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RAMADAN AFOOT IN SAUDI ARABIA

Arrangements afoot in Riyadh for Ramadan

RIYADH/JEDDAH: While Riyadh streets are being illuminated to give a festive atmosphere to welcome the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, extensive arrangements are being made in all the mosques to accommodate the additional number of worshippers throughout the month.

Sequel to a directive issued by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance, mosques this year will be open for worshippers 24 hours a day.

According to the circular, imams of all the mosques in the Kingdom have been instructed to keep the places of worship tidy and to ensure adequate and uninterrupted supplies of power and water during the holy month to meet the requirements of the increased number of Muslims who go for Taraweeh, which follows the regular Isha prayers.

Midnight prayers (Qiyamul Lail) will be conducted from 1 a.m. from the 20th of Ramadan till the end of the holy month. Private establishments that have been contracted for mosque maintenance works have been asked to be on duty at nights during the holy month to guarantee continuous water and power supply in all the worshipping places.

Improvised partitions for ladies are being built in mosques that do not have separate prayer halls for women. Some of the mosques are busy replacing their old carpets with new ones and others are being color-washed to give them a fresh look during the holy month.

Yesterday, the Friday noon prayers focused on the significance of the holy month. Welcoming the advent of the holy month, imams appealed to the people to strictly adhere to the teachings of the Qur'an and the traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) during this period.


Speaking to Arab News after the Friday prayers yesterday, Abdul Aziz, imam at a mosque in Riyadh's Sarafiya District said: "We expect larger congregations at Taraweeh prayers this year." He added that the holy month not only affords a good opportunity to Muslims to greet one another but also helps us perform good deeds that will be richly rewarded by the Almighty Allah.

Meanwhile, Deputy Labor Minister Abdul Wahid Al-Humaidi has said that public and private-sector employees are to have their hours reduced for Ramadan to six hours per day — and that any extra hours worked must be voluntary on the part of the employee and that employers must pay overtime for these voluntary extra hours worked.

Abdullah Marie ibn Mahfouz, member of the board of directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry said most employers shave off the work shifts by changing starting times from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. He also said employers are allowed to break up the six hours into two shifts, and make workers stay late in the evening if needed.


— Mohammed Rasooldeen in Riyadh and Galal Fakkar in Jeddah contributed to this report.


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Afars and Issa Somalis in Fratricidal Conflict: the reasons of the conflicts and the long lasting antagonism may be secondary and unimportant; however, the colonial involvement worsened the situation through false promises, utilization of naïve leaders in harmful projects, and vain hopes of prevalence and preponderance, through reticence and biases - Political Analysis

 

 

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Muqdisho: Ra,isulwasare Nur Cadde oo ka hadlay “Qilaafka ugu weyn ee Dowlada waxaa uu ku saleeysanyahay arinta dib uhueshiisinta, furitaanka wadooyinka xiran ee Muqdisho iyo Dib usoo celinta dadka ka barkacay magaalada Muqdisho”

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Muqdisho: Ra,isulwasaraha XFKS Nuur Xasan Xusein Nur Cade oo maanta la hadlay mid ka mid ah idaacdaha Muqdisho ayaa sheegay qilaafka ugu weyn ee ka dhex taagan madaxda sare ee Dowlada in uu ku qotomo arinta dib uheshiisiinta,Sidii guryahooda loogu soo celin lahaa dadka ka barabaxay magaalada Muqdisho iyo dib ufurida wadooyinka xirxiran iminka ee gudaha magaalada Muqdisho.

Mr Nur Cade ayaa sheegay in loom bareeray sidii loo carqaladeyn lahaa hananka dib uheshiisiinta ee ay xukumadiisa biloowday laakin lagu gul dareeystay sida uu hadlka udhigay isaga oo ka leexleeday cida taakada ku heysa dib uheshiisinta .

Ra,isulwasaaraha waxaa uu ku adkeeystay in barnamijka dib uheshiisiinta ay wado xukumadiisa in u yahay barnamijka kaliyah ee Soomalia nabd buuxda ukeeni karo waxaana uu ku faanay in haatan ay gaareen natiijo horu udhac ah mar hadii ay heshiis la galeen Mucaaradka sida uu hadalka udhigay.

Mar uu ka hadlayey Ra,isulwasaaraha qilaafka soo kal dhex galay isaga iyo madxweeynaha ayaa waxaa uu qiray in uu kiro qilaaf soo kala dhex galay labadooda laakin waxaa uu meesha ka saaray in qilaafkaasi uu yahay mid aad uweyn oo lagu kala tagi karo.

Nur Cade waxaa uu walaac ka muujiyey xaalada ay ku jiraan kumanaan qoys oo soomaali ah oo ka barakacay magaalada Muqdisho waxaana uu sheegay in ay isagu dhibeeyso in Shacabka Muqdisho ka qaxay ay maanta ku noolaadaan meel aan ku habooneyn oo cuduro iyo dhibaatooyin ay ka dhaln karaan.

Ra,isulwasaaraha ayaa ugu baaqay dadkaasi in ay muujiyaan dulqaad waxaana uu ubalan qaaday in uu dib ugu soo celin doono guryahooda sida uu hadlka udhigay.

Mar uu ka hadlayey Mr Nur Cade qoraal uu dhawaan soo saaray Xeer Ilaaliyaha guud ee Qaranka C/llaahi Daahir Barre, kaasi oo uu xusnaa qodob sheegayay in Ra'iisal Wasaaraha uu ku qaldanaa xil ka qaadistii uu ku sameeyay Guddoomiyihii Gobolka Banaadir Maxamed Dheere, waxaa uu Ra'iisal Wasaaraha uu sheegay in Xeer ilaaliyaha uusan shaqo ku lahayn in uu ka hadlo arrimaha is-heysadka madaxda Dowladda, arrintaasna ay khuseyn lahayd Maxkamadda Dastuuriga ah ee dalka, oo sida uu yiri aan haatan dhisneyn.

Xeer Ilaaliyaha ayuu ugu baaqay Ra'isal Wasaare Nuur Cadde in uusan sameynin wax sharciga ka hor imaanaya, wuxuuna sheegay in Xeer ilaaliyaha howshiisa ay tahay kaliya in uu sharciga ilaaliyo, isla markaana dacwado soo oogo marka dembiyo la galo

Hadalka Ra,isulwsaare Nur Cadde ayaa waxaa uu kusoo beegmay xilli uu jiro qilaaf baahsan oo udhaxeeyo isaga iyo Madxweeyne C/llahi Yusuf Axmed.