Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage. In Saudi Arabia they destroyed and damaged houses and mosques associated with the Prophet Mohammad and his family. The history goes back to 18th and 19th century and their raids on Shi’a holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing and […]
Jeddah: Arab News Saturday 22 September 2012 Minister of Interior and Chairman of Haj Higher Committee Prince Ahmad has issued a directive requesting the Ministry of Haj to implement a […]
DAMMAM: SAEED AL-ASMARI | ARAB NEWS STAFF Thursday 20 September 2012 Four hundred young Saudi couples celebrated their wedding at an event arranged and organized by Weaam Marriage & Family […]
PARIS: ARAB NEWS Thursday 20 September 2012 French President François Hollande and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation — Global, accompanied by Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel, vice […]
EDDAH: ARAB NEWS Thursday 20 September 2012 The Haj Ministry announced yesterday that the Haj visas of Syrian pilgrims would be processed without delay. A Haj Ministry official said: “We are treating the arrival of Syrian pilgrims with the utmost care and importance, considering the difficult situation many face at […]
In Hebrew and Arabic with English titles: Ma Ana Ajmal min Salaam We have nothing more beautiful than peace Hevenu Shalom Alinu (We brought peace upon us) We have connections […]
Israeli media say the Tel Aviv regime has launched a surprise military exercise in the occupied Golan Heights. The drill kicked off on Wednesday following an order by Israel’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz. Different units from the Israeli military are taking part in the drill that “will […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABBEWS Wednesday 19 September 2012 PARIS: Paris’s famed Louvre museum opened a new wing of Islamic art in a bid to improve knowledge of a religion often viewed with suspicion […]
NOTE: When Jay Jason from San Francisco editorial team called me yesterday for verification before printing this, we had a little chit chat about my Muslim News. Then it occurred to me that I had left out our famous slogan “Love for All and Hatred for None.” I requested Jason to […]
Minister says Kingdom yet to receive assistance from Arab donors by Omar Obeidat | Sep 18, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN –– Jordan on Tuesday called on rich Arab countries to extend financial aid to help the Kingdom overcome “critical” economic challenges. So far this year, the country has not […]
Source: Violent protests over the video that insults the prophet Muhammad highlight a fundamentalist view of blasphemy. But this interpretation relies on only a handful of sources and ignores Islamic authorities […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR ARABNEWS Monday 17 September 2012 Saudi Arabian Airlines will transport more than 800,000 Haj pilgrims from 102 stations around the world this year, said Abdul Aziz Al-Hazmi, the airline’s deputy director general, yesterday. Speaking to reporters after presiding over a meeting of the Council of Airline […]
by Sebastian Farmborough The Express Tribune Blog Moving to Saudi Arabia was such an incredible culture shock. Having been accustomed to a really open way of life in Barcelona, I […]
MD RASOOLDEEN Sunday 16 September 2012 RIYADH: Separated Saudi conjoined twins Reem and Rana were reported healthy and stable yesterday, 48 hours after surgery. The twins from the Baha region […]
ROB WAGNER ARABNEWS Sunday 16 September 2012 The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh called on the international community to criminalize acts of abusing great prophets and messengers such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all), according to a statement issued today. The statement was […]
ARAB NEWS Sunday 16 September 2012 RIYADH: The Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, yesterday denounced attacks on diplomats and embassies as un-Islamic after deadly protests against a US-made anti-Islam film swept the Middle East. At the same time, he called on the international community to take steps to […]
RIYADH: NAWAL KSAR ARABNEWS With the announcement almost three years ago about the production of a film portraying the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Iranian director Majeed Majeedi sparked a controversy all over the Islamic world. Now, as the film is ready for viewing, the temperature […]
Source: Alislam.org So said the Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani The Messiah: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said about God of nature and Islam: […]
KHALED AL-DAKHEEL Monday 10 September 2012 ARABNEWS Modern Arab political thought has, for the most part, relied heavily on the theories of Ibn Khaldoun to explain whatever concerns the “modern […]
Reuters | Sep 13, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES JEDDAH/DUBAI — Loath to foster a new generation of militant Islamists, Saudi Arabia is trying to stop its citizens from joining what some of them see as a holy war against the Syrian government. The Saudi public has grown incensed at the […]