theguardian: by Nesrine Malik — Just as Muslims need to expand tolerance for non-belief into the public sphere by challenging the structures that define this space, westerners energised by the ex-Muslim’s fate need to see that there is more than one model of not believing in God. Saudi Arabia recently declared […]
Blurring the line between reality and fiction, a former member of a terrorist group has made a movie slamming those in the Kingdom who recruit young Saudis to fight abroad. […]
Several Haj and Umrah pilgrimage establishments have stopped accepting applications for Umrah visas from pilgrims over 60, as well as children, following a Health Ministry advisory to that effect as […]
Riadh, S. Arabia. Express News, Lahore, Pakistan 30/04/2014 According to a Pakistani Urdu newspaper The Grand Mufti of S. Arabia Abdul Aziz al-Shaikh issued a fatwa (religious edict) that driving through the traffic red light is a capital sin and is prohibited by religious law. The Grand Mufti said in […]
Rima Al-Mukhtar ARABNEWS Published — Wednesday 30 April 2014 Moja Majka is a unique kaftan and abaya brand by half-Turkish half-Saudi fashion designer Sarah Basaad and her mother, Sureyya Barli […]
Automatic machines to sell Zamzam water Mohammad Sameih Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz project for Zamzam has invented an automatic machine for the sale of Zamzam bottles to visitors and the public. The machine will dispense bottles within two minutes when a pre-obtained receipt […]
Helen Rowe, Isabelle Toussaint | AFP ARABNEWS Published — Monday 28 April 2014 PARIS: Once pilgrims came on camels or on foot in their thousands, now millions of Muslims make […]
MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMAD Published — Monday 28 April 2014 Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims of different nationalities arrive in the Kingdom to perform Umrah and visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Arab News met Jordanian pilgrim Abdul Rahman Mahmoud, 50, on Saturday while he was taking a stroll in the […]
ABU HAMID AL-GHAZALI Published — Friday 25 April 2014 “Prayers have been prescribed for the believers at set times.” (Qur’an, 4:103) INDEED, the five Prayers remove sins, just as water removes dirt.” There are many sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that emphasize the importance of performing […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 25 April 2014 Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar announced Wednesday that his ministry would begin allocating spaces for pilgrims at the holy sites of […]
Non-Muslim Writers About the Holy Quran compiled by Zia H Shah, MD Source: alislam.org/apps A’ouzo billahi min-aash-shaitan-ir-rajeem…(I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed…) Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem (In the […]
French President Francois Hollande and Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah will open a Haj exhibition in Paris on Tuesday Source: The Arab News, April 21, 2014 King […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Saudi Arabia is giving $3bn – yes, £2bn, and now let’s have done with exchange rates – to the Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif. But what is it for? Pakistani journalists have been told not to ask this question. Then, when they persisted, they were […]
By Daisy Carrington, for CNN (CNN) — Dubai, long champion of all things biggest, longest and most expensive, will soon have some competition from neighboring Saudi Arabia. Dubai’s iconic […]
One of the primary distinguishing features between unbelievers and believers is that believers frequently perform the religious obligation of repentance; since unbelievers try to regard themselves as free of sin, they feel no need to repent. Believers, on the other hand, are unwilling to commit any sin that will displease […]
Makkah is bracing for the increased number of visitors and pilgrims in the holy month of Ramadan. Authorities including the Presidency of the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque, the Civil […]
The exit of Saudi’s spy chief was the result of US pressure over his stance on Syria but does not signal a shift in Riyadh’s goal of toppling the Damascus […]
Global Post: RIYADH — President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia was low-key, business-like and bereft of scenes that would indicate the country’s almost 70-year-old special relationship with Washington is back on an even keel. Obama was not received at the airport by a senior prince. The president and King Abdullah […]
Sheikh Ubayd Al-Jabiri Published — Friday 11 April 2014 As the Qur’an is revelation of Allah to Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Sunnah likewise — not a third of it; not half of it; not two-thirds of it; not three-fourths of it; and not nine-tenths of it — all […]
Nick Ames , April 9th, 2014 Development in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is coming at the cost of the loss of some of the most important sites of […]