By ARAB NEWS The Hadith: “The best among you are those best to their families (wife and children), and I am the best of you to my family,” underlines the importance of kind treatment toward women. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) elevated women to a dignified level unheard of […]
As the US edges towards dialogue with groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, neo-con rhetoric dominates British politics A discordant trend is tearing apart the Western alliance and its Middle East policies. The armed intervention in Libya has highlighted this graphically, with the US giving only token assistance to the […]
In 2007, New York City-based David Kaufman named Tel Aviv, your disembarkation point in Israel by air, the “Mediterranean’s New Capital of Cool”, testament to its growing popularity in a country with an amazing number of attractions considering it’s only the size of Wales. The city has nine districts, the […]
By Muath Freij AMMAN – The lack of Muslim schools in the capital during the 1940s led a group of traders to establish the Islamic Scientific College (ISC). It all began 65 years ago when a group of merchants from Syria and Nablus decided to form the Islamic Culture Society, […]
Israel’s threat to deny visitor’s entry to Palestine is as disturbing as it is shocking. Our protest will be a civil society tsunami Palestinians have globally touted an array of rights that Israel systematically denies. There is the right of return, the right of freedom of movement, the right to […]
By ARAB NEWS Bringing up children with proper care is the primary duty of Muslim parents. Parents should not distinguish in a discriminatory manner between their male and female children when bringing them up. However, the fact remains that girls in many Muslim communities are the victims of their parents’ […]
By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN – Religious leaders are going to join the battle against human trafficking by highlighting the negative impact of this crime on society during their sermons. Interfaith specialists and clerics participating in a workshop on human trafficking yesterday pointed out that both Islam and Christianity emphasise the […]
The indictment reportedly accusing Hezbollah members of killing a former prime minister will fuel unrest, not justice. Hicham Safieddine. The indictment delivered by the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to Lebanon’s state prosecutor Saeed Merza marks the latest twist in a widely publicised and highly controversial operation of international […]
By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN – HRH Princess Basma on Sunday underlined the important role of religious institutions in combating human trafficking via raising public awareness on the impact of this crime on society. Addressing participants in a workshop titled “Working together to fight trafficking in persons”, she highlighted the progress […]
By Majeda El Batsh, Agence France-Presse NABLUS, Palestinian Territories – In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, a small and ancient Samaritan community is managing to make ends meet by dabbling in the age-old practice of fortune-telling. University Avenue, in the hill-ringed city of Nablus, is lined with white […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police briefly detained a leading rabbi Sunday as part of a widening probe into a treatise suspected of inciting the murder of Arabs. The investigation has pitted authorities in the Jewish state against far-right West Bank settlers and has led to scuffles outside government institutions in […]
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is sometimes uniquely simple for such a subject that causes people to dedicate their lives to the study of it. Precipitating events can sometimes highlight the distance between the two countries in the most blatant and simple ways. Never before has this been so true since the […]
Two of the foreign ships experienced similar forms of sabotage, creating allegations of Israeli responsibility. The reports that two of the foreign flagged ships planning to be part of the ten vessel Freedom Flotilla II experienced similar forms of disabling sabotage creates strong circumstantial evidence of Israeli responsibility. It stretches […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah will pay a working visit to Jeddah today for talks with Saudi King Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz. Talks between the two leaders will focus on means to develop bilateral relations and joint cooperation, a Royal Court statement said. King Abdullah and the Saudi […]
(CNN) — The Syrian president sacked the governor of a restive province, a day after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of its capital. President Bashar al-Assad discharged Dr. Ahmad Khaled Abdul-Aziz from his post as governor of Hama province, the third provincial governor to be […]
There was a time when Maajid Nawaz and T.J. Leyden would have never been in the same room, let alone share a stage and handshake. Nawaz was a British leader of the Hizb ul-Tahrir, a radical Islamic organization that recently made headlines for its alleged infiltration of Pakistan’s army. Leyden […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The alumni of Jamia Nizamia will begin its 15th annual Islamic summer coaching program from Saturday through Aug. 10 at a school building in Azizia district. Classes for boys and girls are separate. There are no fees for this program. Ex-students of the Islamic university […]
In the third of his series Jason Burke reports on growing tensions as clergy oppose incremental moves away from conservative Islam On a Friday at one o’clock, Sheikh Saad Bin Naser al-Shethri is leading prayers in a small mosque in an upmarket neighbourhood of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. The faithful […]
Today Palestine has the recognition of 117 nations, I hope those who have not recognized the state of Palestine to live side by side in peace and security with the state of Israel, will do so as soon as possible, said Abbas. AMSTERDAM, June 30, 2011 (WAFA) – Palestinian president […]
Fears of political Islam have increased to unprecedented levels both inside and outside Egypt, but are such worries justified? Whereas Western governments have long been frightened of the rise of political Islam, local fears of Islamists representing political Islam in Egypt have also now peaked, with many liberal, secular and […]