Cleric warns Saudis about insults to Shia pilgrims

Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has warned Saudi Arabian officials that Iran will reconsider its decision to send its nationals to umra (lesser pilgrimage) if they do not stop the Wahhabis from insulting Shia pilgrims. Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has warned Saudi Arabian officials that Iran will reconsider its decision to send its nationals to umra (lesser pilgrimage) if they do not stop the Wahhabis from insulting ...

( 2023-06-03 23:12:41 )

Erdogan claims Turkey Killed 3,000 ISIS terrorists

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( 2023-06-03 22:11:53 )

Daesh executes 19 of own members in Iraq’s Fallujah

Daesh executed the 19 individuals for fleeing the battlefields in the neighborhoods of al-Shuhada and al-Nasaf, an informed source told Iraq’s al-Sumaria news website on Sunday. On May 22, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of the liberation operations for the Daesh-held Fallujah. Nearly 70 kilometers west of the capital Baghdad, the strategic city has been under the Takfiris’ control since 2014. Meanwhile, an ...

( 2023-06-03 21:11:36 )

US military campaign in Syria - What agenda is Washington serving this time?

By Catherine Shakdam The US and Turkey have come to a tentative agreement in Syria, whereby Ankara is opening its territories to American troops in an attempt to defeat terror. Or is it that terror needs military backing to depose Syrian President Bashar Assad? It is difficult to tell these days. America's neocons simply will not tolerate peace to drive the global narrative! As the ink has been left to dry on the much-awaited and let's ...

( 2023-06-02 22:25:02 )

Mourning Ceremonies Held in Najaf

--Some 2.5 million Muslims attended mourning ceremonies in Najaf, Iraq, on the anniversary of the demise of Islam’s Holy Prophet (PBUH) and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan (AS). According to Al-Furat TV, the ceremonies were held Saturday, February 13, concurrent with the 28th day of Safar on the lunar calendar. Millions of Shia Muslims gathered at the holy mausoleum of Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf on Saturday observing mourning rituals. ...

( 2023-06-02 15:14:05 )

Pope expresses gratitude to Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi for his letter to Vatican

Mehr News has been informed that Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic world, expressed gratitude to Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi for his letter to Vatican. “Pope Francis was pleased upon receiving your eminence’s letter and expressed his gratitude,” reads the letter, “as his eminence, Ayatollah Makarem is already aware, the message of all religions, particularly monotheistic religions, is primarily the absolute worship of ...

( 2023-06-02 07:59:56 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: I am the most compassionate

Allah Almighty says: "I am the most compassionate" why are you scared? I also sent some people to teach you how to be in peace and calmness, why are you worried? The path is clear and getting rid of the imperfection is also easy.

( 2023-06-02 00:43:46 )

Discrimination against Muslim students in Gujarat schools!

A meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education today witnessed a war of words between Gujarat Education Minister Ramanlal Vora and social activist Shabnam Hashmi who alleged that Muslim students were discriminated against in schools in the state after 2002 riots.While presenting her views on the need to improve the quality of teaching, Hashmi said that the teachers should be impartial and they should treat students equally. When she cited the ...

( 2023-06-01 19:25:53 )

21 Senior Saudi Shiite scholars condemn Asir Sunni Mosque blast

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - A group of 21 Shi’ite clerics from the Saudi city of al-Ahsa in the country’s predominantly Shi’ite Eastern Province have issued a joint statement in condemnation of the bombing of a mosque by suspected Takfiri terrorists in the southern province of Asir, Saudi Arabia last Thursday.At least 15 people were killed and many others wounded after a bomb attack targeted a mosque inside a security centre in ...

( 2023-06-01 18:20:02 )

Al Khalifah regime jails 250 children on political grounds

At least 250 children are behind bars on political grounds in Bahrain which is facing almost daily protests for years now, a report says. According to a report by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights released on Wednesday, the incarcerations violate Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Under the provision, no child should be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with their privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to ...

( 2023-06-01 11:20:23 )

Saudis Take To Social Media To Express Rage Over al-Nimr’s Death Sentence

According to Mohammed's tweet, a Saudi court upheld the ruling issued against al-Nimr and ended all proceedings that took place during the 13 sessions of his trial. The news took Twitter by storm and became a trending topic that reflected the sharp divisions between the supporters and the opponents of the verdict, which was also seen as having sectarian implications. Authorities in Saudi Arabia gave the verdict a sectarian dimension under the ...

