Marking 563 years since the city was conquered by the Ottoman dynasty, thousands of protesters on Saturday held a special morning prayer in front of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Basilica, demanding that the building be reinstated as a mosque, as it was under the Ottoman empire.
TEL AVIV – Gaza radicals have continued to join jihadi movements in Sinai despite Hamas’s efforts to seal the border, a source in the movement told Breitbart Jerusalem. Recently, Hamas reportedly pledged to the Egyptian government that it would do
A video showing a Kuwaiti shop owner abusing an Egyptian employee suspected of stealing has made the rounds in the Arabic news media and on social media in recent days. In the undated video, Abu Abdullah, the owner of a mobile phone shop in Kuwait’s Alaziziya district, is seen whipping his employee, who had been stripped naked, while verbally abusing him and finally urinating on him.
A top Islamic cleric has urged Egyptians not to give their customary Ramadan charity donations to President Abdel Fatah Sisi’s supporters.
Saudi social media has reacted to news of a Saudi man sought by police after he shot and critically wounded an obstetrician who delivered his newborn baby. The physician, a Jordanian national, was called to intervene in the delivery that had been supervised
The head of the Christian community in Egypt’s Alminia County, where Christian residents were attacked by a Muslim mob, has called on the authorities to bring all the culprits to justice. Father Makarios told the Egyptian press that the violent
JAFFA, Israel – Egypt has been in turmoil following clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Nile Delta area, during which an elderly Christian woman was evicted from her home, stripped naked and parading through the streets.
The Gaza-based, al-Qaida-inspired militant group Ajnad Beit Almaqdes (Soldiers of Jerusalem) claimed responsibility for Wednesday night’s rocket fire on Israel, which triggered an Israel Air Force retaliation.
JAFFA, Israel – A UAE prince who expressed his support for a meeting between Pope Francis and the head of the world’s leading Sunni Muslim institution came under a barrage of online criticism as well as sympathy.
Iran has officially resumed funding to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization, the London-based newspaper Asharq al Awsat has reported, confirming a Breitbart Jerusalem report last month.
JAFFA, Israel – Fierce fighting has been taking place in Alghouta region, near Damascus, for several weeks, but the parties are rebel groups fighting each other.
JAFFA, Israel – A Saudi novelist has suggested allowing fasters to drink water during Ramadan, set to take place this year during the height of the summer.
JAFFA, Israel – Saudi teachers were surprised to receive rabbits from their schools as a token of appreciation for their students’ achievements.
TEL AVIV – Egypt is in the final stages of planning a large-scale campaign against the Islamic State in the Sinai, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
JAFFA, Israel – A Saudi man reportedly divorced his wife on their wedding night after she was too preoccupied with her mobile phone.
TEL AVIV – Hamas has extended its condolences to Hezbollah following the elimination of the organization’s top commander in Syria last week. Hamas’ envoy to Lebanon, Ali Barakeh, conveyed the message to the Hezbollah leadership during a
JAFFA, Israel – A UAE lawyer offered President Barack Obama a job after he leaves the White House in January next year, so that the politician can live amongst Muslims and become acquainted with the “true meaning of Islamic tolerance.”
JAFFA, Israel – A recent Hamas declaration that the movement foiled an attempt to assassinate Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has been met with skepticism. Top Hamas leader Dr. Salah Bardawil told the movement’s official newspaper, Alresalah, that a plot to assassinate Egyptian
JAFFA, Israel – Pilgrimage to Sinai’s El Tor Mountain is preferable to making hajj to Mecca, an Egyptian cleric has said.
JAFFA, Israel – Riyadh has yet to issue an official response to the U.S. Senate resolution that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government for any role in the attacks, but the unanimously-passed resolution has been met with sweeping condemnation on Saudi social media.
JAFFA, Israel – Egypt’s state prosecutor has announced that a Cairo man faces criminal charges for marrying the mother of his fiancée.
TEL AVIV – The crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran sunk to a new low in recent days as Riyadh accused Iran of politicizing the hajj pilgrimage by stopping its own Iranian citizens from traveling to the religious event.
JAFFA, Israel – The hashtag #Saudi_marries_israeli has gone viral on Saudi social media, although the credibility of the story is in question. Several Saudi news outlets reported on an unnamed Saudi marrying an unnamed Israeli, but presented no evidence that the marriage took
TEL AVIV – The Islamic State has toughened its until now largely open recruitment policy, subjecting candidates to vetting, profiling and interviews, an IS-supporting Palestinian jihadi source told Breitbart Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV – The Islamic State organization has published pictures of its militants destroying stacks of alcohol and cigarettes found in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the vicinity of Damascus. The pictures, obtained by Breitbart Jerusalem from the Islamic State Telegraph Forum, an encrypted message service for IS and its supporters, seem part of a new public relations push attempting to discredit the al-Qaeda-aligned Nusra Front, a rival jihadi organization that controlled the camp until recently.
JAFFA, Israel – A Syrian man has been “crucified” by the Islamic State for collaborating with the US-led “Crusader coalition.” The man, a resident of a town near Raqqa, the so-called capital of the IS caliphate, was executed by gunshot and then tied to a lamppost, or a “cross,” IS said in a statement.
JAFFA, Israel – The elimination announced on Friday of Hezbollah’s chief of operations in Syria brought divisions between supporters and detractors of the Shi’ite organization to the fore. Mustafa Badreddine, who had allegedly masterminded the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister
JAFFA, Israel – Numerous complaints about “outrageously dressed” tourists have been registered in Tiran and Sanafir, the two Red Sea islands Egypt transferred to Saudi Arabia last month.
The decision of the Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, to reject the application of a Muslim woman, citing her religious dress code, has sparked a heated debate in the Arab world.
JAFFA, Israel- Fatah’s Facebook page has marked the 36th anniversary of a shooting attack in Hebron that led to the death of six Jewish settlers.
JAFFA, Israel – The election victory of Sadiq Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, has sent shockwaves across the Arab mainstream and social media. Many commentators have juxtaposed the hope Khan’s victory inspired in them with the rise of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
JAFFA, Israel – Child marriage in Jordan has hit a record high, with 10,866 minor brides registered in 2015 alone. According to data released by the kingdom’s religious courts system, more than 30,000 people under 18 years old have been wed
JAFFA, Israel – Washington’s hands-off approach to the Middle East has never been as apparent as during the last few weeks, an Arab diplomat told Breitbart Jerusalem.
JAFFA, Israel – The death of three children in a house fire on Gaza has sparked a fierce media war between Fatah and Hamas.
JAFFA, Israel – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, and the frontrunner in the country’s next presidential elections, suffered an embarrassment on Sunday when it turned out that his vote in the Beirut local elections will not be counted. On Sunday, Hariri, the
TEL AVIV – Over the last month alone, 12 jihadists have left Gaza to join the Islamic State in Sinai, a top Salafi source told Breitbart Jerusalem.
Saudi Twitter users have launched the hashtag #marry_sporty_girl as a government decision to introduce physical education in girls’ school has been fiercely debated in the ultraconservative kingdom.
The Egyptian Ministry of Education has announced the introduction of jail terms for cheaters ahead of the forthcoming high school final exams, as well a more strenuous vetting process for invigilators.
JAFFA, Israel – The power cable of Kuwait’s Patriot air defense missile system has been stolen, Al Rai newspaper reported on Tuesday. The stolen cable is the main, but not only, source of electric power to the device. “Though it shouldn’t
TEL AVIV – Gaza Jihadists have published videos attacking Hamas as anti-Islamic in what Breitbart Jerusalem has learned was their latest attempt to persuade the Islamic State to recognize them as a local affiliate.
