Bulgaria Muslims face discrimination

Anti-Muslim discrimination continues to grow in Bulgaria, with no legislative reforms or judicial actions taken in the past year to secure Muslim rights.Bulgarian Muslims are concerned by the rising trend of discrimination against Muslim communities, with very few legislative actions proposed to stem the problem.Moreover, analysts point out that some Muslim victims have been taken to court and sued for hooliganism.Experts say Bulgarian Muslims ...

( 2024-12-21 13:26:06 )

Seminar on Ar'baeen Symbolic Trek held in Bauchi, Nigeria

Seminar on Ar'abeen Symbolic trek took place in Buachi on Sunday 15th November 2015 equivalent to 3rd Safar 1437H. The event was designed to capture the security measures and good conduct during the up coming Symbolic Trek. Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Seminar on Ar'abeen Symbolic trek took place in Buachi on Sunday 15th November 2015 equivalent to 3rd Safar 1437H. The event was designed to capture the security measures and good conduct ...

( 2024-12-21 13:26:05 )

Islamic Umma slams closure of al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel

The Friday gunfight took place just outside the Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount) and left three Palestinians and two Israeli police officers dead.Following the incident, Israeli police closed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, briefly detained Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem al-Quds, and cancelled Muslim Friday prayers at the site.“We insist on reaching al-Aqsa mosque and performing prayers there. The occupation preventing us ...

( 2024-12-21 13:26:03 )

Airline fired me because they feared I’d copy 9/11 hijackers

A Muslim airline pilot who claims his religion cost him his job has told an employment tribunal that his bosses feared he might copy the September 11 attacks.The Heathrow-based pilot, who cannot be named for legal reasons, worked for a well-known British carrier but was judged a security risk after he was arrested over an alleged terror plot.According to the airline, he was ‘in a position to divert or sabotage an aircraft’.Asked by his ...

( 2024-12-21 13:26:03 )

Shia worker of a political party kidnapped and martyred in Karachi

Shia member of Karachi-based political party and an employee of federal government embraced martyrdom when kidnappers tortured him to death in Karachi. Body was found lying in Mawach Goth on Tuesday. Syed Sikandar Rizvi alias Kashif was kidnapped last night near airport. His body was found near Hub River Road in the limits of Baldia Town Mawach Goth. Body was shifted to Civil Hospital for medico-legal purposes. Martyr Shia Muslim belonged to a ...

( 2024-12-21 10:23:37 )

Over 800,000 Iranians Register for Pilgrimage to Iraq on Arbaeen

he head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said more than 800,000 Iranians have registered for pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq, on Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shiite Imam, Imam Hussain (AS). Saeed Ohadi highlighted the measures taken in preparation for the influx of the country’s pilgrims to the holy city of Karbala to attend Arbaeen mourning ceremonies in early December. “Regarding ...

( 2024-12-21 09:22:38 )

“Don’t Believe the Media” – Islamophobia Panel Speaks to St. Cloud Community

A top attorney in Minnesota is advising people in St. Cloud not to fear their growing Muslim community. US Attorney Andrew Luger took part in hosting a panel on Islamophobia, which advised people not to believe the media spin that Islam is a religion of violence. A Panelist told the audience, “Islam is a peaceful religion, don’t listen to the media.” Luger asked pre-approved questions from the audience to a panel of ...

( 2024-12-21 08:22:31 )

Muslims in The Hague to Mourn Imam Sajjad’s (AS) Martyrdom

--Concurrent with the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Hussein Zainul Abedin (AS), a mourning ceremony is slated to be held Sunday night, January 10, in Al-Kawsar Cultural Institute in The Hague. According to Al-Fajr website, the institute’s information dissemination committee has invited Shia Muslims in the city to attend the spiritual ceremony, which will start at 6 p.m. local time. Imam Sajjad (AS), the fourth Shia Imam, was ...

( 2024-12-21 07:21:26 )

The Splendorous Birth of Fatimah

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( 2024-12-21 07:21:25 )

Iran, P5+1 joint statement / Zarif: Iranian nation proved it will never give in to pressure

“Through resistance and steadfastness, the people of Iran conveyed that they will never bow to pressure. The people of Iran show resistance in the face of pressures. One more thing is that Iranian people proved, as stated by Leader of the Islamic Revolution (Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei), that they favor wisdom, negotiations, dialogue and constructive proposals,” Zarif told reporters following marathon talks in the Swiss city of ...

