Moja Majka: Journey of a kaftan
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 […]
Three alternatives exist for a liberal Arab future
April 30, 2014 12:13 AM By Marwan Muasher The Daily Star Story Summary When the second Arab awakening began in 2011, its primary goal should have been to advance pluralism and democracy – causes that were neglected in the Arab world’s first, anti-colonial awakening in the 20th century. Will the […]
Hypocrisy triumphs as talks collapse
April 30, 2014 12:13 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Story Summary The Israeli decision to break off negotiations with the Palestinians last week after the Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas announced their reconciliation agreement reveals the darkest and most destructive sides of Israel and its Western backers […]
Domestic violence: how the world’s first women’s refuge saved my life
theguardian: by Sandra Laville — Jenny Smith will never forget the phone call that saved her life. It was her second attempt after finding herself incapable of speech the first time. Trying again a few days later, she managed a few gasped words: “I’m a battered wife, can you help […]
1,300 Muslims leave Central African Republic capital
Source: Dawn.com BANGUI: Heavily armed African and French peacekeepers escorted some of the last remaining Muslims out of Central African Republic’s volatile capital on Sunday, trucking more than 1,300 people […]
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder celebrating his 70th birthday with Vladimir Putin
Source: Spiegel There’s nothing you can do about your relatives, but you certainly have a choice when it comes to picking your friends. This sage wisdom also applies to Gerhard Schröder, the former German leader and confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He himself can decide whom to embrace and […]
Saudi announces 3 new MERS deaths, toll hits 105
Source: TOI RIYADH: Saudi health authorities announced on Tuesday three new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, as a group of experts met to discuss means of preventing the spread of the disease. Three men — aged 56, 61, and 79 — died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Riyadh, bringing […]
Malaysia cannot succeed unless equal opportunity given to non-Muslims, says Obama
Source: The Malaysian Insider BY JENNIFER GOMEZAPRIL 27, 2014LATEST UPDATE: APRIL 28, 2014 07:03 AM Malaysia must ensure non-Muslims in the country also have equal opportunites as its Muslim majority if […]
Who will blink first, Vladimir Putin or the West?
Source: CNN Russia’s seizure of Crimea last month may have unfolded with a lightning quickness, but Vladimir Putin and the West are now engaged in a much slower match of wits on a chessboard stretching across most of eastern Ukraine. Rather than going for checkmate, both sides now seem content […]
Images of ferry captain abandoning ship are shocking
Source: CNN Seoul (CNN) — Of the many shocking and wrenching images that have come from the sinking of the Sewol ferry, one that stands out for me depicts the vessel’s captain — head bowed and covered by a hood — standing on dry land admitting he had abandoned ship. […]
Mecca: Automatic machines to dispense Holy Zamzam water
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 […]
Dr Mahathir: Religious clerics dividing Muslims
Dr M: Religious clerics dividing Muslims KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — In a scathing post against the ulama (clergy) class, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused its members today of disuniting […]
Aga Khan Award for Architecture – Islamic Cemetery Altach, Austria
Islamic Cemetery Location: Altach, Austria (Europe) Architect: Bernardo Bader Architects, Dombirn, Austria Client: Altach Municipality, Gottfried Brändle Mayor Completed: 2011 Design: 2008-2011 Site size: Ground floor area: 4’235 m2 – […]
The U.S. Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia
Share The U.S. Opts for Ineffective Sanctions on Russia Geopolitical Weekly Tuesday, April 29, 2014 – 03:05 Print Text Size Stratfor By George Friedman The United States announced new sanctions on seven Russian government officials April 28. A long-used tactic, sanctions can yield unpredictable effects or have no effect at […]
eDigest: K.K. Aziz: Murder He Wrote
Epigraph: And what is the matter with you that you struggle not in the cause of Allah and of the weak — men, women and children — who say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this town, whose people are oppressors, and make for us some friend from Thyself, and […]
Muslim presence in Europe: “Talking to, not about, Islam”
Mustafa Kutlay USAK Center for EU Studies 28 April 2014 In his book, Inventing Europe, Gerard Delanty meticulously discusses how the idea of “Europe” and “Europeanness” has been reinvented throughout […]
Qur’an lesson for today: 108. Commandment to observe Prayer in prescribed form
108. Commandment to observe Prayer in prescribed form [4:104] And when you have finished the Prayer, remember Allah while standing, and sitting, and lying on your sides. And when you are secure from danger, then observe Prayer in the prescribed form; verily Prayer is enjoined on the believers to be […]
At Meeting, Fed Likely to Again Cut Bond Buying
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is tiptoeing away from its economic stimulus campaign, and so far the broader economy has barely noticed. The Fed’s policy-making committee, which meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, is widely expected to announce another $10 billion cut in its monthly bond purchases, to $45 billion, en […]
Norway to restage 1914 ‘human zoo’ that exhibited Africans as inmates
Guardian: As part of mammoth celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Norway’s constitution, the government is funding two artists to re-enact a “human zoo”, which will open to the public on […]
Israeli bulldozers demolish mosque, 3 houses near Nablus
maannews.net: NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday demolished a mosque and three houses in a Palestinian village south of Nablus, an official said.Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors settlement-related activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that over 20 Israeli military vehicles entered Khirbet al-Tawil near the […]