by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2009 | Features, Interviews
Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat- Controversy has arisen in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum over the increasing takfiri activity taking place in the country. This has taken place against the backdrop of the Sudanese Assembly of Ulemas – a hard-line religious institute –...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2009 | Features, Interviews
Buraidah, Asharq Al-Awsat- On a straw mattress in a shack with a roof made of palm fronds in a village close to the city of Buraidah, capital of Al-Qasim Province in north central Saudi Arabia, sat three members of Al-Dawa Wa Al-Ahbab (the Advocacy and Love Ones...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2009 | Features, Interviews
[Asharq Al-Awsat] What is your assessment of the security and humanitarian conditions in Darfur, especially in the wake of the statements made by Rudolf Adada, the joint representative of the United Nations and the African Union, and Martin Luther Agwai, the former...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2009 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi has linked the cessation of Yemeni military operations against the Huthist insurgents northwest of the country to their response to the government’s six demands and said these groups (the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2009 | Features, Interviews
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Ramadan is the month of worship. Each Islamic form of worship has its own virtue; the virtue behind fasting is that enables Muslims to move closer both to God, and their fellow human beings. During the holy month of Ramadan Muslims the world...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 6, 2009 | Features, Interviews
Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat – I will stand before a Sudanese court for the third time on Monday after I and 12 other women were accused of “committing an indecent action”, namely, wearing trousers in a public place. I will be sentenced to 40 lashes and...