( 2024-12-21 06:21:14 )

Swiss liberals mull new vote on minaret ban

Swiss liberals are considering a new referendum to overturn the ban on building new minarets in the country, Sunday papers reported. Swiss liberals are considering a new referendum to overturn the ban on building new minarets in the country, Sunday papers reported. Club Helvetique, a group of over 20 Swiss intellectuals, will draw up an action plan to overturn the ban, which has drawn widespread criticism abroad and ...

( 2024-12-21 05:20:56 )

Iranian Echo of Quran Reverberates through Shia Mosque in Medina

Quran recitations performed by Iranian Quran reciters echoed in the Shias' mosque in the holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Iran's Quran delegation to the Major Hajj performed in Medina's Imam Hassan (AS) which was received well by Saudi Shias. Held after night prayers, the ceremony commenced with a Quranic recitation by top Iranian Quran reciter Hamid-Reza Naddaf and then was followed by some religious songs done by Falaq Tawashih ...

( 2024-12-21 05:20:54 )

Kenya Muslims Leave for Hajj

--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 ...

( 2024-12-21 04:19:36 )

Senior Shiite Police Official Shot Martyred in Karachi

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - KARACHI: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zulfiqar Zaidi was gunned down along with his friend in Shah Faisal colony area after takfiri terrorists of the so-called Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) opened fire in Karachi city of Pakistan on Saturday evening.Witnesses and police officials said that the incident occurred when DSP was having dinner at a restaurant along with his friend Shahzad when at least two armed men ...

( 2024-12-21 04:19:35 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: what values a believer is his connection to God and faith in the Resurrection

In the words of Imam Askari (AS), if one hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets and we, the fourteen infallibles, are sitting in a line and a true believer passes by us, we will rise in full respect; Because what values a believer is his connection to God and faith in the Resurrection.

( 2024-12-21 04:10:54 )

Religious sciences’ summer educational courses underway at Imam Hussein shrine

A series of summer educational courses have been held for students of different levels at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (A) in Karbala, Iraq. According to the Astan (custodianship) of the holy shrine, “Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his glad advent); the Guide to the Right Path” is the motto of the courses, supervised by Sheikh Ahmad Safi, director of Imam Hussain (A) School. Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic beliefs, Nabawi Seerah and ...

( 2024-12-21 03:15:07 )

Muslims in Philadelphia celebrate Islamic heritage

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Hundreds of Philadelphia Muslims celebrated their Islamic heritage Saturday with a parade down Chestnut Street and a festival at Penn's Landing. The afternoon parade, which began on Market Street at Independence Mall, then proceeded down to Chestnut Street and past Independence Hall, was led by a group from Montreal that sang and chanted in Arabic. The multiethnic crowd featured immigrants from the Middle ...

( 2024-12-21 03:15:06 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: God ordered to ask him

God ordered to ask him, we must never say that God knows everything, why should we ask him? because God loves our talking, our voice, our supplication; this is alone a sort of worship; in fact, investing one's voice, tongue, heart is a precious act of worship.

( 2024-12-21 03:10:49 )

Imam Khamenei: US continues deception after JCPOA

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US has resorted to “deception” to obstruct international trade with Iran despite a nuclear agreement. “On paper, the Americans say banks can trade with Iran but in practice they act in such an Iranophobic way that no trade can take place with Iran,” the Leader told a group of Iranian workers in Tehran Wednesday.US and European businesses are reluctant ...

( 2024-12-21 01:13:33 )

A conference held on ‘Just Peace; Common Global Discourse’ in Vienna

The conference on ‘Just Peace; Common Global Discourse’ was held by Shaleinang Peace University as an active university in the area of global peace with the attendance of some prominent Iranian scholars, members of Islamic Peace Assembly, Islamic Culture and Communications Organization, Iranian Cultural Consul in Austria and more than 12 European professors and scholars active in the area of peace in countries like France, Austria, ...

( 2024-12-21 01:13:32 )