KSA to host 1.4m Hajis from abroad
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 30 September 2014 More than 1.4 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year, said Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar. “About […]
Pilgrims urged to pray for world peace
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARAB NEWS A prominent Indian Muslim leader has called upon pilgrims who have come for Haj this year to pray for global peace and stability during the annual event, the largest gathering witnessed by humanity. “We have to pray to God, the creator […]
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has advised pilgrims to avoid politicizing the Haj.
Grand Mufti: Avoid politics at Haj . GETTING READY FOR HAJ: With five days to go for the trek to the nearby tent city of Mina at the start of the annual pilgrimage, hundreds of thousands of faithful throng the Grand Mosque in Makkah for prayers on Friday. (AN […]
Watch three Mideastern developments very carefully
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The upheaval of ideological forces and reconfiguration of geostrategic conditions across the Middle East took a dramatic turn on Sunday and Monday, with in three principal developments in and around the Arab world: the combined American-Arab Gulf states airstrikes in Syria; the control of […]
US, Arab partners launch first strikes on IS in Syria
• US aircraft and cruise missiles attack targets in Syria • Allies include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain and Qatar • Raqqa city and Iraq-Syria border among areas hit • […]
Ex-fighter exposes IS lies
A Saudi citizen who recently returned from Syria after fighting with the “Islamic” State (IS) terror organization has posted an online video urging fellow youth not to fall victim to the group’s rhetoric. Fahad Al-Zaidi stressed that he had been brainwashed and deluded into thinking this was a legitimate form […]
Sick pilgrims coming with wish to die in KSA criticized
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Published — Saturday 20 September 2014 Saudi Arabia has expressed concern over the increasing number of pilgrims arriving with chronic or serious health problems. Such pilgrims are […]
Saudi anti-Christian sweep prompts calls for US involvement
Source: Fox News Dozens of Christians arrested at a prayer meeting in Saudi Arabia need America’s help, according to a key lawmaker who is pressing the State Department on their […]
Impressed by Saudi students’ friendship bond, Briton embraces Islam
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 12 September 2014 A simple act of kindness can do wonders. A Briton embraced Islam after he witnessed a fellow Saudi patient being bombarded with moral and financial support from two Saudi scholarship students, who had regularly visited their compatriot at a hospital […]
Islamic State: John Kerry in Egypt for coalition talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Egypt amid US attempts to form a broad coalition to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants. Mr Kerry will meet Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi in Cairo on the latest leg of his Middle East tour. He has enlisted the support of […]
5,000 hired to clean holy sites
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID Published — Saturday 13 September 2014 The city of Makkah has hired 5,000 workers to clean the holy sites during this year’s Haj, an official told Arab […]
Grand mufti: Drugs more dangerous than A-bombs
The Kingdom’s grand mufti and president of the Council of Senior Scholars, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, has called for tough action against those who smuggle, promote and sell drugs. “Drugs are more dangerous than atomic bombs,” he said, and warned that users face ruin and loss of their morality. Al-Asheikh […]
1,000 from families of Palestinian martyrs to be king’s guests at Haj
Riyadh, ARABNEWS.com Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will sponsor the Haj pilgrimage of 1,000 Palestinians whose family members were killed during the latest Israeli offensive on Gaza. […]
After the atrocities committed against Muslims in Bosnia, it is no wonder today’s jihadis have set out on the path to war in Syria While the US State Department told us in Bosnia that ‘fundamentalism’ – the horror word of the time – might take root in Bosnia, no one spoke of ‘radicalisation’
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In 1993, walking across the Qasr el-Nil bridge in Cairo, I was stopped by a young man. Was I a reporter, he asked? Had I […]
After the atrocities committed against Muslims in Bosnia, it is no wonder today’s jihadis have set out on the path to war in Syria While the US State Department told us in Bosnia that 'fundamentalism' – the horror word of the time – might take root in Bosnia, no one spoke of 'radicalisation'
by Robert Fisk, The Independent In 1993, walking across the Qasr el-Nil bridge in Cairo, I was stopped by a young man. Was I a reporter, he asked? Had I […]
World-class safety measures in place at Grand Mosque expansion projects
JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Saturday 6 September 2014 A technical committee tasked with ensuring safety inside the Grand Mosque held a meeting with the Ministry of Higher Education to […]
Pilgrim program reflects Saudi hospitality
The Haj Ministry has embarked on a unique program to welcome pilgrims once they are through passports and customs procedures and leave the airport’s lounges at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz […]
Prophet dome removal reports rubbished
The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has strongly denied reports that surfaced in Western media outlets claiming that the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) […]
Saudis risk new Muslim division with proposal to move Mohamed’s tomb
by Andrew Johnson, The Independent One of Islam’s most revered holy sites – the tomb of the Prophet Mohamed – could be destroyed and his body removed to an anonymous grave under plans which threaten to spark discord across the Muslim world. The controversial proposals are part of a […]
Saudi women wins 'Women Physicist of the Month’' American Award
Saudi Arabia scientist wins US physics award Dr. Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees RIYADH: RASHID HASSAN Published — Wednesday 20 August 2014 Arab News Dr. Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees, a leading woman research scientist in experimental particle physics at the National Center for Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Riyadh, […]