Muslims: Israel to Give Half of Al Aqsa to Jews
Al Aqsa Center says that Israel will create a Jewish section of Al Aqsa, similar to Hevron’s Cave of Patriarchs. Arutz Sheva: By Gil Ronen The Al Aqsa Center has […]
Archaeologists bringing Jerusalem’s ancient Roman city back to life
Excavations of the Roman city Aelia Capitolina, built on the ruins of Second Temple-period Jerusalem, have unearthed a few surprises. By Nir Hasson Haaretz If you look at a map […]
Police Restrict Entry of Worshipers into Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli Police Restrict Entry of Worshipers into Al-Aqsa Mosque Occupied Palestine: JERUSALEM, February 21, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli police Tuesday imposed restrictions on entry of Palestinians under 40 years of […]
Assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque is “provocation towards Muslims”
Jewish assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque is “provocation towards Muslims” The Middle East Monitor: Israeli police officers “who raided Al-Aqsa Mosque without regard for mosque etiquette and chased Muslim worshippers inside […]
Jordan condemns breaking into al-Aqsa mosque by israeli settlers
Amman (ANTARA/Xinhua-OANA) – Jordan on Sunday condemned breaking into al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers, calling on the Arabs and Muslims to intervene to halt such violations, the state-run Petra news […]
Jewish Extremist Groups Try to Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Extremist Jewish groups tried to storm Al Aqsa Mosque on Sunday morning, through the Mughrabi Gate to the west of the Al Aqsa Mosque, Palestine Today website reported. “A group […]
Israeli government must restore dignity to women by eradicating prostitution
No society that I am aware of has succeeded in completely eradicating prostitution, but that should not deter us in our efforts to diminish it in Israel. Haaretz; By Calev […]
Syria: All contradictions run through one road!
By ALI BLUWI, ARABNEWS During my participation in a seminar on regional relations, one of the participants asked me about my opinion with regard to the Chinese and Russian positions toward Syria. Two points on this issue. First, if I am for change and for granting the Syrian people their […]
A case of double standards
Source: Dawn.com By Murtaza Razvi We want our madressahs and hijabs and missionaries preaching in the UK, which readily obliges because it respects your right to practise your faith (France […]
Watch Jerusalem SOS- Crossing boundries for Life and Justice
Between 1948 and 1967 a border separated Arabs living in East Jerusalem from Jews living in the rest of the city. Today, much of the city’s Arab population remains in the east, while the majority of its Jewish population lives in the west. Although they are free to do so, few residents […]
Oliver Stone’s son converts to Islam in Iran
AFP: US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on Tuesday in Iran, where he is making a documentary, he told AFP. “The conversion to […]
Why Bahrain is not Syria
Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar How poignant that the first anniversary of a true Arab pro-democracy movement in the Persian Gulf – then ruthlessly crushed – falls on February 14, when Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the West. Talk about a doomed love affair. And how does Washington honor this […]
Syria, the new Libya
Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar A Kalashnikov in Iraq, until recently, sold for US$100. Now it’s at least $1,000, and most probably $1,500 (those were the days when Sunnis joining the resistance in 2003 could buy a fake Kalashnikov made in Romenia for $20). Destination of choice of the $1,500 […]
Jews, Palestinians plant trees together in West Bank on Tu B’Shvat
Tu B’Shvat a Holiday in Transition; Once a Celebration of Israel, It’s Now ‘Green’ Jewish Holiday School children from the Efrat settlement and residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of […]
Arab history has been correcting itself
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star, Lebanon Well, reviewing events in Syria this week, I guess the unipolar world, the looming American century, and the end of history that were simultaneously announced by assorted American chauvinists and crackpots at the end of the Cold War around 1990 can be […]
Israel’s Peres sends message of peace to Iranians
AFP: JERUSALEM — President Shimon Peres sent a message of peace to Iranians from the podium of Israel’s parliament on Wednesday, saying there was no need for the two peoples […]
Palestine to submit Israeli sites to World Heritage List
Ynetnews: By Elior Levy Failure to make progress during the latest round of talks between the Palestinians and Israel led the Palestinian leadership to examine new ways in which to […]
Israel’s humanists should declare themselves a religious minority
Secular liberals are hated as the ruling elite, even though the right has been in power for the latter half of Israel’s history. Meanwhile, as opposed to religious-nationalists and the […]
Can Muslim states demilitarize politics?
By Shahid Javed Burki The Daily Star Can Muslim governments free themselves from their countries’ powerful militaries and establish civilian control comparable to that found in liberal democracies? This question is now paramount in countries as disparate as Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey. To predict how this struggle will play out, […]
Islamic Experiment
Source: Spiegel on Line: Can Egypt Make Democracy Work? By Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Volkhard Windfuhr in Cairo Scott Nelson / DER SPIEGEL One year after the revolution, Egypt may have a parliament, but it still has a long way to go before it can call itself a true democracy. The […]