The US Has Screwed Up in the Muslim World for 36 Years
AP JAMES A. WARREN Beginning with the Carter Doctrine, the US has aggressively injected itself into the Muslim world but with little to show for it besides a record of […]
Be a good wife in Ramadan
Be a good wife in Ramadan Asma Anjum Khan | Published — Sunday 26 June 2016 Women members of Saaed group prepare food to be given out as iftar meals for the poor and internally displaced Syrians during the month of Ramadan in Damascus, Syria, on June 18, 2016. (REUTERS/Omar […]
Rohingya refugees in Myanmar receive OIC Ramadan aid
Rohingya families get their share of the food aid the Organization of Islamic Cooperation distributed through the group HUMANiTi Malaysia recently. (OIC photo via Arab News) JEDDAH: More than 1,100 Rohingya families displaced from their homes in Myanmar received food aid from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) during […]
The Millennial Running Saudi Arabia
Source: The daily Beast Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 30-year-old son of the king and ever more obviously the heir apparent, is just winding up a fairly low profile public relations tour of the United States. Last week he met with President Barack Obama in Washington. This week […]
The Yemen imbroglio (as viewed by a Pakistani)
The Yemen imbroglio By Ali Sarwar Naqvi April 01, 2015 The ancient land of Yemen bore the name of ‘Arabia Felix’, roughly translated as Arabia the happy, in view of its salubrious climate, fertile land and plentiful water. This turned out to be ironic, because Yemen’s history through much of […]
80% of hotel rooms in Makkah reserved
ARAB NEWS | Published — Saturday 18 June 2016 Paid reservations reached 124,000 rooms, of a total of 155,000 rooms in the central area for the first 10 days of Ramadan. (SPA) MAKKAH: Reservations at hotels in the central area in Makkah registered their highest operational capacity this year, […]
Saudis warn tourists to respect Swiss burqa ban
A member of the Islamic Central Council of Switzerland distributes flyers in Ticino against the veil ban in 2013. Photo: AFP Saudis warn tourists to respect Swiss burqa ban Published: 13 Jun 2016 10:22 GMT+02:00 The Saudi Arabian embassy in Bern has warned its citizens visiting Switzerland this summer to […]
Ban Ki-moon’s big sin against Arabs
By Matin Moslem Ban Ki-moon’s big sin against Arab June 14, 2016 The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in an extraordinary speech that truly surprised the public and could be referred to as “revolutionary remarks of a traditional conservative”, left no respect and credit for the House of Saud […]
Fasting in summer a quality of faith
Sheikh Farid Haibatan | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 THE blessings related to fasting are truly astounding. Those who fast are able to scale the ranks; expiate their sins; tame their desire; give much in charity; engage in a variety of acts of worship; give thanks to their Creator; […]
Jordan: Urgent need to fill the vacuum
Jun 11,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI One big question emerges from last week’s terrorist attack in Baqaa, where five intelligence staff officers were killed by Jordanian Mahmoud Masharfeh who used to live in the adjacent refugee camp: Who pushed a 22-year-old man to join Daesh, and betray his family […]
The untold story of the deaths at Hajj
Iranian diplomat Ghadanfar Rokonabadi disappeared after being caught up in the mass panic on last year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca Robert Fisk @indyvoices He was smart, occasionally humorous and detailed in his replies to my questions. Officially, he was an attaché at Iran’s high-walled, black-painted embassy in Beirut, but back in 1996 I […]
British police accused of helping Saudi torturers
The Times: British police are teaching the Saudi Arabian regime to use high-tech detection skills despite accepting that they could “identify individuals who later go on to be tortured”. Senior MPs called last night for the suspension of the programme amid concerns about the human rights record of the Saudi […]
Mecca Goes Mega
Source: The New York Times In the days before rapid sea or air travel, it could take months to travel to Mecca. The spiritual heart of Islam lay far from […]
Performed Umrah? Stay home
ARAB NEWS | Published — Friday 10 June 2016 JEDDAH: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who heads the Council of Senior Scholars, has urged Muslims who have undertaken many Umrah trips to refrain for entering Makkah, so that others have a chance to perform the rituals. Al-Asheikh said it […]
Qur’an and Hadith on fasting
| Published — Friday 3 June 2016 O you, who believe. Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious). (Fasting) for a fixed number of days, but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the […]
A beginner’s guide to Ramadan
Associated Press | Published — Monday 6 June 2016 www.arabnews.com El Mesaharty Hussien wakes up residents for their pre-dawn meals during the first day of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh) Millions of Muslims around the world on Monday marked the start of Ramadan, a month […]
Ramadan a month of self reflection ― Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos
June 6 — The Ramadan month is here again as it does every year. Every Sunni Muslim knows that fasting is required during the month of Ramadan, it is one of the five pillars of his faith. He knows how to fast, when to break fast and what to do […]
Quran Verses about Ramadan and fasting
Quran Verses about Ramadan and fasting The month of Ramadhan [is that] in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for the people O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous [2:183] [Fasting for] a […]
Fasting month brings happiness and joy
JAVERIA ILYAS | Published — Wednesday 1 June 2016 A boy serves plates of fruit in preparation for iftar during last year’s Ramadan. JEDDAH: There is an air of festivity even as the holy month of Ramadan is just a few days ahead. Excitement can be seen writ large on […]
Ramadan, a precious gift for Muslims
Mariam Anwer | Published — Friday 3 June 2016 THE fragrance of the blessed month of Ramadan is already in the air and almost everyone has started feeling the slight sensation of excitement that this blessed month brings with it. Isn’t it amazing how we look forward to this month […]