Italian-Speaking Region Deliberates Face-Veil Ban

Campaigners in the southernmost Swiss canton (state) of Ticino say they have submitted enough votes to force a referendum on banning burqa-style garb in public. The proposed law would prohibit all clothes intended to cover a person's face in public. Its wording is not restricted to Islamic dress. But the campaigners admitted that their intent is to combat "Islamic fundamentalism" and the proposal comes months after France introduced a ...

( 2021-12-27 00:18:03 )

Two day Seminar organised by African Shia Martyrs Foundation in Zaria

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A two day seminar organised by Shuhada (Martyrs) Foundation of the Shia Islamic Movement for its members ended in Zaria on Sunday the 24th of October, 2010. The seminar, which took place at Fudiyyah Center Zaria from 23 to 24 of October, was organised to discuss issues relating to the activities of the Foundation and it was attended by its members from different zones. Other activities at seminar includes film show ...

( 2021-12-26 23:17:59 )

Bhopal to host largest Muslim gathering after Hajj

The global congregation by Tablighi Jamaat is to be held Dec 25-27 at Itkhori in Islam Nagar, around 12 km from here. With around 700,000 Muslims expected from across the world, it is said to be the largest Islamic gathering after Haj in Makkah and the ijtema in Bangladesh. \"Every year we hold the ijtema to spread the message of Islam, do good deeds and stop people from wrongdoing, know Allah and follow the path of Prophet Mohammed,\" Ijtema ...

( 2021-12-26 01:30:35 )

12,000 American Muslims To Make Pilgrimage To Mecca

Some 12,000 American Muslims are expected to join an estimated 2.5 million pilgrims in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca for the hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that this year runs between Nov. 14 and 18. The number of pilgrims expected is about the same as in recent years, said Nail Al-Jubeir, a spokesman for the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington, D.C., which limits pilgrims to making the pilgrimage no more than once every five ...

( 2021-12-26 01:30:35 )

Thousands of Indian Muslims stage demonstration against Obama visit

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Led by renowned Shia Scholar, Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawwad, General Secretary, Majlis Ulema-e-Hind, thousands of Muslims after Friday Prayers, staged a demonstration at historical Asafi Imambara in Lucknow to protest US President’s India visit. Holding anti-US and anti-Israel placards that read 'Obama go back”, “Obama Murdabad”, “Death to America”, “Death to Israel”, the demonstrators also burnt US ...

( 2021-12-26 00:29:35 )

Ras al-Khaimah Holy Quran Award to Begin at the UAE

The 11the edition of Ras al-Khaimah National Holy Quran Award will begin from February 15 in Ras al-Khaimah, the UAE. According to Al-Khalij newspaper, the organizing committee of the contest announced: “the competition will be held for 175 memorizers of the Quran in two male and female groups.” Umar ibn Abdulaziz Al-Qasemi, secretariat of the competition and member of the directorate of Quran Sciences Institute of Ras al-Khaimah said: ...

( 2021-12-25 21:22:58 )

Yemeni opposition vows Friday protests

Yemeni opposition groups have called on anti-government forces to march on the presidential palace in the capital Sana'a and urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down."Friday will be the 'Friday of the March Forward', with hundreds of thousands of people... We will arrive where you are and we will remove you,” Reuter quoted opposition spokesman Mohamed Qahtan as telling al- news network

( 2021-12-23 17:22:50 )

Train network for Holy City of Makkah

The Al-Balad Al-Amin Development and Urban Regeneration Company, which is entirely owned by the Makkah municipality, will establish a domestic train network in the Holy City, the company's CEO Ibrahim Al-Baloushi announced Friday. He said the network would link the Haramain Express Train from Madinah to the Grand Mosque and the holy sites through the Mashair system (Makkah Metro). "The company has completed the technical study for the project ...

( 2021-12-23 10:01:15 )

Wahdat Train March Commence from Karachi

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Wahdat Train March of Majlis-e-Wahdate Muslimeen (MWM)commenced on Friday from Karachi Cantt Station to attend the Central Wehdat-e-Millat Convention of MWM to be held on 1st August at Islamabad. The Prime objective of organizing the said national gathering is to express solidarity with the people of Kurram Agency, Quetta, D.I.Khan and Karachi, who are being targeted by the killers of outlawed Nasabi-Wahabis ...

( 2021-12-23 06:46:41 )

The “Quran Exhibition in its 1,400th Year” to be Held in Istanbul

The “Quran Exhibition in its 1,400th Year” will reveal unique, rare pieces of the 250,000-page Damascus documents collection. A large selection of handwritten Qurans normally held in the inventory of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art will be displayed for art lovers for the first time as part of the exhibition. Antik A.Ş. and a team of experts from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art have prepared the exhibition, which is curated by ...

