Eat less, and go to the gym more. Alas, easier said […]
FIFA approves goal line technology, Islamic headscarf
AGENCIES ARABNEWS Friday 6 July 2012 ZURICH: Goal-line technology to confirm whether or not a goal has been scored and the use of the Islamic headscarf were approved by soccer’s […]
Obama defends his Israel commitments
Back to ‘kishkes’: Obama defends his Israel commitments, touts his Jewish ties in a closed-door meeting with select Jewish leaders The Times of Israel: WASHINGTON (JTA) — The so-called “kishkes […]
Made in Israel or the Occupied West Bank? Not a simple question
Foreign countries are increasingly demanding that products made in the settlements be labeled accordingly JERUSALEM (AP) — For decades, Israel has marketed an array of cosmetics and food products manufactured […]
THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century
An extract from the book: THE NEXT 100 YEARS – A FORECAST for the 21st Century By George FRIEDMAN published in 2009 by Anchor Books The books gives us a Global Forecast. We are giving our readers as a sample the chapter on Turkey pages 144 to 148. TURKEY During […]
Pain therapy from Marijuana with out being high
Israeli researchers weed out the THC from marijuana to create a pain-relieving plant devoid of unwanted side effects The Israel Times: A new strain of cannabis promises to provide users […]
Israel creates thousands of “fake” Jewish tombs around Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Middle East Monitor: Al-Aqsa Association for Religious Endowment (Waqf) and Heritage has accused the Israeli occupation authorities of planting thousands of fake Jewish tombs around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the […]
Attempts to revive language spoken in Jesus’ time
JISH, Israel (AP) — Two villages in the Holy Land’s tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East. The new focus on the region’s dominant language 2,000 years ago comes with […]
Will Assad depart in the Yemeni manner?
TARIQ ALHOMAYED ARABNEWS Sunday 27 May 2012 The New York Times has revealed that US — Russian talks are taking place to implement the Yemeni solution in Syria, and this is in the hopes of securing Bashar Assad’s withdrawal from power along the lines of Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh. The […]
Jerusalem Must Be Partitioned, Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert Says
The Palestinian Chronicles: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Israeli officials that they must partition Jerusalem if they really want peace. “No Israeli government since 1967 has done even a smidgen of what was needed in order to unify the city in practical terms. That is a tragedy […]