The unprecedented Saudi refusal to take up its Security Council seat is not just about Syria but a response to the Iranian threat by ROBERT FISK THE INDEPENDENT WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2013 The Muslim world’s historic – and deeply tragic – chasm between Sunni and Shia Islam is having worldwide […]
Asif Haroon Raja PAKISTAN OBSERVER Thursday, August 01, 2013 – The unholy practice of Muslims fighting among each other is in vogue in many Muslim countries. Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Bahrain, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had got infected by the Arab Spring in 2011, possibly triggered by CIA and […]
ABU TARIQ HIJAZI ARABNEWS Friday 28 June 2013 Imam Malik was one of the most respected scholars of Fiqh also known as Imam Darul Hijrah. His great grandfather Abi Aamer, who was from Yemen, embraced Islam in 2 AH and migrated to Madinah. He participated in all the battles alongside […]
SANLIURFA, Turkey — I’ve been traveling to Yemen, Syria and Turkey to film a documentary on how environmental stresses contributed to the Arab awakening. As I looked back on the trip, it occurred to me that three of our main characters — the leaders of the two Yemeni villages that […]
GTA Muslims: A Priceless Quote from a Confident Muslim Woman “Man in early times was almost naked, and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I’m wearing represents the highest level of thought and civilization that man has achieved, and is not regressive. It’s the […]
OPINION Islam, liberalism and Egypt Last Updated : Tuesday, December 25, 2012 12:38 AM Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi What’s going on in Egypt? I keep receiving questions about events in Egypt and not only from non-Arabs. Saudis and Egyptian expatriates are confused, too. Among the most frequent questions: Is it […]
Buried Christian Empire Casts New Light on Early Islam By Matthias Schulz Paul Yule The “crowned man” relief found in Zafar, Yemen is seen as evidence that there was a Christian empire in the region before Islam took hold. Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in […]
Source: Dawn.com MYRIAD problems afflicting Muslims today are of our own making. The combined GDP of a billion plus Muslims living in some 56 sovereign Muslim states is less than that of Japan. Barring a few countries like Malaysia and Turkey, most Muslim states are underdeveloped. Pakistan has seven million […]
By Heather Hurlburt US NEWS Heather Hurlburt is the executive director of the National Security Network in Washington, D.C. Heather previously served in the Clinton administration as speechwriter to the […]
Amman hosts regional forum on food security issues by Areej Abuqudairi JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — In a region where food security is an enduring challenge, Jordan’s limited resources place it at especially high risk of hunger and malnutrition, experts said on Sunday. “Jordan is a resource-poor country with no oil […]
Manama: A Yemeni young man has claimed to have found the oldest surviving manuscript of the Holy Quran. The book venerated by Muslims was found inside a leather cover in a cave in the mountains south of the city of Dhale in the southern part of the country, Yemeni Arabic […]
Manama: In a rare love story, a Yemeni man overcome with grief over the death of his wife died soon after she was buried. The woman died last week of an illness. She was 45. Read more
Drone warfare is one of the greatest inventions of civilization. It has allowed us to take Anwar Awalaki out (One of the top Al-Qaeda operatives) with least collateral damage and minimal revenge multiplier. However, the abuse of drone warfare has gone too far….. We don’t like the terrorist killing innocent […]
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 […]
Source: Campus Watch Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should […]
UK researchers studying the genomes of Ethiopian people have discovered similarities to those of populations in Israel and Syria, proving genetic evidence that may support the tale of the legendary […]
KING VIDEO EVIDENCE OF ISLAMIC CRUCIFIXION Documented! Blood thirst that killed ‘spy’ accused of U.S. sympathies Published: 3 hours ago by MICHAEL CARLEmail | Archive Michael Carl is a veteran journalist with overseas military experience and experience as a political consultant. He also has two Master’s Degrees, is a bi-vocational pastor and lives […]
Sultan endorses N0.5m Islamic studies’ scholarship | Print | E-mail Written by Biola Azeez, IlorinTuesday, 28 August 2012 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced an annual donation of half a million naira to the best graduating student from the Department of Islamic Studies, University of Ilorin. Speaking at the opening of […]
Source: Huffington Post By Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, […]
Yemeni women say equal rights are compatible with Islam Inroads to equality hindered by accusations that feminists are acting ‘un-Islamic’ While many nations in the Middle East were reborn the […]