Manama: Women legal consultants in Saudi Arabia have called for the implementation of the decision to grant women licences to practice as lawyers. “We are looking forward to putting the decision into practice,” Hanan Ahmad Al Sahrfi, a legal consultant, said. “There are around 300 women lawyers in the eastern […]
MINA: The Hajj pilgrims will perform the most vital pillar of Hajj, i.e. Wuquf-e-Arafat (Stay at Mount Arafat) today (Thursday), Geo News. Mufti-e-Azam will deliver Hajj sermon in Masjid-e-Nimra. Hundreds […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 25 October 2012 Interior Minister Prince Ahmed, who is chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, said 1,752,932 foreign pilgrims have arrived for Haj this year, including […]
MINA: SIRAJ WAHAB ARABNEWS Thursday 25 October 2012 The valley of Mina yesterday reverberated with the chants of “Labaik Allahuma Labaik … Here I am at Thy service O God,” […]
Foreign Islamic militants worry Syrian rebels but also provide a powerful … Fox News ALEPPO, Syria – The presence of foreign Islamic militants battling Syria’s regime is raising concerns over the possible injection of al-Qaida’s influence into the country’s civil war. Syria’s rebels share some of those misgivings. But they also see in … See all […]
By Michael Georgy GILGIT, Pakistan (Reuters) – About 20 men dressed as Pakistani soldiers boarded a bus bound for a Muslim festival outside this mountain town and checked the identification cards of the passengers. They singled out 19 Shi’ites, drew weapons and slaughtered them, most with a bullet to the […]
By Al Arabiya with Agencies Millions of pilgrims arrived this week in Mecca for Islam’s annual Hajj (pilgrimage), which officially starts on Wednesday. Around four million pilgrims were heading to […]
Businessinsider.com: Mujtahidd, an anonymous Twitter user from Saudi Arabia, has been called the “gutter of the press.” A Saudi prince called him a “slanderer” and a “hired tool.” Some say the whistle-blower, who is now a […]
Saudi authorities warn they will stop any disruptive protests at annual pilgrimage in Mecca over the conflict in Syria Grand Mosque teeming with joyful pilgrims at dawn yesterday, wearing simple […]
Sarajevo, ARABNEWS Tuesday 23 October 2012 A Bosnian pilgrim who left last December on pilgrimage to Makkah by foot arrived in the holy city after passing through seven countries including […]
The mountain overlooking Mecca is where Muslims believe Mohammed received his first revelations from God The Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam that every capable Muslim must […]
MECCA — Nods, smiles, frowns, and hand gestures speak volumes in the holy city of Mecca where Muslims gathered from across the world for the annual pilgrimage manage to communicate […]
AFP | Oct 22, 2012 | 23:33 JORDAN TIMES ALEPPO, Syria — After months of fighting without pay, Syrian rebels in Aleppo are receiving their first salaries, paid with money […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Interior Minister Prince Ahmed has warned pilgrims against politicizing the Haj pilgrimage, saying those involved in such activities would be driven away. “We reject politicizing Haj and so do the pilgrims. Whoever tries to use Haj for other purposes will be kept away. […]
RIYADH: Ali Bluwi ARABNEWS Monday 22 October 2012 Under the direction of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Saudi government is giving preferential treatment to Syrian refugees […]
JEDDAH: ARABNEWS Shoppers in Jeddah say ihram-clothing prices have risen and they differ from one shop to another. “Every year there seems to be an ihram “fashion trend” as I […]
MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 October 2012 Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will inaugurate today the 13th Makkah Conference of the Muslim World League (MWL) under the aegis of Custodian […]
RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN Saturday 20 October 2012 As hundreds of thousands of Haj pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Makkah for the annual pilgrimage, the Ministry of Health advised […]
Saudi Nightmares by Robert D. Kaplan and Kamran Bokhari May 15, 2012 | 1613 GMT The Saudi royals live with an all-consuming fear — that of an American understanding with Iran. The Saudis know that the American estrangement from Iran is unnatural and cannot go on forever. It has already […]
ARAB NEWS Friday 19 October 2012 JEDDAH: The Car Syndicate has readied more than 20,000 buses to transport 1.7 million pilgrims between Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites during this […]