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Fasting in summer a quality of faith

Edit Arabnews 10 Jun 2016
“I approached the Messenger of Allah and asked, “O Allah’s Messenger, command me with a matter by which Allah will benefit me” (in another narration, ‘Command me with an action by which I will enter Paradise’) He replied, “Take to fasting for it has no equivalent”.’ (Al-Nasa’i) It was said that smoke (from cooking) was never again noticed during the day in Abu Umamah’s house and if it was, then people knew for sure he had guests....

Tax rules in 2 weeks

Edit Arabnews 10 Jun 2016
Final details of the 2.5 percent annual tax on unused land in Saudi Arabia would be released in two weeks, according to Housing Minister Majid Al-Hogail. “The land fees are almost completed now, all of the elements were studied by all of the relevant agencies,” Al-Hogail said at a press conference in Jeddah on Tuesday, where officials were outlining details of the National Transformation Program 2020....

Saudi rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili sentenced to 8 years in prison

Edit The Oslo Times 10 Jun 2016
Human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili was sentenced to eight years in prison for his peaceful and legitimate human rights work in Saudi Arabia. In a hearing which took place on 29 May 2016, the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh sentenced Al-Shubaili to eight years in prison followed by another eight years of a travel ban to start after he serves his sentence....

Twenty-third Report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to the UN Security Council pursuant to the UNSC 1593 (2005) (ICC - International Criminal Court)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
As the Office has reported to the Council on numerous occasions in the past, four persons against whom arrests warrants were issued, namely Messrs Ahmad Muhammad Harun, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, and Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein, remain at large in Sudan and continue to occupy high-ranking positions within the Government of Sudan ("GoS")....

Tonight's Phillies Phestival Raises $718,689 for ALS Patients (Philadelphia Phillies)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
Thousands of fans attended the charity event at Citizens Bank Park, with monies raised to provide much-needed patient care and services for ALS patients in the Greater Philadelphia area. Since the Phillies adopted ALS as their primary charity in 1984, $17 million has been raised for the fight against the disease....

30 Ethiopian troops killed by militants in Somalia

Edit Dawn 10 Jun 2016
The Islamic extremist group Al Shabab claimed it had killed 43 Ethiopian soldiers in the attack ... Al Shabab, which has ties with Al Qaeda, is fighting to impose a strict version of Islam in this Horn of Africa nation ... African Union peacekeepers are trying to prevent Al Shabab from threatening the authority of the weak, Western-backed federal government in Mogadishu....

Israel suspends return of slain Palestinians’ bodies

Edit Press TV 10 Jun 2016
Also on Thursday, Israeli authorities issued an order, revoking more than 83,000 permits allowing Palestinians to enter occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) ... The occupied Palestinian territories have been the scene of heightened tensions since August 2015, when Israel imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds....

Inside Fallujah's siege: Trapped with Islamic State

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 10 Jun 2016
 Abu Anas al-Falluji gives each of his three children a five-milligram tablet of Valium at bedtime to help them sleep through the thud of rocket and mortar fire as Iraqi forces battle Islamic State ... Each night, al-Falluji says goodbye to his wife, just in case ... But any setback could deal a fatal blow to Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's government, already beset by popular protests and sectarian strains....

Results of 2016 AFC Champions League Quarter-Final Draw (Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Jun 2016
In the West zone will compete following teams - FK Lokomotiv Tashkent (Uzbekistan), El Jaish SC (Qatar), Al Nasr SC and Al Ain FC (all from UAE), in the East zone - Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C and Shanghai SIPG FC (all from China), FC Seoul and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (all from South Korea)....

Bahraini artists showcase their talent at London’s V&A;

Edit Arabnews 10 Jun 2016
The exhibition was held under the patronage of Bahrain’s Ambassador for the United Kingdom Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa ... The seventeen artists selected for the exhibition include Amina Al-Abbasi, ... Artist, Mayasa Al Sowaidi , who was showcasing thirteen artworks in the exhibition, has recently made art her full time occupation....

Indians, Pakistanis among 823 foreign suspects held

Edit Arabnews 10 Jun 2016
“The Saudi government has also frozen 117 bank accounts suspected of being used to transfer money to terrorist groups and is making all efforts to stop individuals from misusing charitable foundations to fund terrorism,” Major General Mansour Al-Turki, Interior Ministry spokesman, told reporters in Washington on Wednesday via conference call from Riyadh ... Al-Turki ... Al-Turki....

SC allows action against negotiators for setting up cinema at Islamic centre

Edit Dawn 10 Jun 2016
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the administrator of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to take punitive action, if it considers so, against those responsible for negotiating a contract for opening a cinema house inside the Islamic centre in Karachi called Al-Markaz-i-Islami ... in 2008 from Al-Markaz Islami to ‘Centre for Art and Learning’....

Still No Justice for UK’s Role in Rendition and Torture: HRW

Edit The Oslo Times 10 Jun 2016
In 2011, Human Rights Watch found documentary evidence in Tripoli that UK authorities were involved in the rendition of Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his wife Fatima Boudchar to Libya in 2004, and in the separate rendition of Sami al-Saadi and his wife and children to Libya the same year, despite knowing that the two men risked being tortured....
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