“It’s a lot of speakers and I can get some knowledge from great scholars all over the U.S., and to be good examples for Muslims, especially with these circumstances around the world and in the U.S., and to represent Islam in a good way,” Essa said.
“Islam encourages us to work for justice in the society, but what extremists are doing goes directly against the principals of Islam,” said Naeem Baig, president of ...
At least 18 pilgrims have been injured in a crush near Islam’s holiest site, Saudi media say, just over six months after hundreds lost their lives in a tragic stampede during the last year Hajj rituals.
AhlulBayt News Agency - At least 18 pilgrims have been injured in a crush near Islam’s holiest site, Saudi media say, just over six months after hundreds lost their lives in a tragic stampede during the last year Hajj ...
More than a dozen civilians have lost their lives in a powerful bomb explosion that ripped through a residential neighborhood in Iraq’s central province of Karbala.
The Euphrates Operations Command said in a statement released on Monday that the incident took place in the town of Ayn Tamer, located 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) west of the provincial capital city of Karbala, the previous night, when five terrorists clad in explosives-laden ...
-- The first international Islamic TV and Radio station in Spanish will be launched this holy Month of Ramadan (August-September), Time Türk reported.
The Cordoba Islamic TV and Radio Station will be launched by Saudi Arabia and will broadcast programs via satellite to different parts of the world.
According to Sheikh Abdul-Azeez al-Fawzan, director of Resala al-Islam website, which is a Spanish website based in Saudi Arabia, while there ...
- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei ordered decisive reaction by all Iranian organizations to cases of exorbitant, unconventional wages, and called for unrelenting punitive action on breaking ...
Secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah stressed that cultural and religious relations between Iran and the Islamic resistance movement should further strengthen. Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah made the statement in a meeting with the visiting the Supreme Leader's Representative and Head of the Organization of Oghaf and Charity Affairs Ali Mohammadi. They reviewed regional developments as well as recent victories achieved by the resistance front, ...
FIFA reportedly moved its annual congress to Bahrain from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur after authorities there withdrew from hosting the event, citing problems with allowing entry visas to some delegates, including officials from the Israeli ...
Religious leaders, scholars and government officials from China and other countries urged Muslims to resist religious extremism and condemn terrorism at a symposium.
Participants from Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan gathered in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to share their insights on Islam and experience in combating terrorism.
The symposium is hosted by the China Religious ...
-- A 2-day international conference entitled 'Religion and Peaceful Coexistence' kicks off today in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Religious education in the modern era, religious teaching and international law, minority rights and peaceful coexistence, religion and international challenges, and international relations and the roles of religions are among the most important subjects to be addressed at the conference.
According to ...
Ultimately, the United States, Britain, France, the Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia will pay a very high price for the air strikes. The Oval Office and its allies have seriously miscalculated the consequences of the attacks and made security mistakes. It's as if Washington and its partners have not learned their lesson in Syria and the West Asia region for the last five years.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - US, UK and French air strikes in Syria has ...
Bahraini forces have attacked a group of demonstrators who had taken to the street to denounce Manama’s decision to revoke the nationality of prominent Shia Muslim cleric, Sheikh Issa Qassim.
On Saturday, dozens of protesters staged a rally in al-Eker village south of the capital, Manama, to voice their solidarity with the 79-year-old spiritual leader of Bahrain’s main opposition bloc, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
They ...
--Kenya Muslims have begun the journey to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Close to 200 pilgrims left for Mecca and Medina Tuesday while 35 others were said to have travelled last week.
The leaders of the group Al Haj Mohamed Hajar and Sheikh Omar told the Nation that thousands of potential Muslims may not make it to the annual pilgrimage to Mecca owing to financial constraints.
The Muslims were given 3,000 places by Saudi ...
Iraqi forces are carrying out operations in the Nineveh governorate in preparation for an assault on Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city that has been under ISIS control since 2014. ISIS overran parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014 amid the ongoing war in ...
Mourning ceremonies for the chief of martyrs, Hazrat Hossein Ebn-e-Ali (Peace be upon him) and the martyrs of Karbala have been held tonight (Saturday night ), the night of Ashura, in the presence of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and people from all walks of life.
The Ashura mourning ceremonies were held on Saturday in the Hosseiniyeh of Imam Khomeini (May his soul rest in peace), in ...
According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency – ABNA.ir – Two-days conference in the name of "Expected Savior" held in Colombo city in Sri Lanka on the occasion of birthday of Imam Mahdi (aj.t.f.s).
The conference held on 12-13 of Sha'ban 1431 (25-26 July 2010) by the attempt of Local Ahlul Bayt (a.s) Assembly of Sri Lanka– one of the local centers which is related to Ahlul Bayt (a.s) World Assembly – welcomed by local Shia and Muslim.
In this ...
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Operators of hotels which have yet to be issued with the Malaysian halal certificate are advised to apply for it from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) or the Islamic Religious Department in their respective states before Ramadan.
Jakim director-general, Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, said immediate approval would be given to hotels which submitted their applications now, but on condition they ...
“The United States and Britain talk a great deal about freedom, civil rights, human rights, democracy and constitutionally limited government. But when it comes to places like Bahrain, those words do not apply and do not exist anymore,” he said. The analyst argued that Washington is throwing its weight behind the “brutally repressive” Al Khalifah regime, because Bahrain serves as the base for the US Fifth Fleet. He also ...
“It embodies our faith, the food drive is a simple reflection of what our faith is all about,” said Su Hassan, who dropped by the mall to donate. “It’s very important in our religion to support the community.”
The “Share the Spirit of Ramadan” food drive, organized by Windsor’s Muslim community, collected donations for more than 1,200 bags, each containing 14 essential food and toiletry items. The ...
