Al-Quds Conference Decides To Head To UN
International Middle East Media Centre: The Al-Quds Arab Conference, held in Doha – Qatar, concluded its deliberations on Monday with a decision to head to the United Nations over the […]
Arab MKs: Harming al-Aqsa will lead to global jihad
Ynetnews: Right wing Knesset Members on Sunday attacked Arab-Israeli lawmakers for taking part in the International Conference for Defense of Jerusalem, which is being held in Doha. The official website […]
Doha Conference – proposal to go to UN for action against Israel
President Mahmoud Abbas explained that the conference is being held at a very delicate stage, Al-Quds is facing challenges and dangers which cannot be ignored anymore. GULF TIMES: Palestinian President […]
The Arab physician Rhazes in the work of Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius’ (1514–64) first publication was a Paraphrasis of the ninth book of the Liber ad Almansorem, written by the Arab–Persian physician and alchemist Rhazes (854–925). The role of Rhazes in Vesalius’ oeuvre has thus far been much disregarded. The different ways Rhazes recurs reveal an intellectual evolution in Vesalius’ […]
Clashes Took Place at The Al-Aqsa Mosque
International Middle East Media Centre: Palestinian sources reported Friday that clashes took place between dozens of youths at the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and Israeli soldiers who fired […]
Report: 150 violations on Al-Aqsa Mosque during 2011
BNA: Occupied Jerusalem, Feb.23 (BNA) – A report issued by Al Aqsa Institution said today that 150 Israeli violations targeted Al Aqsa Mosque last year. The detailed report showed that […]
‘Any fool could have been a Darwin,’ Richard Dawkins
Cat is out of the bag. After a life time of idealizing and making an idol out of Sir Charles Darwin, Prof. Richard Dawkins has a Freudian slip that any […]
Cabinet Condemns Raid against Al-Aqsa Mosque, House Demolition
Wafa: Palestinian News Agency: RAMALLAH, February 21, 2012 (WAFA) – The Cabinet Tuesday condemned continuous attempts by Israeli settlers and extremists to raid Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City and […]
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 […]
‘Let the Muslim be my Master in Outward Things!’ References to Islam in the Promotion of Religious Tolerance in Christian Europe
Source: Alislam-eGazette By Abdul Haq Compier Religious tolerance may seem very self-evident to the modern reader, who is educated to believe that tolerance is one of the fundamental values upon […]
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 […]
Ancient Islamic architects created perfect quasicrystals
Source: Physicsworld A researcher in the US reports to have found the first examples of perfect quasicrystal patterns in Islamic architecture. Her upcoming paper also describes how the designers were […]
Umar Farooq: Who pioneered religious freedom for the whole of humanity!
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The following is a slightly modified version of a short speech I gave in Vestal High School, New York […]
Mideast nuke race feared
By EDITH M. LEDERER | AP ARABBEWS DAVOS, Switzerland: Former Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Turki Al-Faisal has warned that unless the Middle East becomes a nuclear weapon-free […]
Endowments to support research into legacy of legendary scholars
by Mohammad Ghazal | Jan 25,2012 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday attended a ceremony to announce the launch of two waqfs for integral chairs to […]
Jerusalem down under
Sights and Insights: Jerusalem down under Jerusalem Post: By WAYNE STILES The Western Wall Tunnels allow visitors to explore the full length of the Kotel, seeing first-century Jerusalem. Wayne Stiles […]
Historic walled city under threat
LAHORE: The medieval walled city of Lahore is under threat from a construction ‘free-for-all’ ruining centuries of heritage, as an ambitious Pakistani restoration project to protect it stalls. Rapid and illegal growth is crowding out the “old city” —the section of the eastern hub fortified by a wall during the […]