STORY SUMMARY By Serene Assir Daily Star Syria’s Western-backed rebels were in disarray Thursday after Washington and London suspended non-lethal aid following the loss of a key border crossing and arms depots to a powerful Islamist alliance. Last week it withdrew from the FSA’s Supreme Military Council headed by General […]
STORY SUMMARY The sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad’s regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Thursday. Michael Hayden, the retired US Air Force general who until 2009 was head of the Central […]
STORY SUMMARY The sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad’s regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Thursday. Michael Hayden, the retired US Air Force general who until 2009 was head of the Central […]
MAN WITHOUT A CORE: Najib betrays his own Moderates Movement with Sunni Islam call Written by Zairil Khir Johari Amongst the more ridiculous propositions to emerge from the recently concluded Umno General Assembly was the suggestion that Article 3 of the Federal Constitution should be amended to stipulate that Islam […]
MAN WITHOUT A CORE: Najib betrays his own Moderates Movement with Sunni Islam call Written by Zairil Khir Johari Amongst the more ridiculous propositions to emerge from the recently concluded Umno General Assembly was the suggestion that Article 3 of the Federal Constitution should be amended to stipulate that Islam […]
BEIRUT — A bruising winter storm brought severe weather to the Middle East Thursday, forcing the closure of roads and schools and blanketing already miserable Syrian refugee camps with snow. […]
ScienceDaily — Dec. 10, 2013 — Priming people to think about money makes them more likely to cheat, but priming them to think about time seems to strengthen their moral compass, according to new research published inPsychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The research, conducted by psychological […]
Source: Mercola.com There are many studies supporting the belief that people with an upbeat and positive perspective tend to be healthier and enjoy longer lives. For example, in one study,1 […]
By Mudar Zahran – Gatestone Institute …………………………….. The Al-Aqsa Mosque has been one of the items at the center of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Almost every known Arab political organization has […]
Pope Francis Lead article collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Francis, The Man of the Year and the Muslim Times’ Gift The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: Time magazine has chosen him as man of the year for 2013. We congratulate him on this achievement […]
Pope Francis Lead article collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pope Francis, The Man of the Year and the Muslim Times’ Gift The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: Time magazine has chosen him as man of the year for 2013. We congratulate him on this achievement […]
Epigraph: O ye who believe! equitable retaliation in the matter of the slain is prescribed for you: the free man for the free man, and the slave for the slave, […]
Source: Asia Times: There has been a Jewish presence in Arab-Muslim countries since well before Islam was introduced and it dates back to before the 6th century before the current era. These communities have disappeared or are in the process of disappearing in the majority of Arab-Muslim countries. In fact, 865,000 Jews […]
By : Zubair Khan The question mentioned in the title of the news as well few other interesting questions were aired after Mr Luqman Majoka, who studied Oriental and Islamic studies, belonging to Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Germany, delivered his speech in Bashier Mosque Bensheim. On the eve of inter-religious dialogue series organised by AMJ Germany he was speaking to very lively German […]
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch December 11, 2013 – 17:00 Three years after the launch of of the government’s Migrant Friendly Hospitals project, questions have been raised about how health institutions […]
December 11, 2013 12:25 AM By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star STORY SUMMARY When the National Council of the American Studies Association last week passed a motion recommending to its members to endorse and honor the Palestinian drive to boycott Israeli academic institutions, the expected furor broke out. The […]
STORY SUMMARY Less than an hour later, the gray skies delivered the first snowfall of the winter, which pelted the plastic sheeting covering the Bazazi family tent, as Sleiman played […]
ALJAZEERA Facing religious discrimination in the Hindu-dominated job market, many are forced to assume fake identities. After taking off her silver armband embossed with the word “Allah” in Arabic, Ayesha […]
DAMMAM: HAMID AL-RUWAILI | ARAB NEWS/AL-EQTISADIAH Published — Thursday 12 December 2013 The Saudi Railway Organization (SRO) will issue tenders for the design of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) train […]
CAIRO – The trial of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood chief and his deputies on charges related to protest deaths came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when the judges walked out, citing chaos in the dock. The previous session on 29 October of the trial against Mohamed Badie and 34 co-defendants […]