Pakistan's Majlis Wahdat ul Muslimeen (MWM) Secretary General Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri condemned the abduction of Mashhad wing Secretary General Allama Aqeel Hussain Khan at the hands of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab, terming them to have acquired the role of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).MWM supremo Allama Jafri was grieved with the news of Allama Aqeel’s abduction from Sarghodha and uttered that Punjab government‘s ...
Multiple Identities and Muslim Responsibilities Moving into the main part of this lecture, I want to begin by highlighting some of the circumstances that require Muslims to be critical – self-critical – and to come with new answers. This is really essential. First, when you come to a continent, there are two things that you have to acknowledge as parts of the society you are living in. The first is the collective memory and the second is the ...
The Museum of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has gifted a replica of a rare textile piece, discovered in Karbala by the 1977 Japanese mission, to the Japanese Ambassador to Iraq.Director of Museum Alaa al-Deen stated, “This rare piece of textile was discovered by the Japanese mission at al-Tar Caves, and is considered one of the oldest textiles in the world,” pointing out that the actual relic is displayed at the Iraqi National ...
Israeli forces shot and killed a 21-year-old Palestinian woman paramedic on Friday, as she was treating injured protesters during ongoing demonstrations along the Gaza border with Israel, in the southern Gaza ...
Nigerian forces have arrested the top Shia cleric, Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, after carrying out a deadly raid on his private residence in the country’s northern region, rights activists say. 3rd UpdatesNigerian soldiers have killed the son of Sayyid Ibraheem Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria according to members of the movement.“Leading members of the Islamic Movement and other members as well, have ...
Students take part in Muharram mourning ceremony processions in Kargil October 9, 2016
To pay rich tributes to the martyrs of Karbala and to reflect upon the philosophy of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s) and martyrs of Karbala, Mutahhary Public School observed Muhrram Procession in Kargil.Thousands of Students both boys and girls take part in this procession. The mourners were beating their chests and reciting lamentations.During the ...
The son of a former anti-Islam Dutch politician, Arnoud Van Doorn:I saw my father become more peaceful after converting to IslamAlmost a year after his father’s reversion to Islam, the son of a former anti-Islam Dutch politician, Arnoud Van Doorn, has reverted to Islam after studying the holy Qur’an.Almost a year after his father’s reversion to Islam, the son of a former anti-Islam Dutch politician, Arnoud Van Doorn, has ...
The media and social media were awash with reports of disagreements over DTRSS procedure which requested the women of faith to remove their head gear in order to have their ID’ captured.
The Road Traffic Regulations in Malawi of 2000 on acquiring drivers license, states that the applicant is supposed to have their photograph taken showing the head only without any form of head gear.
However the arrangement has been working against Muslim ...
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in 30 years on Monday July 4 made a 5-day visit to the East African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia.The trip aims at boosting Tel Aviv’s political, economic, and security influence in Africa.During the trip, the Israeli PM in a meeting in Kenya met with leaders of seven African states including Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania, ...
The prosecution accused him of "inciting hatred against the regime and inciting contempt against a sect" over the background of a sermon he recently delivered. The authorities intensified their campaign against Shiite clerics, summoned and arrested dozens of them, since the citizenship revocation of the Shiite majority spiritual leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on June 20, 2016. Shiites in Bahrain complain about sectarian discrimination ...
Ambushed and beaten while he was simply walking to prayer, a Muslim man says he was targeted outside of a Bronx mosque because of his faith. Police are now investigating the incident as a possible hate crime while the victim and others in this community say they're fearful this may happen ...
- Kashmir's Anjuman Shari Shian President and senior leader Aga Syed Hasan who is under house arrest since July 8 has condemned police action on unarmed people throughout Kashmir during which about 45 protestors have fallen to the bullets of trigger happy force personnel.He said that the continuous curfew and restrictions on the movement has been taking heavy toll on the common people. “Delhi and its forces have started a war against ...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a group for the sovereign state of Biafra has revealed what would become of President Muhammadu Buhari and the chief of army staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai.
The group in a statement issued on March 21, by its spokespersons, Barrister Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, a copy obtained by Daily Post, says Buhari and Buratai would end up in jail for several human rights abuses.
The ...
A prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer has been arrested, in the latest government move against critics of a recent decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Malek Adly is accused of plotting a coup and spreading false information. He is among a group of lawyers who filed a lawsuit against a deal signed by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabia over the islands. The decision led to protests in April, followed by a ...
This edition of the show is about Abu Zakariya Ibrahim who is from catholic family converted to Islam. He talks about his challenges and changes as a Muslim convert in Britain before and after embracing the world's fastest-growing religion.It can be very challenging to adopt a new view of life, but for Ibrahim this has been precisely the definition of his journey, he has changed his perspective of his life and the universe around him and for him ...
Pilgrimage of Imam Reza (A.S.) is the best grace granted to me by God”, said a New Zealand pilgrim of the Razavi Holy Shrine. A group consisting of 40 New Zealand and Australian Muslims who had attended in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) made use of special programs of the Ghadir portico arranged by Management of Non-Iranian Pilgrims of Astan Quds Razavi. Lecture, Razavi Holy Shrine video tour, visiting the central museum, and museum ...
Religious leaders in Newark are calling on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate an incident where a Muslim woman was assaulted by a state employee at her workplace.The group says that Newark city employee Benita Young had her hijab pulled off her head by a state employee while working at the One Stop Career Center on Dec. 5. That unidentified state worker also allegedly threw the hijab on to the ground.“She was walking in the ...
Visiting Imam Reza Holy Shrine (AS), five Swedish nationals converted to Islam and became Shia Muslims. Getting familiar with the fundamental principles of Islam, accepting the oneness of God, prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), as well as confessing to the Velayat of Ali (AS), the visiting tourists converted their profession of faith and became Shia Muslims. Director of Non-Iranian Pilgrims' Affairs of Imam Reza (AS) Holy Shrine Javad ...
Friends and family members are kept out. Grocers offload their wares at the perimeter wall. And the protesters who once thronged to hear the island’s leading Shia cleric, Isa Qassim, deliver his Friday sermon now stay at home. “Forget the thousands who used to join rallies,” says a cleric in a neighboring village, recalling the protests which erupted after tanks crushed the mass demonstrations for democracy in 2011. ...
