By ADIL SALAHI ARABNEWS Debt is a normal practice in human life. People often have need for money that they do not have. If they expect to have money at a later time and their need is immediate, they try to borrow from a friend or a financial institution. In […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A senior official of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) has called for the establishment of strong media organizations by Muslims in order to challenge stereotypes of Islam and Muslims that link them to terrorism and extremism. “Our efforts in this respect […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – Jordan on Sunday presented its case of accession to the Gulf Cooperation Council at a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Jeddah. The ministers issued a recommendation to their countries’ leaders calling for including Jordan and Morocco, another applicant, under a five-year development plan set by […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The eight-day youth forum organized by the Dawa Center of South Jeddah was a big success as it attracted thousands of young men and women and their parents, said Abdullah Bawazir, director of the center and chairman of the organizing committee. “I […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) has stepped up its relief programs for famine-hit Somalia after the United Nations reported that hundreds of people in the African country are dying each day despite a ramping up of relief aid. WAMY said […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS Published: Sep 9, 2011 22:22 Updated: Sep 9, 2011 22:22 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has strongly warned against listening to people who claim to explain dreams on radio and TV programs. His warning came following a growing trend among […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The chairman of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogues (DICID) has emphasized the need for greater cooperation and coordination among Muslim organizations that work to promote dialogue between different cultures and religions to boost world peace and stability. Professor Ibrahim Naimi […]
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By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The director general of the department responsible for providing services to Umrah pilgrims at the Ministry of Haj has asked all pilgrimage service-providing companies to liaise with embassies and consulates to identify and repatriate dead pilgrims whose bodies are still being stored in […]
By YOUSUF MUHAMMAD | ARAB NEWS MADINAH: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance will organize a two-day seminar in Riyadh in October on Saudi websites specializing in dawa. Assistant undersecretary of the ministry Abdul Mohsen Al-Asheikh said the seminar on Oct. 5-6 is aimed at evaluating dawa […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A number of Saudi citizens have started shopping early for sacrificial goats after Eid Al-Fitr when prices are down before they shoot up during Eid Al-Adha, a local daily reported. As a precautionary measure, some citizens began buying little goats to raise them at home and […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A total of 400 young Saudi men and women will tie the knot next week during a mass wedding sponsored by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. Saeed Al-Niaimi, chairman of the Welfare Society for Marriage Assistance and Family Care that is organizing the […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The acting director of a branch of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs Endowments,Call and Guidance in Makkah province, Bakr bin Hamid Mir, has criticized the prolonging of prayer in Makkah mosques and said the imams have been advised not to do so. In a statement published […]
By IBRAHIM NAFFEE | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The situation in Syria could take a turn for the worse if the government continued to disregard calls for reconciliation and reforms, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu warned Saturday. “We were promised by top Syrian officials that the security […]
By ARAB NEWS JAZAN: A number of Saudis have launched a campaign on Twitter asking their compatriots to be kind to the foreign manpower living with them and to spread awareness in society about humanitarian treatment to foreign laborers. They also tweeted that Saudis should congratulate them on the occasion […]
Sourse: asiatimes on line Surveying the Libyan wasteland out of a cozy room crammed with wafer-thin LCDs in a Pyongyang palace, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, must have been stunned as he contemplated Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s predicament. “What a fool,” the Dear Leader predictably murmurs. […]
By ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Makkah residents were treated to a performance by a Chinese circus. The shows, which were held in the holy city for the first time, will conclude Friday. The circus put on its performances at Al-Wehdah Sports Club’s theater located in Al-Taneem […]
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Eid celebrations in Saudi Arabia generally are characterized by joy at successfully fulfilling religious and spiritual obligations for a whole month. They are also a clear expression of social solidarity and tolerance, and are occasions for family reunion where people renew their brotherly […]
By ARAB NEWS The tourism industry in Malaysia currently ranks as the second foreign exchange earner. As far as the results go, promoting the tourism industry has been one of the country’s success stories. In celebrating Malaysia’s 53 years of nationhood, its tourism industry certainly deserves due recognition for its […]
By ABDUL HANNAN TAGO | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Sheikh Ahmad Al-Asheikh, who led the Eid prayer Tuesday morning at the Eid ground near Riyadh Airbase in Malaz district, called on the Islamic ummah to be leaders not only in religious affairs but also in the world of science and technology. […]