By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: The 176 gates of the Grand Mosque will be able to tell worshippers if the mosque is full or not using a traffic light system, director of the department of doors at the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques […]
By ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, died on Saturday, the Royal Court said in a statement. He was in his eighties. Sultan was a central figure in Saudi decision-making since becoming defense minister in 1962. http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article521832.ece
In a bid to revive Islamic philosophy, the University of Sierra Leone Muslim Jama’at has started a school tour in order to encourage students of various secondary schools to make either the Muslim Jama’at or SLEFES their first point of call when seeking entry into the university. The University of […]
CNN It’s midnight here in Tehran. My interview with Iranian President Ahmadinejad is scheduled for 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. President Ahmadinejad, apparently, gets up at 4:00, goes for a run, then goes to the gym. And so when he’s done with all of that, I will interview him. We’ve got lots […]
As the world marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a leading Muslim group took the issue of the rise of religious extremism. The debate was hosted by Dr Tannock and organised in conjunction with the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the South Asia Democratic Forum. It took place on Tuesday 20 […]
TOKYO — It is said that a Japanese person is born Shinto, marries Christian and dies Buddhist, but really it’s an oversimplification. As a social experiment, find a personals site where Japanese can select their religion from a list. You’ll see that a great deal select “agnostic.” On top of […]
6 October 2011 – The United Nations women’s fund for gender equality on Sunday invited organizations and government agencies to apply for grants, adding that first phase of its 2011� funding cycle will give priority to proposals that seek to empower women and their communities in Arab countries.“UN Women supports […]
After trying to mollify its critics in recent years by offering better health care benefits to its employees, Wal-Mart is substantially rolling back coverage for part-time workers and significantly raising premiums for many full-time staff. Citing rising costs, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, told its employees this week that […]
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In recent weeks, the ICRC has visited thousands of newly arrested people. It has evacuated almost 50 wounded patients from Sirte and delivered medical supplies to Bani Walid. ICRC experts are now providing the transitional authorities with advice on managing mass graves and human remains. “Since late August, we have […]
Source / Courtesy: Yahoo News ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that extremists have been able to operate from Pakistani soil for too long, increasing pressure on Islamabad to crack down on Islamist militants destabilizing Afghanistan who are allegedly supported by the government. Clinton is in […]
By Zhao Yanrong (China Daily) BOSTON – A Chinese student organization recently announced it will launch the first forum to focus on entrepreneurship in China at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology next month. The forum aims to provide a platform for Chinese students in the United States and venture capitalists from […]
Source:The Local The German states are hoping to strongly regulate the country’s numerous gambling halls, which they say are a haven for addicts and crime. According to a report in Friday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung, state premiers meeting next week will discuss standardising restrictions nationwide, which would include a limit of 12 […]
Source: Spiegel International It is years behind schedule. But on Friday, two satellites belonging to the European navigation system Galileo are heading into orbit. The system promises to be more precise than anything currently available. But Europe has paid dearly for its autonomy. There are some, of course, who might […]
By ADIL SALAHI ARABNEWS When people embark on the journey of pilgrimage, they often ask which method is better. Since both the Umrah and the pilgrimage are duties, people should do both duties on the same journey. There are three methods to complete this: The two duties are joined together, […]
By RIMA AL-MUKHTAR, RIMA.ALMUKHTAR@ARABNEWS.COM Hammam means “spreader of warmth” or “bathroom.” However, in particular, it refers to a traditional bathhouse where one can have a steam treatment and full body exfoliation from the authentic traditions of Morocco. Hammam is a traditional public bath, separated for men and women. Traditionally, Moroccans […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS Published: Oct 20, 2011 22:51 Updated: Oct 20, 2011 22:51 JEDDAH: Nearly three million expatriate workers will have to leave the Kingdom in the next few years as the Labor Ministry has put a 20 percent ceiling on the country’s guest workers. The […]
By Hossam Ezzedine Agence France-Presse JORDAN TIMES NABI SALEH, Palestinian Territories – Nizar Tamimi has only seen his fiancée Ahlam once, when she visited him in prison shortly before she was sentenced to life in jail for assisting a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Their families feared they would never start […]
Source: International Crises Group Ten months of popular protest spiked by periodic outbursts of violence have done little to clarify Yemen’s political future. Persistent street protests so far have failed to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh or bring about genuine institutional reform. The country is more deeply divided between pro- […]