By BADEA ABU AL-NAJA | ARAB NEWS MAKKAH: As traffic conditions on the already crowded Makkah streets continue to worsen during Ramadan, local people increasingly depend on motorcyclists to reach the Grand Mosque area. The occasion offers a golden chance to young bike owners to earn good money. Ali Jameel, […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A charity that paid the blood money to save a Saudi woman from being executed for murdering her husband has given her a furnished house to live in, the Shams newspaper reported on Thursday. The Southern Women Charitable Society in Abha stepped in to secure the […]
By ARAB NEWS DAMMAM: An Alkhobar woman studying in the United States is taking credit for destroying 23 Danish websites that denigrated the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Al-Madinah newspaper reported on Thursday. Nouf Rashid told the Arabic newspaper she was hacking into Danish websites having references to cartoons […]
By Mohammad Ben Hussein, Jordan Times. AMMAN – The Islamist movement took to the streets in east Amman on Wednesday evening to protest against the proposed constitutional amendments, saying the changes do not meet the aspirations of Jordanians. Chanting, ”The people are the source of authorities,” dozens of protesters joined […]
Source/Credit: NPR Kids may claim that Tater Tots are the only edible food in the school cafeteria, but in reality, school lunches are getting more healthful. Almost all cafeterias now serve fresh fruits and vegetables, according to a survey of school food directors released Thursday. Whole grains are readily accessible […]
Source/Credit: Huffington Post While looting often becomes an issue post-disaster, it’s been the exact opposite in Japan. Since the March earthquake and tsunami that leveled much of Japan, thousands of wallets containing a total of $48 million in cash have washed ashore — and been turned in, ABC reports. In […]
BACKGROUND Ever since the renaissance or the beginning of the enlightenment era in Europe and its consequent influence on the rest of the world, equality of genders or otherwise has been the most sensitive and debated topic. Medieval thoughts of many cultures and religions advocated superiority of men over women. […]
Ahmadis to drop further legal proceedings in Cikeusik killings. The Jakarta Post, The Indonesian Ahmadiyah Congregration (JAI) says it will not seek further legal action against the hard-liners given lenient sentences for instigating a riot in which three Ahmadis were beaten to death. The JAI, a repeated target of violence by Muslim hard-liners who […]
Source: Qantara Author: Leila Ahmed Ever since the attacks of 9/11, feminists in the West have increasingly used the theme of the oppression of women in Islam as justification for war and domination. This strategy of using this rhetoric of “saving the women” in the name of “civilization” is an […]
Source / Courtesy: Star Tribune By Imran Hayee ‘It’s a scorching day, aren’t you feeling warm in this?” These polite words touched our ears when my wife and I entered the grocery store on one of the few hot summer days in Duluth. My wife was wearing a head scarf and […]
Courtesy / Source: New York Times By John Markoff PALO ALTO, Calif. — A free online course at Stanford Universityon artificial intelligence, to be taught this fall by two leading experts from Silicon Valley, has attracted more than 58,000 students around the globe — a class nearly four times the […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is considering to start a national de-radicalisation programme to combat rising fundamentalism and extremism in the country. A statement issued after a meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet held here on Wednesday said: “It was decided in the committee that special attention shall be given […]
By MD AL-HARBI | ARAB NEWS BURAIDAH: The world’s largest dates festival officially kicks off in this central Saudi city of Qassim on Thursday when products of more than 6 million date palms in the province will be displayed. Average daily sales during the 75-day festival may reach SR25 million. […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Over a third of charity activities in the Kingdom take place during the blessed month of Ramadan, a recent study said. Saudis make 34.5 percent of their total annual cash donations in the month of Ramadan, said a study on the charity habits of people in […]
ISTANBUL (Agencies) – Jordan Times. Jordan and Turkey on Wednesday called for an end to the violence in Syria and urged Damascus to implement reforms, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The call was made during a press conference following talks between Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and his Turkish counterpart […]
Courtesty: CNN US Road Trip-20 mosques in 20 days during Ramadan Read more Day 12 Missouri 08/13/2011 Source: 30mosques.com Conversations and Cornbread by Aman Ali My knowledge of what Ahmadiyya Muslims believe is limited. But off the bat, let’s clarify some misconceptions you might have about them. Yes, they pray […]
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From BBC News Retail sales grew only slightly last month, as cash-strapped consumers remained under pressure, figures show. Sales volumes excluding petrol rose just 0.2% in July, a slowdown on the 0.8% increase in June, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Sales of household goods, clothing and footwear all […]
From: BBC News The funerals of three men knocked down and killed during riots in Birmingham will take place in the city later. Haroon Jahan, 21, Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, were hit by a car as they protected stores from looters in Winson Green on 10 August. […]