( 2023-06-01 11:20:23 )

Calgary Family Invites Neighbors to Share Ramadan

A Calgary Muslim family has opened its doors since the beginning of Ramadan, inviting their neighbors to share festivities of the holy month and give back to the community. “We actually wanted people to come over and see how it is, like, what it is, what do Muslim people do during Ramadan and how do they break the fast, maybe share some of the spirit of Ramadan,” Polad Mirzayev, a Canadian Muslim in Calgary, told. In Ramadan, adult ...

( 2023-06-01 10:18:42 )

Police Investigate Anti-Islamic Cartoons

--Police in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the US, are investigating anti-Islamic cartoons found Tuesday in at least two locations in the city. The graphic, sexually explicit cartoons were posted on utility poles in the 10 block of Second Avenue Northeast and the 300 block of Fifth Avenue South, Sgt. Marty Sayre said. The posters included hand-drawn and digitally-altered photos that are derogatory toward Muslims. They included depictions of the ...

( 2023-06-01 10:18:42 )

100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan airstrikes

Afghan officials say at least 100 Taliban militants have been killed and 50 others injured when Afghan and US-led NATO forces mounted joint airstrikes against the militant group in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. Local officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Saturday that the aerial assaults targeted the terrorists in the Shorabak district of the province, located approximately 186 kilometers northeast of the ...

( 2023-06-01 05:03:06 )

US troops will worsen Syria crisis: Iran

President Barack Obama will announce plans on Monday to send up to 250 more military personnel to the war-torn country, US administration officials have said. “Any dispatch of military forces must be carried out in coordination with the Syrian government,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi-Ansari told reporters in Tehran during a weekly news briefing. A senior official said Iran would continue to support the ...

( 2023-05-31 08:23:56 )

Lebanese Hezbollah Leader: If Syria Falls, Palestine Will Do... Aggression on Yemen Serves Israel

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said day after another the wisdom from Imam Ruhollah Khomeini declaration of Al-Quds International Day becomes clearer and the circumstances in our region also confirms the need for such day.In a speech delivered at a ceremony commemorating Al-Quds day in Beirut, Sayyed Nasrallah pointed out that today and despite all the difficult circumstances we find millions who ...

( 2023-05-31 02:10:40 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: The shrine of the Lady of Dignity

The shrine of the Lady of Dignity (Hazrat Masoumeh) has been considered as a shrine and base of the fourteen infallible Imams (AS) since the burial of the Imam until the moment of the Day of Judgment and will be a blessing for the Shiites and the hearts of the people like the sun.

( 2023-05-30 19:08:50 )

Condemning Carolina attack by Saudi Arabia, isn't a joke?

Do you want to see the joke? You understand that if you just think of Middle East situation wisely; if you ask yourself who are funding terrorism; if you read about Wahhabism, a doctrine which is based on an irrational perception of Islam. If understand that, you would understand what the joke is when Saudi Arabia condemns the killing in North Carolina of three American Muslim college students as a "heinous terrorist" act, and calls for an end ...

( 2023-05-30 18:56:56 )

Boko Haram has nothing to do with Islam

Fashola made this observation on Tuesday at the public presentation of a book written by Dr. Yinka Olomojobi entitled, ‘Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Africa’.The former governor said that a religion whose foundation was peace, such as Islam, could not be associated with acts of murder, rape, savagery, pillaging and terror.His words, “It is sheer propaganda to fool the general public and to deceive gullible people in the ...

( 2023-05-30 03:29:53 )

IS militants wanted to repeat Kobani scenario in Tel Abyad

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Kurdish fighters have encircled the ISIS militants who have re-entered the town of Tal Abyad known as Gire Spi in Kurdish, which the Kurds freed from the jihadists 15th June.According to Kurdish news website Hawar News, IS entered the town from the eastern front, taking cover in a school. Clashes between Kurdish and IS fighters have been reported in the west and east of the city.The latest attack comes after IS militants ...

( 2023-05-30 02:25:30 )