By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS CAIRO: Egypt’s transitional military rulers have issued a decree prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of religion. The step comes about a week after 26 people were killed in clashes involving minority Coptic Christian protesters, the military and others. It was the worst […]
By Robert Patton Can you imagine being born in a refugee camp, living out your entire life in the camp, and finally dying there. Yet this is what a good many Palestinians have experienced. More than sixty years ago, innocent people were uprooted from their homes and forced to live […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Hundreds of protesters marched from Egypt’s state mosque toward Cairo’s Tahrir Square to denounce a bloody attack on Coptic Christian protesters, only to be stoned by a Acrowd of onlookers outside Al-Azhar mosque. A crowd of onlookers threw rocks at the demonstrators outside Al-Azhar mosque. Undeterred, the group marched […]
Majlis Al Shura elections in Oman will be a turning point today as more than half-a-million citizens exercise their franchise in a decisive vote to choose 84 members. MUSCAT – Majlis Al Shura elections in the Sultanate of Oman will be a turning point today as more than half-a-million citizens […]
By ARAB NEWS MADINAH: The General Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is considering the appointment of reserve imams in the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to correct the accredited imams when they make mistakes in Tilawah (recitation of the Qur’an) and […]
By ARAB NEWS Published: Oct 14, 2011 22:27 Updated: Oct 14, 2011 22:27 MAKKAH: Imam and Khatib at the Grand Mosque Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib warned the faithful Friday to be cautious against enemies who stoke religious sectarianism and political divisiveness in the Kingdom or in any other Muslim country. “If […]
Source: Al-Ahram Weekly Author: Salah Nasrawi As the year-end deadline for American forces in Iraq to leave the country approaches, Iraqi and American policy-makers are at loggerheads over an agreement on the future of military cooperation between the two countries, after Iraq’s political leadership insisted that there will be no […]
by BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: An engineer working for the Tawafa Establishment for South Asian Pilgrims has developed an electric heater that can boil up to 1,000 liters of water to make tea and other hot drinks. While commending the efforts of Abdul Aziz Mahboub, electrical engineer […]
Source / Courtesy: The Jerusalem Post By ILAN BARUCH Palestine knows, Israel knows, the US knows, and the entire world knows what the end result of any attempt to end the conflict in the Middle East must be. Like so many others in Israel and Palestine, I, too, sat transfixed in front […]
By ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM ARABNEWS In the Arab world, the science of public relations is not taken seriously. And when something that has a negative effect on a country in the Arab world takes place, then you would only hear official versions of the event. The audiences in the West don’t […]
Third of Four Installments on Libya: Israel and Libya Once again, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya peels away the veneer of legitimacy and deception enveloping the U.S./NATO genocide currently taking place in Libya. In his first article, Nazemroaya exposed the mechanism by which the world came to “know” of the need for […]
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned Syria on Tuesday about the consequences of its continued use of force against anti-regime protesters. OIC secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in a statement that “the use of force will only lead to more violence and bloodshed, thus exacerbating the […]
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt’s military rulers ordered a speedy probe into clashes which killed 25 people, mostly Coptic Christians, as the Cabinet held crisis talks amid fears of wider sectarian unrest and Washington urged restraint. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) “tasked the government with quickly forming a […]
Religious leaders from all sides of national-religious spectrum strongly condemn Jewish ‘acts of revenge’ against Arab targets. Chief military rabbi urges yeshiva heads to act against phenomenon Chief Military Rabbi Brigadier-General Rafi Peretz has demanded that hesder yeshiva rabbis condemn “price tag” activities and act against them, in light of […]
JERUSALEM, Oct 10, 2011 (IPS) – “On Saturday, we as a nation atoned for our sins. I as a Jew feel ashamed of myself. I’m asking for forgiveness,” declared Ron Hulday, mayor of this mixed city, immediately at the closing of the Day of Atonement. As Jews fasted and prayed […]
What are America’s brave soldiers serving abroad afraid of if their hands are clean? America’s audacity is breathtaking. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has demanded that Iraq provide total immunity to the US troops staying on beyond the scheduled pullout later this year. First, the US must invent a pretext […]
Militant Jewish settlers smash tombs and spray stones with graffiti on Yom Kippur and firebomb is thrown at synagogue Dozens of gravestones have been desecrated at Muslim and Christian cemeteries and a firebomb thrown at a synagogue in Jaffa, Israel, on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. At least […]
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observed this year from sundown on Friday night, October 7th until nightfall on October 8th, and is the Most Awesome Day in the Jewish calendar. Concluding the “Ten Days of Repentance,” also known as the “Days of Awe,” Yom Kippur is a day where […]
SOURCE: DAILY TIMES PAKISTAN NEW YORK: The American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) announced the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality (WISE) Conference to be held from October 14 to October 17 in Istanbul, Turkey. “Soon the world will witness how Muslim women activists, scholars, politicians jurists and poets have assumed […]
By MAAYAN LUBELL | REUTERS ARABNEWS JERUSALEM: In its troubled peace talks with the Palestinians, Israel has demanded that it should be recognized as a Jewish state, but there is deep domestic division on what that means. Yoram Kaniuk, a rambunctious 81-year-old author, was hailed by Israeli secularists this week […]