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South Africa groups to join anti-Israel move

South Africa groups to join anti-Israel move
The South African Communist Party and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions SA, also known as the BDS South Africa, say they will soon launch their action plan against Tel Aviv. Nzimande said Tel Aviv was trying to conceal its atrocities against the Palestinian nation by not allowing concerned visitors to go and see what is truly happening in the occupied Palestinian territories. The organizations have announced that if their demand is not met, ...

The month of Ramadan is the month of God

The month of Ramadan is the month of God
شهرُ رَمَضانَ شَهرُ اللّه عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ هُوَ شَهرٌ یُضاعِفُ اللّه‏ُ فیهِ الحَسَناتِ وَ یَمحو فیهِ السَّیِّئاتِ وَ هُوَ شَهرُ البَرَكَةِ؛ Prophet (saw) states: The month of Ramadan is the month of God, and it is the month in which God increases goodness and cleanses sins, and it is a month of blessing and bounties. Bihar ...

God forbid, one is afflicted with spiritual maladies and diseases of the soul

God forbid, one is afflicted with spiritual maladies and diseases of the soul
Remember, my dear, that in the same way as there is health and sickness for the human body and remedies and cures for correcting it, there is also health and disease and remedies and cures for the human soul as well. Its health and well-being is observance of moderation, it lies in treading the human path, and sickness and affliction is the result of deviating from the right path of humanity. The spiritual maladies and diseases are a thousand ...

Opening Al Baqee Site in Al Abbas Holy Shrine

Opening Al Baqee Site in Al Abbas Holy Shrine
The technical staff in Internet Division in al Abbas Holy Shrine established al Baqee website. There was a ceremony for this occasion on Tuesday, 6 Shawwal 1432, 06/09/2011 AD, with the anniversary Eighty-eight of destruction of the graves of Baqee.  The ceremony was attended by Secretary General of al Abbas Holy Shrine, sayyd Ahmed al Safi, board members and heads of departments, representatives from offices of religious authorities and the ...

Effort and Struggle

Effort and Struggle
Dear friend: try to be a man of strong will-power and resolution, so that you may not go from this world as a person without resolution, and hence rise on the day of resurrection as a brainless-being, not in the form of human being. For the other-world is the place where what is hidden is unveiled and secrets are exposed. One's audacity to commit sin, converts him little by little into a man devoid of will-power, and takes away the noble essence ...

Thousands of Bahraini protesters condemn violent regime crackdown

Thousands of Bahraini protesters condemn violent regime crackdown
Bahraini anti-regime protesters have gathered in a village near the capital Manama to press for their demands and condemn the violent crackdown by security forces.Thousands of demonstrators gathered for the second day in the northern village of Muqsha, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) west of Manama.The Bahraini opposition groups that organized the demonstration said the protest would continue until February 14, the first anniversary of the popular ...

Professor Ansarian: avoiding the polytheism of the time

Professor Ansarian: avoiding the polytheism of the time
The idols which is now in the world and has attracted all people to it and has become the criteria of life on the planet is Dollar; the thing which has massively damaged the economy of our country in this 40 years; this man –made paper is now being worshiped by all ...

Pilgrims Assemble at The Holy Mount of Arafa

Pilgrims Assemble at The Holy Mount of Arafa
More than two million Muslim pilgrims assembled Monday at the holy Mount of Arafat and its surrounding plain on the peak day of the world's largest annual pilgrimage, the Hajj. By the dawn, tens of thousands of pilgrims had already set off from their camps in the valley of Mina, some 10 kilometers northwest of Arafat.  Saudi authorities said permits have been granted to 1.8 million foreign pilgrims, with a further 200,000 or so issued to ...

Imam Ali (as) states: Imam Hussein will be killed in an unconventional way

Imam Ali (as) states: Imam Hussein will be killed in an unconventional way
ليُقْتَلُ الْحُسَيْنُ قَتْلاً، وَإِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ تُرْبَةَ الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي يُقْتَلُ عَلَيْهَا قَرِيباً مِنَ النَّهْرَيْنِ. Amir al-mu'minin, Imam Ali (AS) states: Indeed, Imam Hussein will be killed in an unconventional way, and I know the soil of the land where he will be killed, which is near two streams of water. Source: Kamil ...

2 German Translations of Quran Published

2 German Translations of Quran Published
--Two translations of the holy Quran into German have recently been published. The Anaconda Verlag Publications has published a translation of Islam’s holy book rendered by German Orientalist Friedrich Rückert. Another translation of the Quran has come out by the Herder-Verlag Publications. It has been rendered into German by Ahmad Milad Karimi with an introduction by Bernhard Uhde. It had first been published in 1772 in the German town ...

