Expat guide: Ramadan and what to know about this holy month
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL ISTANBUL APR 07, 2022 – The Blue Mosque, on the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 1, […]
HRW slams Greece for ‘double standards’ on irregular migrants
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ATHENS APR 07, 2022 A Ukrainian child refugee is playing after his arrival by bus at the Greece-Bulgarian border at Promachonas border post, northern Greece, March 11, 2022. […]
France needs a more decentralized approach to Islam
KHALED ABOU ZAHR April 07, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8jf79 If you were to ask a 1980s American movie scriptwriter how to represent a Frenchman, he would probably describe him wearing […]
How Saudi authorities overseeing the holy Zamzam well have moved with the times
Short Url https://arab.news/b2ugg Updated 13 sec ago JONATHAN GORNALL April 07, 2022 Historians and geologists agree the well, located near the Kaaba, is at least 4,000 years old Modern technology […]
Saudi Arabia pledges billions in aid to Yemen as Crown Prince backs new leadership council
Previous 1 / 4 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets members of Yemen’s new presidential leadership council. (Twitter: @Spa_Eng) 2 / 4 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets […]
The implosion of history
Apr 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ Michael Marder VITORIA-GASTEIZ — Philosophers are supposed to comprehend events and phenomena from a rather detached standpoint, keeping in mind useful theoretical models and precedents. But the situation in Ukraine has made detachment difficult for me. Not only does more than half my family […]
Le Pen vows headscarf fines in tight French election battle
By AFP – Apr 07,2022 JORDAN TIMES French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Member of Parliament and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen speaks as she takes part in the show ’10 Minutes […]
Pakistan court rules Imran Khan no-confidence vote block is illegal
Published 1 hour ago bbc.com Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan could face removal from office this weekend, after the country’s top court ruled his move to block a no-confidence vote […]
French election: Far-right Le Pen closes in on Macron ahead of vote
By Lucy WilliamsonBBC Paris correspondent Related Topics French elections 2022 The least a president might expect, when juggling a war in Europe with an election at home, is a bounce […]
Supreme Court restores National Assembly, orders no-confidence vote to be held on Saturday
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside deputy speaker’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust resolution against Prime Minister Imran and the subsequent dissolution of the NA by the president on the PM’s […]
The Movie ‘The Physician’ and the Muslim Heritage
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like the saving of the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32) The Physician (German: Der Medicus) is a 2013 German historical […]
How British sports clubs are embracing Muslim athletes during Ramadan
A new Muslim Athlete Charter has set out ways that clubs and leagues can better support sportspeople who practise their faith Layla Maghribi Apr 07, 2022 Professional athletes know that […]
For God’s sake, stop the war
For God’s sake, stop the war Jawed Naqvi Published April 7, 2022 – WE are now into the month of Ramazan, a period of piety and self-reflection for Muslims, though one can’t […]
Turkey court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia
MENA The New Arab Staff & Agencies 07 April, 2022 The moving of Jamal Khashoggi’s trial to Saudi Arabia has sparked outrage from rights groups and defence lawyers, who branded […]
Imran Ahmad Khan: MP astonished about sex assault claim, trial told
Source: BBC An MP accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a party has told a court he was “utterly astonished” by the allegations. Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan, […]
Indonesia. Questioning the essence of MUI: to guide the people or to cause division?
Published: April 7, 2022 Writer Rosyid Mask Ushul Fiqh Lecturer, Walisongo State Islamic University (UIN) Semarang Disclosure I once received funds from the RI Baznas in collaboration with MUI in […]
India: 50% Hindus will convert to Islam if a Muslim becomes PM, says rabble-rouser priest
NEW DELHI: Notorious for making intemperate remarks against Muslims, Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of the Dasna Devi temple, stoked yet another controversy on Sunday with his comment that “50 per […]
Russia’s currency bounces back after Moscow mandates payment for gas in gold-pegged ruble
With the aim of supporting the ruble, the Russian Central Bank announced pegging the currency with gold — one gram of gold is currently pegged at 5000 ruble. MAHUA VENKATESH […]
Special Report: French mosque closures based on ‘secretive evidence,’ critics say
By Juliette Jabkhiro 1/5 Karim Daoud, head of the Allonnes mosque’s associations, poses at the city’s youth services in Allonnes, near Le Mans, France March 15, 2022. The sentence means: “The […]
Why India Must Remember its First Muslim Jurist
HISTORY The first Muslim judge of a high court in colonial times, Syed Mahmood’s professional conduct offers a counterpoint to the declining standards in Indian judiciary. MOHAMMAD SAJJAD AND MD ZEESHAN AHMAD·APRIL […]