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Cruelty to animals has no place in Islam
It is not easy for one living in Saudi Arabia not to be distracted by the regional affairs around them nor of the conflicts in several Arab nations that have erupted since the invasion of Iraq. Nor is it easy to ignore the continuing brutality of the current Israeli regime against the Palestinian people trapped in their own lands, or the growing violence against Muslims in India.With headlines all garnered by such events, some residents still go about doing well in spite of being squeezed out of print space. One such person has made it her mission to help the underprivileged, only this time they happen to be the four-legged ones, and cats in particular. She contends that not enough coverage has been given toward the protection of the rights of animals in the Kingdom. She has been helping,...
March 04, 2020

Cruelty to animals has no place in Islam

Islam is the solution?
Since its inception in 1928, we have heard, loud and clear, over and over again, the Muslim Brotherhood’s slogan “Islam is the solution.” It was supposed to be the ultimate promise for a utopian world: If we just had a whole Islamic system, we would resolve today’s problems and bring back our past glories.However, it was more of a teaser or a soundbite than a practical program. Still, we took it on blind faith that “those who knew better” would deliver — once in power. We never doubted their promise or ability.Then, it happened, starting in 1979. In Iran and Sudan first, then, in Gaza and Afghanistan, the Islamists ruled — finally. Now it was time to demonstrate their century-old cultivated secret recipe for good governance!We waited and awaited — patiently and...
March 03, 2020

Islam is the solution?

We should embrace criticism rather than fear it
“Wisdom is not the product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”These were the words of physicist Albert Einstein and are important because all of us should be trying to learn new things every day of our lives.It doesn’t matter who the advice is from, we should always be prepared to take the words of others on board.An example of this came recently after one of my excellent students had given a presentation to the class.DisappointedWhile the content of what she delivered was very good, she was disappointed at our feedback on how she presented it.She believed our words were negative and felt sad, thinking she had done a bad job.What she didn’t realize was that it was my intention for the students to get views from their classmates, however difficult this may have...
March 01, 2020

We should embrace criticism rather than fear it

Tobacco must be tabooed
THE region is awash with statistics indicating that smoking and tobacco consumption in the GCC is on an unprecedented rise. This leads to long-term health issues costing governments’ extraordinary amounts of money toward the care of those afflicted with smoking-related diseases. In the United States alone, that figure comes to a whopping $193 billion loss to the economy per year — an amount directly related to smoking-caused illnesses and lost productivity.In China, a reliable 2011 report by Chinese health experts estimated that 3.5 million Chinese would die annually because of smoking-related disease within the next 15 to 20 years. One can imagine the additional effect on growth and productivity on the world’s second largest economy as more and more people get struck down with...
February 26, 2020

Tobacco must be tabooed

Saudi Arabia’s development via evolution not revolution
The true meaning of power is not independence, since ultimate power mainly is a relationship between countries, as a state always need others as allies, partners or sometimes assistants (supporters/satellite states).Saudi Arabia, in that sense, exudes independence as many countries depend on it to take the lead. The Kingdom decides and acts not only to foster development, but also is needed and required for global economy and stability. The more the country is relied on the more freedom and power it has.Like every country in its nascent stage of growth, Saudi Arabia too, through partnership evolved a strategy of development by carrying others along with them toward prosperity. But in the process friends turned foes or a list of enemies grew who look at the Saudi success with a jaundiced...
February 25, 2020

Saudi Arabia’s development via evolution not revolution

What is political Islam!
Once I had a conversation with an enlightened expert in Islamic movements. Here’s a summary of what I learnt. I asked: Is it permissible to support political Islam?— Is there in Islam a political Islam?* I meant the parties and Islamic groups that operate in politics and seek to govern?— Who says a Muslim cannot govern or work in politics?* They are not just "Muslims", but "Islamists" — i.e. organized groups that began by propagating Islamic values, then went into politics, and are now running political parties to engage in the new democratic process. — But how can you be Muslim and democrat at the same time? Democracy is based on pluralism — equality among representatives of all citizens, governed by a man-made constitution. Islam, on the other hand, is one...
February 25, 2020

What is political Islam!

Just a moment... Why are you attacking us?
A FEW days ago, Tim Sebastian, a television journalist from the German channel Deutsche Welle, asked Minister of State Adel Al-Jubeir: “You are telling the European Union ‘not to lecture us’ and then how can the West deal with you?While the interlocutor argued with Al-Jubeir with regard to the details of the Saudi internal affairs, it is worthy to draw attention to the remarkable statement made by French President Emmanuel Macron. The statement compelled all those following these incidents to say: “Just a moment... indeed, you are lecturing us and at the same time why are you attacking us?The story is as follows. Less than a month before the upcoming French municipal elections, President Macron said that he would impose restrictions on receiving foreign imams and teachers in his...
February 24, 2020

Just a moment... Why are you attacking us?

Hussein Shobokshi
Reading serum!
By Hussein ShobokshiI DON’T remember exactly when was the first time I heard the phrase "think outside the box" or how many times I heard it on different occasions, but it is today a part of our usual terminology. A follower of world news through various media outlets, must notice the severity of the language and the existing division, and the constant resort to promoting "false news", a term that was coined and used liberally by US President Donald Trump himself.Another equally dangerous term is “alternative facts,” which was invented by Kellyanne Conway, adviser to President Trump.Reading the headlines and news, and following repercussions of "democracy" in the most important democratic countries affects her successively. She is more bothered by the...
February 22, 2020

Reading serum!

Rajiv Sikri
Understanding the Citizenship Amendment Act
By Rajiv SikriA widespread and unseemly controversy has broken out in India over the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2019 that fast tracks Indian citizenship for persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi faiths. This brings closure to a sad and messy legacy of the partition of India in 1947 when the new, expressly Muslim, state of Pakistan was carved out of India. There were widespread bloodshed and killings in both India and Pakistan as millions of Hindus and Sikhs migrated from Punjab, Sindh and Northwest Frontier Province of West Pakistan (now Pakistan) to India, and Muslims, mostly from Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in India migrated to West Pakistan.Many Hindus...
February 21, 2020

Understanding the Citizenship Amendment Act

Why the United States of America remains a beacon of hope
NOTWITHSTANDING the rantings of US politicians, the United States continues to remain a beacon of hope to many from around the world seeking refuge from oppression, wars or domestic turmoil. It is a symbol of strength and stability in a world fraught with conflict.Even though recent times have unearthed a growing resentment against the influx of foreigners and particularly those of color, immigrants continue to pour in, unnerved by such threats. They sense that they are escaping far worse back from where they came from. Among the thousands of immigrants who line up US shores weekly are many Muslims, who have given up on their country of birth and are moving on to safer pastures.The world in recent times has not been kind to Muslims. Witness the decades-long persecution of Palestinians,...
February 18, 2020

Why the United States of America remains a beacon of hope

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