Smallest Golden Quran Made in Reaction to Quran Burning in the US

Smallest Golden Quran Made in Reaction to Quran Burning in the US
Having been extremely overwhelmed by the Quran desecration in the US, I decided to create a Quranic masterpiece in reply. This is according to Ra’en Khanzadeh, Iranian Quranic artist, whose latest work has just been unveiled in Dubai’s Arab Tower Hotel with the presence of the Supreme Leader’s representative in the UAE and head of IRI’s chancery in Dubai. He told IQNA that it took him 13 months to carve the entire holy Quran on gold ...

Israel bans Muslims from Ibrahimi Mosque

Israel bans Muslims from Ibrahimi Mosque
For the second time in less than a week, Israeli authorities will ban Muslim worshipers from entering Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque beginning Tuesday, Sept. 30 in preparation for the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur on Oct. 4. An official at the mosque said that the mosque would be completely closed to Muslim worshipers, while "Jewish settlers" would be allowed free access. The Israeli authorities closed the mosque to Muslim worshipers last Thursday and ...

Islam not related to violence: Al-Mu’minaat

Islam not related to violence: Al-Mu’minaat
L-Mu’minaat,an organisation of Muslim women, has dissociated Islam from chaos, saying that peace remains a fundamental principle in the religion.The Oyo State chapter of the body disclosed this during a courtesy visit by its executive members to the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, publishers of Tribune titles, in Ibadan, Oyo State.In an address read by its Public Relations Officer, Muhibbah Bakre, the body advised Nigerians to shun ...

The Hijab – Non Muslim Perspective

The Hijab – Non Muslim Perspective
By Lindsey Newton   Editor’s Note: All views presented in this article are the writer’s based on her research & interviews. The search for understanding Muslim religious garb began as a requirement for a university course, but since then has turned into a personal discovery of appreciation and understanding of this practice. The debate regarding the wearing of religious garb in public, specifically coverings worn by Muslim women has ...

Bahrain's Diraz: A Community Under Siege

Bahrain's Diraz: A Community Under Siege
Diraz is located in the north west of the main island. To its west is Budaiya and to its east is Barbar. Its south side faces onto the major Budaiya Highway, and on the other side are the villages of Bani Jamra and Saar. Duraz has an estimated population of 20-30,000 people. In the days after the government’s decision to denaturalize Sheikh Isa Qassim, rendering him stateless, police established blockades closing off most of the roads ...

Photos/ Lecture by Professor Ansariyan at the Imamzadeh of Seyyed Ahmad ibn Musa (Shah Cheragh), Shiraz

Photos/ Lecture by Professor Ansariyan at the Imamzadeh of Seyyed Ahmad ibn Musa (Shah Cheragh), Shiraz
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Mosque Renamed After Long Time Leader

Mosque Renamed After Long Time Leader
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), NEW HAVEN,CT, U.S -- The Muhammad Islamic Center in New Haven was renamed after its long time leader Dr. Abdul-Majid Karim Hasan. The renaming was announced last November when the local New Haven/Hamden Muslim community celebrated its 50th anniversary. At that gathering members hailed Hasan, who has led them for more than 40 of those years, with a particular emphasis on interfaith dialogue. Hasan himself ...

Book on Reading the Quran Reprinted in Kosovo

Book on Reading the Quran Reprinted in Kosovo
-- An instructional book in the Albanian (Shqip) language on accurately reading the holy Quran was republished for the fourth time in Kosovo. According to IQNA’s branch in the Balkans, the book by prominent Iranian Quran reciter Ahmad Abolghasemi was translated into Shqip, edited by Yitmir Chila and published by Kosovo’s Quran Institute. It has been received well in Kosovo by Quran instructors and those interested in learning to read the ...

“Islam and Sustainable Development” Seminar Planned

“Islam and Sustainable Development” Seminar Planned
-- The holy city of Qom will host a seminar on “Islam and Sustainable Development” next week. Organized by the Islamic Culture and Sciences Research Center in cooperation with Qom’s department of environment, the seminar will be attended by university scholars, seminary instructors and seminary students. Slated to be held on Monday, March 8, it aims to elevate awareness about sustainable development in the country and discuss religious ...

Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s representant visits Bishop Whalon in Paris

Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s representant visits Bishop Whalon in Paris
Bishop Pierre Whalon of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe on Nov. 11 welcomed Sayyed Jawad al-Shahrastani, official representative of His Eminence Al-Sayyid Ali Al- Husseini Al-Sistani, leader of Shi’a Muslims throughout the world, to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris. Sayyed Shahrastani was in France on a tour arranged by the Paris branch of the Al-Khoei Foundation, founded in honor of one of Ayatollah ...