Kuwait is perhaps the only country where Muslims, Christians, Hindus, and others pay zakat money to the state.All joint-stock companies that have a mixture of partners are obliged by law to pay the Ministry of Finance 1% of their profits in the for ..
In an old article whose title was ‘New preachers or new businessmen?’, Qatari colleague Abdel Hamid Al-Ansari had earlier asked what preachers such as Salman Al-Awda, Al-Qarni, Omar AbdelKafi, Wajdi Ghoneim, and Amr Khaled, the richest ..
The big sin and the fatal mistake that we have been committing over the decades is the inclusion of the phrase ‘Islam is the religion of the state’ in Article Two of the Jordanian Constitution, which must be amended as the first step to ..
‘If I die, bury me next to a vine tree My bones will be watered by my veins after my death Do not bury me in the wilderness, I’m afraid if I die …’ -- Abu Mihjan Al-ThaqafLebanon, the country of the vine, dignity, light, an ..
A joke appeared on WhatsApp which said an officer was appointed to run a camp. On his first tour, he saw a soldier guarding a long line of iron chairs fixed to the ground, so he asked him what he was doing and the soldier replied he was carrying ou ..
The American University of Beirut was founded 155 years ago by the American priest Daniel Bliss, and its name was the Syrian Protestant College before it changed to the current one 100 years ago. Although the name and background of its founder was ..
