'First, account for the shirt you are wearing'

WHILE on deathbed, Sayyidna Omar ibn Al-Khattab (mercy be upon him) dictated a long will consisting of instructions for the next caliph. Here is the last sentence of that historic document: I instruct you on behalf of the people who have been given ...

(Reuters) - Syrian refugees in this border outpost were delighted to hear their home town of Azaz had been liberated - not from Bashar al-Assad's troops but from al Qaeda fighters who subjected them to a regime that included torture and public ...

Azizah Al-Mani Okaz It is narrated about Omar Bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he once saw a drunken man and he wanted to punish him. The drunkard insulted the second caliph who was asked why he let the man go even ...

Omar Osman, a Jordanian scholar of Palestinian origin, also known as Abu Qatada al-Filistini, criticized imposing jizya in Syria in an interview with the newspaper Al-Hayat . He spoke about the imposition of jizya (Islamic tax) on Christians in ...

Omar Khalid [center], from a propaganda video released in 2012. Image from the SITE Intelligence Group. An influential commander in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has issued a statement claiming that the group executed 23 Frontier ...

EVERYONE has a hero; either fiction figure like Prince Eric from Disney's Little Mermaid or as someone in real life who had set the bar for the rest to follow, like the late Irene Fernandez. Everyone needs a hero, just like in Sinbad The Musical ...

Azraq, Jordan - Double-trailer cargo barrels along the highway, known simply by locals as "Death Road", a crumbling strip of asphalt connecting eastern Jordan to Saudi Arabia. Despite its grim moniker, the road has long served as a lifeline for the ...

Graffiti artists light up the night with their spray cans as they paint slogans condemning extremism and violence in Kafr Nabl, March 23, 2014.(photo by Transterra Media) Author:Adrian Hartrick Posted April 13, 2014 "This [graffiti] is an ...

Dr. Suhaila Zain Al-Aideen Hammad Al-Madinah I am writing this article in the hope that all Saudi women will eventually be given their full rights, rights which the Creator, Allah the Almighty, has granted but which some manmade ...