Who is Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - and why does he matter?
2024年4月19日 · Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been the key figure in Iranian political life for more than 40 years, and the country’s political and religious figurehead since 1989.. During ...
Israel's war on Gaza: What the international courts have said
2024年10月9日 · Israel’s war on Gaza has seen cases brought against it in both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC).. They result from the declaration of war on ...
Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe, explained - Middle East Eye
2024年5月13日 · During the mandate years between 1923-48, Britain facilitated the immigration of European Jews to Palestine, increasing their population ten-fold, from 60,000 in the pre-Mandate era to 700,000 by ...
Neom: New satellite images show progress of Saudi Arabia's 'The …
2023年6月23日 · Construction is underway on "The Line", the flagship project of Saudi Arabia's Neom megacity, new satellite imagery seen by Middle East Eye shows.. The $500bn megacity, which organisers claim will ...
Israelis practise red heifer ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque
2024年8月7日 · A group of religious Israelis have been pictured practising the ritual of the red heifer, which is meant to herald the building of a new Jewish temple on the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque.. According to ...
Saudi Arabia executes 213 people in less than 10 months, setting …
2024年10月9日 · Saudi Arabia has executed 213 people so far in 2024, more than it has in any other calendar year on record, as the kingdom competes for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).. According to ...
Wallah, salam, inshallah: Five Islamic expressions that have gone ...
2021年11月3日 · 2. Inshallah . US President Joe Biden made headlines for his sarcastic use of inshallah in a debate with Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2020 US presidential election. The expression is loaded ...
Saudi Arabia puts seven men to death in largest execution in years
2024年2月27日 · Seven Saudi men were executed on Tuesday, the highest number put to death in one day since 81 were killed in March 2022.. The Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) convicted the men on terrorism ...
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What is Umrah? The Islamic pilgrimage explained - Middle East Eye
2020年3月4日 · Umrah can be performed throughout the year, but Hajj is performed only at a specific time, between the 8th and the 13th of Dhul Hijah, the last month in the Islamic lunar calendar.