In the West Bank, Samaritans provide a sanctuary

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 28 Oct 2016
MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank — In one of the tensest corners of the West Bank, Israeli settlers and Palestinians live in separate worlds. But there is a spot on the top of a mountain that connects them both. a village of Samaritans ... At the top live about 380 Samaritans ... "If we get involved in either side, they will squeeze us," said Linda Sadaqa, 43, a Samaritan who works in the Palestinian Health Ministry. ——— ... ....

6 Saudi detainees await execution in Iraqi prisons

Edit Arabnews 11 Oct 2016
Author. . IBRAHIM NAFFEE. Tue, 2016-10-11. ID. . 1476137839066368100. JEDDAH. At least six Saudi detainees in Iraqi prisons are on death row ... Shoura Council member Sadaqa Fadel said Saudi Foreign Ministry contacts Iraqi authorities to ensure proper trials, and there are efforts made by the ministry to release some of these detainees as the Kingdom is interested in resolving this crisis ... ....

Saudi Arabia Faces Increasing IS Threats at Home

Edit Voa News 24 Sep 2016
Saudi Arabia is fighting a growing threat from the Islamic State that is both breeding homegrown terrorists and using the kingdom's conservative religious teachings to undermine the monarchy ... Central Intelligence Agency, said recently ... "Our curriculum is currently clear of any texts that might be misunderstood and misused by citizens," said Sadaqa Fadel, a member of the Saudi parliament, known as the Shura Council ... The 2016 U.S ... ....

Shoura members: Withholding 28 pages of 9/11 probe harmed KSA

Edit Arabnews 22 Jul 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1469151178562452700. Publication Date. . Friday, July 22, 2016. RIYADH. Members of the Shoura Council have said that the lack of credible links between the Kingdom and the Sept ... Council member Sadaqa Fadel said that the Kingdom is one of the country's that is most exposed to terrorism in the world, but it is one of the most successful countries in the world in fighting the phenomenon ... Saudi Arabia. ....

Threats to Edhi’s mission

Edit Dawn 21 Jul 2016
“By distributing in a humiliating manner the money collected as sadaqa and alms the country’s rulers and maulvi hazarat are producing a nation of beggars while I have resolved to change the existing system.” — Abdul Sattar Edhi. WITHIN less than a fortnight of his passing away the mission of Abdul Sattar Edhi, the universally acclaimed friend of human beings in distress, is under threat from both foes and friends ... ....

Mystic Mantra: Id ul-Fitr - Make your charity fruitful

Edit Deccan Chronicle 05 Jul 2016
After 30 days and nights of Ramzan have been spent in complete devotion to God, Id ul-Fitr comes to imbibe sincere goodwill in man for other human beings ... For this purpose, Islam has enjoined three forms of alms giving ... (2) Sadaqa, a voluntary offering of the wealth to the poor and needy people ... Besides zakat and fitrah, the destitute ones should also be assisted on Id with other forms of charity, sadaqa and hadyah (gifts) ... ....

It’s time to say goodbye

Edit Arabnews 01 Jul 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1467317337612060800. Publication Date. . Thursday, June 30, 2016. All praises be to Allah Almighty that we are in the last days of Ramadan. We are indeed left with only a few days when over a billion Muslims worldwide will be celebrating Eid Al-Fitr to mark the end of the holy month ... Zakat is a sadaqa, which is compulsory to be given to the poor during or before the end of Ramadan ... Ibn Mundhir said ... ....

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Edit The National 18 Jun 2016
Mohammed Al Qalisi. Foreign Correspondent. Aden // The Emirates Red Crescent and Aden's health office have opened a dengue fever unit at the Republic Hospital following an outbreak of the disease in southern Yemen ... That number had increased to 17 by Saturday, and the ERC now plans to open another dengue centre at Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden in the next two weeks, he added ... Aziza has been placed in intensive care....

Emirates Red Crescent opens dengue treatment unit in Aden

Edit The National 18 Jun 2016
Aden // The Emirates Red Crescent and Aden's health office have opened a dengue fever unit at the Republic Hospital following an outbreak of the disease in southern Yemen ... "The ERC supplied the centre with all the required medical equipment," he told The National ... That number had increased to 17 by Saturday, and the ERC now plans to open another dengue centre at Al Sadaqa Hospital in Aden in the next two weeks, he added....

Dear Donald: Here’s ‘What’s Going on’ With Muslims

Edit The Atlantic 16 Jun 2016
Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration to America has come in all shapes and sizes ... On Monday, following the Orlando terrorist attack, Trump at once narrowed and vastly expanded the ban ... Yet historical accounts of the enslaved reveal valiant efforts to hold onto and pass on their traditions; Muslim women in the Georgia Sea Islands, for example, are thought to have maintained the Islamic tradition of sadaqa ... history ... Phew ... ....

Zakat Foundation of America donates Ramadan food to Muslims

Edit Modern Ghana 15 Jun 2016
By GNA. Accra, June 15, GNA - Zakat Foundation of America (ZF), a Muslim non-governmental charitable organization, has donated food items to 500 Muslim families in Kumasi ... The ZF, Ghana Office based in Kumasi was set up in 2003, to address the immediate needs of the poor and less privileged ones by making them self- reliant through Zakat and Sadaqa funds from privileged ones around the world ... GNA. ....

Zakat - the Ignored Islamic Pillar

Edit All Africa 02 Mar 2016
[Observer] Payment of zakat or almsgiving is one of the obligatory acts of worship for Muslims. It ranks third among the five pillars of Islam, although lately, it is being confused by some Muslims to be charitable donations (sadaqa) ... ....

Canadian Children Welcome Syrian Refugees To School With A+ Project

Edit Huffington Post 20 Jan 2016
This group of kids just gave us all a lesson in generosity.  ... The center's kids stuffed 500 backpacks for the students last week, prepping them for school in a new environment.  ...  . “This massive project was intended to instill into the children the art of giving and benefiting others, called ‘Sadaqa’ in the Islamic tradition,” she said ...  . Also on HuffPost.  ... ....
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