(AhlulBayt News Agency) - ‘Ahlul Quran’ Arabic satellite network affiliated to World Association of Quran Memorization was launched with the aim of teaching the holy Quran and serving the Divine book.
According to the website of the association, clarifying efforts made by Islamic countries regarding Quran teaching and paying more attention to Quranic principles, encouraging people to learn and teach the Quran and promoting the status of ...
Twin suicide bombings rocked a busy shopping street Thursday in a Beirut stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah, killing 43 people and wounding more than 239 in the worst such attack in ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The French government revealed here that it has received "a formal summons to comply" with European Union law regarding the Hamas-owned "Al-Aqsa" television channel, which is being criticized because of its content.
The European Union has called on France to take action to block or modify Al-Aqsa programmes in EU members because of "revealing the facts of US and Israeli crimes in Palestine which will provoake ...
-- Al-Mustafa International University has planned to launch some online courses for students living inside Iran or abroad.
Quran and hadith sciences, Islamic studies the Farsi language are 3 majors which will offered online by the university.
Those who manage to pass the entrance exam are entitled to enroll in the courses.
Headquartered in the holy city of Qom, central Iran, Al-Mustafa International University is an Iranian ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Kabul—The Taliban took control of a large police base in a remote part of northeastern Afghanistan after some 100 police and border guards joined the insurgents following three days of fighting, security officials said Sunday.The loss of the Tirgaran base in Badakhshan province marked the largest mass surrender since US and NATO forces concluded their combat mission at the end of last year. It highlighted the ...
An international conference is planned to be held in Tehran later this year to examine translations of the Quran in various languages.
The Translations Research Center of Iran's Allameh Tabatabaee University will organize the scholarly event, Hossein Mollanazar, director of the center said. He added that the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, Tarjoman-e Vahy (translation of the ...
Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani has given a lecture on Wahhabism as part of a series of lectures entitled "Theology and Islamic Thought" that he has been delivering in the holy city of Mashhad.
Ayatollah Sobhani explained that the belief system of Wahhabism is an anathema to true Islam. Pointing to the origins of the deviant Wahhabi sect, he explained that Wahhabis believe that for a span of 600 years that all Muslims had deviated from true Islam and ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), HOLY CITY OF KARBALA, Iraq: Martyrdom anniversary of Al-Imam Ali Naqy Al-Hady (AS), father of Al-Imam Hasan al-Askary (AS) and grandfather of Al-Imam Al-Mehdi the Awaited Imam (AS), was observed in Karbala with reverence on Wednesday June 16.
Marking the occasion, mourning processions marched through the streets of Karbala an then culminated at the holy shrines of Al-imam Al-Hussein (AS) and Abi’l Fadhl ...
Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram has released about 190 captives, who returned to their community in the north-east state of Yobe between Friday and Saturday, while other people are still being held, local and state officials say.
"The people will be presented to the government [Sunday] for assistance as their houses were set ablaze when the insurgents attacked the village, Katarko in the Gujba local council," Goni Mali, a community leader ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Talking to Iran News Agency, he expressed his satisfaction with the execution of Abdulmalek Rigi, the terrorist supported by the US. He added that Rigi was punished for his criminal acts.
He said Rigi’s arrest and execution indicated the Islamic Republic’s security and intelligence strength.
"We thank God that the Rigi tribe was cleaned off such a disgrace by Rigi’s execution," Bashir added.
According ...
A 13-year-old from France is believed to be the youngest to die fighting for ISIS in Syria.A 13-year-old from France is believed to be the youngest to die fighting for ISIS in Syria.Abu Bakr al-Faransi, originally from Strasbourg, was killed in Syria.He believed to be youngest to die fighting for ISIS in Syria.According to a French journalist al-Faransi died two months ago.Two of his brothers are believed to have been killed ...
Cleric says enemy targeting Iran's security, unity
After the deadly terrorist attack on southeastern Iran, Tehran Friday Prayers Leader Kazem Seddiqi says the enemy is targeting the country's security and unity.
After the deadly terrorist attack on southeastern Iran, Tehran Friday Prayers Leader Kazem Seddiqi says the enemy is targeting the country's security and unity.
"Our enemies have made targeting our ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Britain's Chief Inspector of Prisons Dame Anne Owers says that the number of inmates converting to Islam has grown from 2,513 in 1994 to 9,795 in 2008.
In her report dubbed Muslim Prisoners' Experiences published Tuesday, Dame Anne said fewer than 1 in 100 Muslim inmates have been convicted of terrorism.
According to the report, “Many Muslim prisoners stressed the positive and rehabilitative role that Islam ...
Two martyred and five pilgrims were injured when two mortar shells targeted them in Samara city.
Security source stated the mortar shells targeted the pilgrims near the holy shrines of Imamain al-Askariayn in Samara of southern Salah il-Din to result in martyring two and injuring five pilgrims.
This attack was coinciding with the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hasan Askary (AS).
"A servant of the shrine and a pilgrim have martyred in this ...
Sheikh Maher Hammoud, the Imam of Sidon’s the Al-Quds Mosque, said Sunday that Saudi women understood their rights and the true values of Islam better than the most brilliant religious scholars [Wahhabi's Verdicts].
“It is our regret that some women in Saudi Arabia are better able to understand their rights and the true values of Islam than the most brilliant religious scholars who claim to know right and wrong,” said Hammoud.
He ...
Custodian of the blessed mausoleum of Afghanistan Imam Sakhi said, "People of Mazar Sharif, both Sunni and Shi'a, have a particular devotion to Imam Reza (A.S.)."
The caravan of ‘under the shade of sun' dispatched from Astan Quds Razavi to Afghanistan had a meeting with Moulavi Ansari, Custodian of the blessed mausoleum of Afghanistan Imam Sakhi, and hoisted the blessed flag of Imam Reza (A.S.) holy shrine in this mausoleum.
Moulavi Ansari, ...
The first volume contains articles on the life and styles of recitation of renowned reciter Shahat Muhammad Anwar.
Mahmud Jabbir head of An-Nur Quranic Research Center said that compilation and publication of the encyclopedia requires more cooperation and help from the devotees of the Quran.
He said that a delegation from the research center would travel to Tehran in the near future to discuss an agreement with the Iranian Quran News Agency ...
--An international seminar called "Negotiating and Accommodating Religious Identity in Public Arena: Comparing Indian and European Experiences with Special Reference to Muslim Minorities" will be held 10-12th February 2010 at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, India.
Europe today is facing new challenges of cultural and religious diversity. Muslim immigrants constitute the most important aspect of this diversity. Multiculturalism ...
A group of 40 Sunni scholars from Pakistan visited the holy shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.).
The group coming from the province Sindh of Pakistan in the shape of a caravan were benefited by the special programs specific to Urdu speaking pilgrims arranged by the Office of Non-Iranian Pilgrims' Affairs of Astan Quds Razavi.
The ceremony started by performing the evening prayers followed by eulogizing on the prophet (S.A.W.) and the Ahl al-Bayt (A.S.) ...
Is there a need to foster a deeper understanding of Islam in non-Muslim host countries to fight stereotypes affecting Muslims? These and other challenges have prompted Muslim community leaders and scholars from around the world to gather in Sydney for the inaugural Australasian Conference on Islam.
Professor of sociology Riaz Hassan at Flinders University in South Australia says the biggest misconception about Muslims is the idea that ...
