RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi cleric who said women should not be allowed to drive because they have a “quarter” of the brainpower of men has been banned from preaching, the government said Friday. Saad al-Hijri was suspended from leading prayers and all other religious activity in the southern province of Asir after he
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Middle EastUS senator and former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders called for Washington to adopt a friendlier approach to Iran, and said he would consider supporting slashing US aid to Israel over the Jewish state’s policies towards the Palestinians. In an interview Thursday with The Intercept, the Jewish senator said the US was “complicit” in what he
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Middle East, USAAn Iraqi cleric recently praised the Jewish people for having emerged from the Holocaust following World War II and managed to win the “respect of the world through science,” while Muslims are seen as having become “the world’s headache.” In a sermon posted to YouTube last month titled “Don’t Be Mad. Strong Words. Imitate the
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Jewish History, Middle EastAn Israeli rescue delegation was greeted with spontaneous applause in the streets of a Mexican town Friday, in a show of gratitude for the team’s efforts to aid in the search for survivors following a devastating earthquake Tuesday. In a video published by Channel 2, dozens of individuals, some waving Mexican flags, can be seen
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International, Middle EastVandals ransacked a monastery west of Jerusalem this week, the Latin Patriarchate in the city said in a Friday statement. It said the unknown perpetrators smashed a statue of the Virgin Mary, damaged furniture and broke a number of the stained-glass windows inside the sanctuary of the Beit Jamal Monastery. Get The Times of Israel’s
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Middle EastSocial media is subjecting Norway’s ultra-strict attitude with asylum seekers to public trial after an Iranian woman was deported and given 80 lashes for allegedly consuming alcohol. Thirty-six-year-old Leila Bayat had lived in Norway for eight years, but was expelled in March this year, separating her from her 13-year-old son. Her punishment in Iran was
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International, Middle EastIsraeli warplanes early on Friday morning struck a Hezbollah weapons convoy outside Damascus, Arabic-language media outlets reported. According to reports, the three separate strikes were carried out near the Damascus International Airport, an area known to be a stronghold of the Iranian-backed terrorist group. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never
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Middle EastAn IDF emergency team from the Home Front Command arrived Thursday in Mexico, where they will begin providing assistance after the Central American nation was hit by a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 245 people. The death toll rose after Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the number of confirmed dead in
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International, Middle EastIn many parts of the world, Jewish custom holds that a tombstone be placed on the one-year anniversary of one’s death. For the late Israeli politician Shimon Peres, that anniversary is being marked by the release of his autobiography. In many parts of the world, Jewish custom holds that a tombstone be placed on the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Middle East, USAResearchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have developed a method to reinforce the power of cells that kill cancerous tumors by starving them of oxygen, allowing immunotherapy treatments to be used in targeting previously immune solid tumors. The research was published in the journal Cell Reports. In the article, the researchers liken the new,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The Iraqi Kurdish referendum vote for independence, scheduled for September 25, is more than likely to pass by an overwhelming majority of the Kurdish population. Sadly, however, not a single country (with the exception of Israel) expressed its support for the Kurds’ impending historic decision to finally realize their
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Among the matters being argued by the Jews of Israel is their Supreme Court. Somewhere in the noise are the classic questions about democracy. What is it? What’s enough? What’s too much? and Who is the best guardian? Commentators are describing a series of instances that have upset, altered or challenged
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastTEHRAN — A man was hanged in front of cheering crowds in Iran on Wednesday after being convicted of the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl which had outraged the nation. The execution of 42-year-old Esmail Jafarzadeh was shown in an amateur video shared on the state broadcaster’s website. Get The Times of Israel’s
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Middle EastNEW YORK — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday derided US President Donald Trump as a “rogue newcomer” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the leader of a “rogue and racist regime,” and vowed that Tehran would respond “decisively and resolutely” if the Iran nuclear deal is remade or canceled. In an address to the
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