In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters. Squatting on the edge of a crater under the burning sun of an Iraqi summer, Khaled Fizaali watches as a digger of the Civil Defence service pulls up … Read more
A bomb in a Shiite village outside the Bahraini capital has killed one person, the second blast in a suburb of Manama this week, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The Sunni-ruled Gulf state has been rocked by unrest among its Shiite majority since 2011, when security forces crushed Shiite-led protests demanding a constitutional monarchy … Read more
Tens of thousands have flowed out of war-wracked Mosul in recent weeks, but Samir Hamid and 33 family members have decided to go against the tide to return home. “We stayed with relatives for a week and now we’re going back home,” says the father-of-five, who has travelled with his extended family from a small … Read more
Islamic history tells us an interesting story of sacrifice, faithfulness and patience. It’s a story that has become so familiar with us yet so relevant. It’s the unique story of the Prophet Ibrahim /Abraham sacrificing his son, Ishmaeel (May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon them both). It’s a story that keeps inspiring … Read more