Pillarless expansion of Haram proposed
By Mohammad Humaidan/Arab News en Correspondent
Apr 19, 2010 01:45


JEDDAH: Architects and officials overseeing projects to expand the Grand Mosque are talking about a video clip that presents a novel way of expanding the massive prayer complex without using columns and disrupting the existing building. Read More...

Test ride on Makkah Metro on Aug. 1
By MUHAMMAD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS
Published: Jun 15, 2010 00:54 Updated: Jun 15, 2010 01:08

JEDDAH: The Makkah Metro, which is in its final stages of construction and on completion will link the holy city to Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat, is to be tested for the first time on Sunday, Aug. 1, said Fahd Tarboush, director general of the project.. Read More...  
Kenyan group bans broadcasts
Clerics concerned over bad effect on the young
Reuters
Published: 00:00 April 28, 2010


Nairobi: A group of clerics in northeastern Kenya said on Monday it was cracking down on public broadcasts of soccer and films because it feared young Kenyan Muslims were shunning Islamic traditions. Read More...  
Kenya split by Islamic courts ruling
Matt Brown, Foreign Correspondent
Published: Last Updated: May 31. 2010 10:01PM UAE / May 31. 2010 6:01PM GMT


NAIROBI: A Kenyan high court has ruled that a separate legal system for the country’s Muslim minority is illegal, jeopardizing a new constitution that government officials hope to pass through an August referendum. Read More...  
Scholars divided over imam's fatwa on music
A majority of the Saudi scholars, whether in the official religious establishment or outside it, are unanimous in their stand against singing and music despite the fact that a huge singing opera is presented every year during the National Cultural and Heritage Festival (Janadriya).
By Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Correspondent
Published: 00:00 29, 2010


Riyadh: A fatwa (religious ruling) issued by Shaikh Adel Al Kalbani, a former imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, in which he claimed that Islam does not forbid singing and music has split Saudi scholars, Islamic thinkers and secularists. Read More...  

Malaysian reality TV seeks young Muslim leader
A Malaysian cable station has given a reality show makeover to its Islamic programming, and it's taking the country by storm.
AP
Published: 08:14 June 27, 2010


Kuala Lumpur: The 10 young men have washed corpses according to Islamic rites, cried while counseling unmarried pregnant women and joined a police crackdown on teenage motorcycle racers – all before judges on national TV. Read More...  
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