The army’s presence is of grave concern since the rally is led by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), members of whom have been repeatedly targeted by the armed forces. Over three days in December 2015 more than 1000 people were killed as well as property and religious spaces destroyed by the armed forces in Zaria. Leading members of the movement were shot and imprisoned without charge.
Earlier this year IHRC called on the International ...
Anti Terrorism Court Shikarpur’s judge Fida Hussain Mughal has released the most dangerous four terrorists involved in Shikarpur and Jacobabad Suicide attacks, due to lack of evidence against crime No. 150/2015.During the proceeding of the case, the police officials, changed their statements, as per mentioned in the F.I.R.The six terrorists Akram Arain, Abdul Aziz Shaikh, Abdul Ghani Brohi, Siraj Ahmed Brohi, Muhammad Din Brohi and Siraj ...
Held every year on the last day of Ramadan – as to link the sanctity of the fast with Muslims’ duty to speak Truth in the face of Deceit, Al-Quds Day was founded by the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; both a rallying cry of solidarity, and a sign of hope.
It is Imam Hussain who said: “It is better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.”
Through Al-Quds Day it is once ...
Muslim Americans have become accustomed to this pattern whenever there’s an attack with a Muslim perpetrator. Media outlets will debate whether or not Islam justifies violence, while sounding alarm bells about the extent of homegrown radicalism. At the same time, politicians and pundits trumpet policies restricting the civil liberties of Muslim immigrants and citizens.
The power of media
Content analyses of Muslim representations in cable ...
- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a meeting on Saturday with a group of families of martyrs of the June 28, 1981 blast at the Islamic Republic Party headquarters as well as families of combatants who embraced martyrdom fighting holy shrines in Syria, praised the "faith, combat, valor and high cognition of martyrs" and "patience and steadfastness of the esteemed families of martyrs". Describing the martyrs as ...
In her modest home in the Gaza Strip, Sahar Sherif's family watches as she ladles out a broth of meat and vegetables for a rare heart-warming meal.
For just a month of the year, a soup kitchen in the Palestinian enclave is offering struggling families like Sherif's a welcome break from daily worries about where they will find their next meal.
During the holy month of Ramadan, the charity provides the 40-year-old divorcee and her five children -- ...
If only 10 percent of those who nearly six years have been directing their fists and fingers towards the palaces and tanks in Bahrain put their fingers on triggers, they quickly destroy Al Khalifa regime.”This is a message by General Qassim Soleimani, the chief of Iran’s Quds Force, a force belonging to the Islamic Republic's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).In his short but senseful message General Soleimani has hinted to ...
- Belgian police have arrested two people, suspected of preparing terrorist attacks in the locations that are broadcasting European Football Championship, local media said ...
Plagued by the poison the Black Flag army has dispensed onto the land, Iraq remains a nation very much at war – fragmented in its lands, torn apart in its ethno-sectarian make-up, occupied still by the powers that be, that and won’t let go, Iraq has not yet spoken its last.
If Iraq does not yet breathe peace and unity, it is nevertheless learning to think, and imagine itself the nation-state it always was, and forgot to be – ...
Here are a few tips for those who aren’t Muslim on what Ramadan is and how to treat their fasting friends
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is upon us once again. As Muslims enter Week 3 of our yearly “Hunger Games” here are a few tips for our non-Muslim friends, neighbors, colleagues, and interested onlookers.
So what’s up with this Ra-ma-dan thingy? How long does it last?
Ritual fasting is common among many religions, ...
The Muslims of Hyderabad are Boycott protest and condemn the Chief Minister’s Dawath-e-Iftar party for the Muslim Community in respect of sects on the occasion of Ramzan-e-Mubarak for the year 2016. As it is brought to that there is sorrowful days for the Muslims not even for the Telangana State but it is observed to worldwide and on the Martyrdom days of “Shahadath-e-Hazrat Ali Ibne Abu Talib (A.S.) from 24th to 27th June 2016 of ...
Top Iraqi reference, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani expressed solidarity with Sheikh Issa al-Qassem, after Bahraini regime stripped the leading Shia cleric of citizenship.
In a phone call, Ayatollah Sistani praised Sheikh Qassem praised efforts by Sheikh Qassem in defending Bahraini people’s rights through peaceful means. "Your place is in our heart," Ayatollah Sistani told Sheikh Qassem, stressing that revoking his nationality "won't ...
'On the issue of Bahrain, what do the people of Bahrain want? The people of Bahrain say that every individual from among the nation should be given a vote in order to elect the government. A vote for each person. Well, are you not speaking about democracy? Are you not saying that you are the emblem of democracy? Are you not saying that you want to defend democracy? Very well, is there any kind of democracy which is clearer than this? Not only do ...
The warning could pave the way for a showdown between the Gulf state's Sunni-led government and the country's majority Shi'ite Muslims following a court order that suspended the main opposition Shi'ite al-Wefaq group. That move was criticized by the United States and the United Nations.
"The targeting of this duty under any name targets the (Shi'ite) Muslims, and amounts to a blatant assault on the freedom of sectarian practice which is ...
The court on Thursday sentenced the eight unidentified people to 15 years in prison each for forming the group in 2014.
Reports also pointed to a raft of sentences handed to more than two dozen other Shias over alleged instigation of violence.
Bahrain has been cracking down on political dissent since 2011, when a popular uprising began against the ruling Al Khalifah monarchy.
Activists and political dissidents have ever since been sentenced to ...
Iraq has called on Saudi Arabia for explanation after a senior official admitted fundraising in the kingdom for ISIS terrorists fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. The call by Iraq’s Foreign Ministry came after Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said earlier this week that Iraq’s current offensive against Daesh has sparked a flurry of new fundraising campaigns in Saudi Arabia. “You cannot control the ...
The holy month of Ramadan, the month of fasting, prayers and benevolence for Muslims is underway around the world.
In Algeria, charity activities have gained momentum for the less fortunate. A group of women, who are volunteer members for a Non-Profit Organization- Dir al khir Wensah, spend hours in the kitchen to prepare the evening meals, which are served at a local restaurant where everyone is welcome. “It’s for the poor and ...
The Turkish military has been ordered to ignore the so-called Islamic State’s activities on Turkey’s border with Syria, allowing the extremist jihadists to dig trenches and plant mines unimpeded, locals in the frontier town of Karkamis told Russia Today News.The government of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has recently been keen to demonstrate its tough stance on the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ...
