30% of Saudi student scholars in US are women
By GALAL FAKKAR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Women account for a third of the 47,000 Saudi students on the King Abdullah foreign scholarship program in the United States, according to […]
In Israel, women’s rights come under siege
Women are forced to board public buses from the back and stay there. Billboards with images of women are defaced. Public streets are cordoned off during religious holidays so that women cannot enter. Saudi Arabia in the misogynistic grip of sharia law? Sadly, astonishingly, infuriatingly, it is Israel under the […]
UN Secretary General: Palestinians Ready for Statehood
NEW YORK, November 29, 2011 (WAFA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday said that the Palestinian Authority is ready to assume responsibilities of statehood. In a statement marking […]
Editorial: Dangerous times
It’s tense and dangerous times in the Middle East, thanks to Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel. And Israel should not desist from throwing one more scorching issue into the flames of […]
Who’s destroying antiquities in Jerusalem?
By DAVID M. WEINBERG There is little doubt that Palestinian authorities are conducting this assault on the Temple Mount so as to erase any vestige of archeological evidence for Jewish […]
Russia deploying warships in Syria
Source: Indian Puncline Russia is deploying warshipsat its base in Syria. The battle group includes aircraft carrying missile cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov. The deployment is being projected as pre-planned and having no relation to the current tensions in Syria, but it follows the US move to station the George H.W. Bush […]
Religious leaders urged to spread interfaith values
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday received a delegation comprising participants in the Second Muslim-Catholic Forum, which opened at the Baptism Site in the Jordan Valley on […]
Oman puts women at forefront of Olympic ambitions
(CNN) — Four months ago Raya Al Habsi didn’t know how to swim and was a complete sailing novice. Yet Al Habsi is set to become one of the first professional women sailors in the sultanate of Oman. Al Habsi is one of 30 women being trained as part of […]
Opinion: New ‘Jewish identity’ bill will cause chaos in Israel
The bill for a Basic Law on Israel – the Nation-State of the Jewish People is unnecessary and merely deepens tensions between Jews and Arabs; it should be shelved completely. In response to the scathing criticism and pressure within his Kadima party, MK Avi Dichter retreated from his original proposal […]
Europe threatening the world again
By MOHAMMAD AL-RASHEED It all started with the search for spices and ended with colonization Europe’s contribution to human progress is colossal. That is a fact. Just remember the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution and what followed and you get the idea. The other fact is that Europe has contributed […]
Turkish Muslim pilgrims’ bus ‘shot at in Syria’
A bus, part of a convoy carrying Turkish pilgrims, has come under gun attack in central Syria, Turkish media and officials say. At least two people, one of them a bus driver, were injured in the attack near the flashpoint city of Homs, they say. The passengers, who had attended […]
Terrorism a bane with no religion or race: Prince Saud
By ARAB NEWS Saudi Arabia has welcomed the recent establishment of a United Nations Center for Counter-Terrorism and provided $10 million to cover the center’s costs for the first three years. The project is a result of the International Conference on Combating Terrorism held in Riyadh in 2005 and attended […]
Poverty and lack of security- East Jerusalem drowns with narcotics
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (Alresalah.ps)– Heroin addiction is spreading rapidly in East Jerusalem and surrounding towns, fuelled by poverty and lack of security, according to many news reports. The reports focus on the town of Al Ram, close to Israel’s Separation Barrier. Once a lively suburb of Jerusalem, it says that since […]
Fresh hopes for pardon of Lankan housemaid Rizana
By MD RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: A Sri Lankan delegation visiting Dawadmi, 380 km from the capital, was given a warm welcome by the Otaibi tribe leader Mohamed Faihan Shoraim Al-Otaibi on Thursday. The high-powered delegation led by Sri Lanka’s Western Province Gov. Alavi Mowlana met the tribal leaders […]
Sheikh of al-Azhar Lays Out Steps to Defend Jerusalem
Palestine News Network Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayb of the Islamic University of al-Azhar in Cairo, one of the foremost authorities of Islamic jurisprudence in the world, laid out on a Wednesday a set of steps to “defend the holy city of Jerusalem.” A delegation from the Palestinian group the Popular Campaign […]
Welcome change in Arab League’s attitude
By GWYNNE DYER ARABNEWS For most of its 66-year history, the Arab League was a powerless organization, dominated by regimes that made sure it never criticized their lies and crimes. But suddenly, this year, it woke up and changed sides. Last March the Arab League suspended Libya’s membership because of […]
The Supreme Leader’s View of Unity Between the Shia and the Sunni
(A Shiah point of view): The Supreme Leader’s View of Unity Between the Shia and the Sunni. Source: Facebook Sayed Mustafa Masawi Today, one of the main goals of the arrogant powers and the US is to foment discord. And the best way to do so is to foment discord […]
In occupied East Jerusalem, streets will soon have names
Occupied Jerusalem: Many residents of occupied East Jerusalem have for decades lived on anonymous streets where home delivery is almost impossible – but that is about to change thanks to a long-awaited plan to name the roads. The programme should end years of confusion and, crucially, give Palestinians in the […]
Indian project steals limelight at IDB workshop
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The Vision 2016, a historic project initiated by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for the welfare of Indian Muslims, grabbed the attention of the audience at an IDB workshop on Monday when Muslim NGOs gave presentations of their projects and programs. Jamal Muhiyuddin Alwaye spoke […]
Ahmadiyyah- The Other Face of Islam
Kababir Mosque, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Published by Ven Satya Priya Sraman in Islam on November 12, 2011 The Ahmadiyyah movement (Ahmadi) is a camp in Islam which was founded arise the end of the 19th aeon in Punjab, India, and advance from there to altered countries. A lot […]