( 2021-12-22 05:12:33 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: being talkative

If one's talkativeness continues, it turns into his secondary nature. In other word, if he commits the sins of the tongue, he doesn't feel the spiritual pain anymore. As plenty of people commit sins on a daily basis but they don’t feel their ignorance and have no guilty conscience, because the sin has become their secondary nature.

( 2021-12-21 20:54:28 )

Kosovo's Fatih Mosque opened

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday put Fatih Mosque, re-constructed by Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), into service again in Kosovo. Fatih Mosque, one of the 800 mosques in Kosovo, was constructed in 1461. Speaking at the ceremony held to re-open the mosque, Erdogan said the Ottoman heritage only in Kosovo was almost more than the cultural heritage in Anatolia, ...

( 2021-12-20 07:49:22 )

Invests SR800,000 into new technology infrastructure to sacred places

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj (represented by Sejel Technology) has invested SR 800,000 towards new technology infrastructure, with aims of providing better services to the rising number of annual pilgrims to the Holy Cities of Makkah and Madinah and other sacred places in Saudi Arabia. As part of the Ministry's upgrade initiative, Tripp Lite, a world leading manufacturer of power protection and connectivity equipment, has delivered two 80 kVA UPS ...

( 2021-12-19 12:49:04 )

Taste of Muslim life as mosque opens its doors in Bolton

Ahlul Bayt News Agency, Bolton, UK -- VISITORS of all faiths were welcomed at a mosque to learn more about what Muslims do during Ramadan. The Zakariyya Mosque in Peace Street, Daubhill, opened its doors to members of the local community on Sunday to take part in Iftaar — a fast-breaking ceremony. Muslims observe a fast from dawn to sunset for one month during Ramadan. The aim is to improve themselves spiritually and gain a greater sense of ...

( 2021-12-19 10:48:19 )

Protest against Bahraini Al Khalifa threats against activists and Shias in front of Intercontinental Hotel

Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; We are protesting here today against the authoritarian rule of the Al Khalifa in Bahrain which has destroyed the human fabric of our society. Hundreds of Bahrainis are languishing in torture cells; most of them in incommunicado detention. Extreme forms of torture have been adopted to subdue the pro-democracy activists, as the ruling family engaged in an all-out war against the natives, both Shia and Sunni Muslims. The ...

( 2021-12-18 04:43:43 )

Egypt arrests 8 Muslim Brotherhood members

Egyptian security forces arrested eight members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday after searching their homes and confiscating their computers, data discs and books, a spokesman for the group said on Friday. The arrested members had launched an online campaign called "Amal Al Omah" (The Nations' Hopes) (http://www.amlalommah.net/) calling for the prosecution of the head of security in Alexandria for police violations, Hamdy Hassan, ...

( 2021-12-17 17:19:16 )

Canadian Muslim students’ Iftar for non-Muslims proved a huge success

Muslim students in Canada’s eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador invited their non-Muslim colleagues to share Ramadan iftar meal to raise awareness about the holy month and raise funds for the needy. “I wasn’t sure if I was gonna be able to make it. As an athlete I eat every three hours, but one of my colleagues mentioned that she was partaking and I said, ‘If she can do it, I can,'” Renata Lang, a ...

( 2021-12-17 12:08:12 )

Spanish Muslim student is allowed to wear hijab by regional govt

The Valencian government has overturned a Spanish high school’s ban on a young Muslim woman who refused to remove her hijab in class, ruling the headscarf was part of the woman’s religious identity. Takwa Rejeb, 22, was kept out of class for a week. The Valencia regional education department ordered Benlliure High School to allow the woman to wear the Muslim garment in class, El Pais reported. It said its decision was based on talks ...

( 2021-12-17 00:37:35 )

Iran lives up to late Leader’s examples

According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – On the 21st anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s passing, Ahmadinejad said Imam Khomeini was “without a doubt the greatest and most influential figure in modern history” and “a true gift for the entire human race at a time when materialism ruled.” “Today we should remember Imam Khomeini and his path and remind ourselves of his divine characteristics and … many virtues,” said ...

( 2021-12-15 22:28:20 )

Necessary facilities ready for Arbaeen pilgrims - Iraqi Minister

Minister of Communication of Iraq Kazem Hassan al-Rashed said here on Sunday that necessary facilities for communication among Arba'in pilgrims, especially roaming and internet, are well prepared.In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Vaezi, al-Rashed said that Arba'in (Arbaeen) pilgrims have no problem with communication.He said connection line between Iran and Iraq has been established and Iraqi operators are ready to apply agreed ...

( 2021-12-15 19:25:37 )