Hello! Can I ask you how you would define not being pro-turkey? You know that translates into being anti-turkey right? That means more things than being against the Turkish government and the things that they do right? Turkey has always been a middle eastern country oppressed and abused by Europe in history, and think they might as a society and land deserve respect. -random British anon
Does anyone have recommendations for MENA singers? I'm trying to get in touch with my heritage a bit more through music. I mostly like rock.
are you looking for any specific languages?but here are some all different kinds of rock musicMashrou' Leila(Lebanese)System Of A Down (Armeninan)MaNga (Turkish)Cairokee (Egyptian)JadaL (Jordanian)Shahin Najafi (Iranian)Koma Wetan (Kurdish)If any of our followers have more suggestions would be nice to add, I guess the genre is just a preference :)-mod honor
A shul in the Iranian city of Shiraz was attacked on Sunday night. Sources confirm to YWN that the “Hadash (Chadash) Shul” located in the Maleh neighborhood of Shiraz was found vandaliz…
A shul in the Iranian city of Shiraz was attacked on Sunday night.
Sources confirm to YWN that the “Hadash (Chadash) Shul” located in the Maleh neighborhood of Shiraz was found vandalized. Unfortunately, two Sifrei Torah were found torn in pieces R”L, and were destroyed in the attack. The Sidurim were found in the bathroom, many of them were placed in the toilets.
Although it is difficult getting accurate information from Iran, YWN has been informed that police are investigating the incident. (If you have any further information – please contact YWN).
Jews have been living in Iran for more than 3,000 years. Today, the vast majority of Persian Jews live in Israel and the United States, especially in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills the North Shore of Long Island and Brooklyn.
Iran’s Jewish population was reduced from 100,000–150,000 in 1948 to about 80,000 immediately before the Iranian Revolution, due mostly to immigration to Israel. While immigration to Israel had slowed in the 1970s and the Jewish population of Iran had stabilized, the majority of Iran’s remaining Jews left the country in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Shah. In the 2000s, the Jewish population of Iran was estimated by most sources to be 25,000, though estimates varied, with some as low as 17,000 by 2010 and as high as 40,000 in 1998. However, the official census in August 2012 indicated that there were only 8,756 Jews still living in Iran. Notable population centers include Tehran, Isfahan (1,200), and Shiraz. Historically, Jews maintained a presence in many more Iranian cities. Jews are protected in the Iranian constitution and allowed one seat in the Majlis.
Yeter artık çekin pis elinizi
Bizde denemeyin emelinizi
Şeytan görse kaçar cemainizi
Yerin dibinde yok yeriniz sizin
It’s enough put your dirty hands away
Don’t try your dirty aims on us
The devil would run if they saw you
You don’t have a place in the deepest grounds
Sizsiniz din ile şirin olanlar
Dilinizden eksik olmaz yalanlar
Sizden daha cana yakın yılanlar
Cehenneme gitsin ölünüz sizin
You are the ones being winsome with your religion
Lies aren’t something missing from your tounges
Snakes are more approachable then you
May your dead bodies go to hell
Sarık seccadeler bir karış sakal
Savunmasız cana saldıran çakal
Kokuşmuş nefesin ağzın kan kokar
Nasıl Allah diyor diliniz sizin
Turban, prayer rug, long beard
Attacking the defendless you smartass
Rotten breath, your mouth smells like blood
How do your tounges say god
Gündoğdu'yum otuz üç değil yaram
Dersim'den Maraş'a kaç yeri sayam
Karınca incitmek değilken gayem
Derimizi yüzdü nesliniz sizin
I’m Gündoğdu and my wounds aren’t thirty three
From Dersim to Maraş, many more to count
While it’s not my purpose to hurt an ant
Your generation skinned us all alive
Afghan officials say suicide bombers have killed at least 72 people in two attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, as sectarian- and terror-related violence continues to surge in the war-torn country.
Afghan officials say suicide bombers have killed at least 72 people in two attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, as sectarian- and terror-related violence continues to surge in the war-torn country.
The death toll could rise sharply in the October 20 attacks on a Shi'ite mosque in the capital, Kabul, and on a Sunni mosque in the central Afghan province of Ghor, officials said.
So far, neither attack has been claimed.
The attacks come one day after 43 soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a Taliban attack on an army camp in the southern province of Kandahar.
In the Kabul attack, an Interior Ministry official said at least 39 people were killed and 45 wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up as worshippers were gathering for prayers at the Imam Zaman mosque in the western Dasht-e-Barchi section of the capital.
Some reports said the attacker opened fire before detonating his explosives.
The German news agency dpa quoted an unnamed security official as saying the death toll from the blast was likely closer to 70 or 80 people.
In the second attack, officials said at least 33 people were killed and 10 injured when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in Khewiagan, a Sunni mosque in the district of Dulaina in central Ghor Province. Some witnesses told RFE/RL the death toll was at least 30.
A local official said an anti-Taliban commander inside the mosque at the time may have been the target of the attack.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said the attacks show that "the terrorists have once again staged bloody attacks, but they will not achieve their evil purposes and sow discord among the Afghans."
Afghanistan's minority Shi'ite population has been the target of several terror attacks this year, with the Taliban, Islamic State (IS), and other extremist groups being blamed for many of the attacks.
A previous attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Kabul occurred on September 29 as Muslims prepared to commemorate Ashura, one of the holiest days in the Islamic calendar. Six people were killed in that attack.
A recent United Nations report said at least 84 people had been killed and 194 wounded so far in 2017 in attacks on Shi’ite mosques and religious ceremonies prior to the most recent incidents.
About 90 percent of the Afghan population is Sunni Muslim.