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 ...
A three-day program is scheduled to be organized in Quetta, Pakistan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS). Shia Muslims all over the Islamic country are getting ready to celebrate the auspicious occasion on the 13th of Rajab month. The ceremonies in Quetta will start on April 20. They will be attended by poets and eulogists from Pakistan and other countries. The Central Razaviya Mosque, Punjabis Husseiniya and Golestan Hall ...
When Prophet Muhammad (SAW) began to propagate the religion of Islam in Mecca and Medina, those who didn’t believe in him and his message, opposed and troubled him. They called him a lunatic and a sorcerer. They offered bribes to persuade him to stop preaching the religion. When all these failed, they used harsh treatment against the Prophet (SAW) and the new Muslim converts. During all these years, the Prophet (SAW) enjoyed the protection of ...
The Shi‘ite Muslims under the Pressure of the UmayyadsAs previously mentioned, Umayyads had three obstinate foes, namely Kharijites who were of great trouble to them during various periods. Shi'ite Muslims who were in opposition to Mu'awiya from 'Ali's term on and thereafter Imam Husayn (a), the penitents, Mukhtar, Zayd Ibn 'Ali and Yahya Ibn Yazid ran wild against them.Moreover, Shi'ites's ideology especially its political aspect based on ...
"IMAM HUSSAIN DAY" public meeting in Junnar in Pune district of India, organized by youth organization. The gathering addressed the issues of the Sacrifice of Imam Hussain (A) and the holy Ahlul Bayt (A).
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - "IMAM HUSSAIN DAY" public meeting in Junnar in Pune district of India, organized by youth organization. The gathering addressed the issues of the Sacrifice of Imam Hussain (A) and the holy Ahlul Bayt (A).The meeting ...
Providing a free medical help for vulnerable and uninsured Americans in South Carolina, an American Muslim organization is offering free medical service for people of all faiths, setting a role model for American ...
The Hollywood critic by pointing at the Hollywood's anti-Iranian movies said that: Over the past years movies like “Rose Water” “Argo” and “300” were among the anti-Iranian movies made in Hollywood.
Pointing at the history of American cultural war against Iran he said: Overthrow of Mossadegh, the deposition of Pahlavi as king and promotion of Western culture are among the many instances of American cultural ...
This picture taken on November 30, 2012, shows a village where houses belong to Muslim Shiites had been burnt down during a clash, at Bluuran village in Sampang. (AFP Photo/Adek Berry)
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Sampang’s persecuted Shiite Muslim minority, fearful of another round of forced conversions by Sunni Muslims, called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to ensure their religious freedom after a forum meant to negotiate the ...
1. DefinitionChristian Zionism is the belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, is in accordance with Biblical prophecy, and is a necessary prerequisite for the return of Jesus to reign on Earth. This belief is commonly, though not exclusively, associated with evangelical Protestants around the world.[1]This belief is distinct from the general political belief ...
Winner of the inaugural Mustafa Prize “Top Scientific Achievement” Award, Prof. Jackie Y. Ying, Executive Director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, says the scientific contributions made by Muslim scientists could be more widely recognized by the world through the Mustafa Prize.
On 23 December 2015, the laureates of the first Mustafa Scientific Prize were announced as Professor Jackie Y. Ying from Singapore and ...
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 ...
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. ...
According to alforatnews.com, “Amir Al-Mumenin (AS); the Makhzan (treasury) of the Messenger’s Knowledge and the Gate to His Wisdom” is the motto of this edition of the festival.
The Astans of Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine and the holy shrines of the infallible Imams (AS) in Kazemayn, Iraq, have cooperated in holding the program.
It was addressed by Sheikh Ali Al-Asadi, in charge of the Religious Affairs Section of the Astan, ...
Shia Muslims who fled their Sampang Regency villages amid sectarian strife with the Sunni majority are still waiting to go home, despite a three-month-old peace deal with the Sunnis and last month's visit to the area by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.There has been no follow-up in efforts to return more than 200 Shia Muslims to Sampang from Sidoarjo, East Java, where they have stayed since being forced to leave Madura, advocates for ...
The Kaduna State governor!, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday inaugurated the Judicial Commission of Inquiry he set up recently, following Army's brutal attack on Islamic Movement of Nigeria and its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Premium reported.On December 17 2015, Mr. El-Rufai announced the establishment of a state Judicial Commission of Inquiry.The Islamic Movement recently released a list of 705 people missing or killed by the Nigerian Army ...
Sheikh Abdulhamid Bello Zaria, a senior cleric in the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, said in a statement on Friday that today as we chant ‘Free Palestine’ we also chant ‘Free Zakzaky’ who is the embodiment of all the over a thousand victims massacred by the Nigerian government through its army and buried in mass graves.(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Sheikh Abdulhamid Bello Zaria, a senior cleric in the Islamic Movement in ...
A Muslim television reporter for a British news channel yesterday filed a complaint against a columnist for Rupert Murdoch's 'Sun' newspaper who singled her out for wearing hijab while reporting on the recent terror attack at Nice in France.
Fatima Manji, 'Channel 4 News' correspondent, was reporting on the Nice terrorist attack from the channel's London studio earlier this month when Kelvin MacKenzie questioned in his column whether the Muslim ...
Muslims, including worshippers from the Al Falah mosque in Kensington Gardens, Ilford, handed the money over to children’s charity Barnado’s in Barkingside, urging it to help child refugees and trafficked ...
The Chairman of Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Service (ICODEHS) in Ghana Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim has appealed to those deviant Muslims who are killing and misbehaving in the name of Islam to put a stop to it. He said the Islamic religion preaches peace and makes it clear that no one should take his or her life and the life of others, and hence those terrorizing communities and countries in the name of religion are not ...
