Activist Reveals Al-Khalifa's Intensified Pressures, Harsher Torture of Prisoners

Beating, hanging handcuffed, using electric shock, sexual harassment of prisoners, forcing inmates to stand up for hours with their hands cuffed and their eyes blindfolded, and forcing the detainees to sleep with their hands tied are among the common torture methods used in al-Khalifa prisons," Seyed Ali al-Moussavi, a member of Bahrain's Human Rights Center, told FNA. He said that the demands of the detainees' families from the interior ...

( 2023-04-23 07:48:42 )

Leader of Islamic Ummah to Hamas leader: Iran feels duty-bound to back Palestine in any way possible

In response to a recent letter by Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Leader of the Islamic Ummah Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei underscored the perennial stances of the Islamic Republic in full support of Palestine and its holy warriors. In response to a recent letter by Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), ...

( 2023-04-23 04:46:18 )

Winners of Sudan Int’l Quran Contest Awarded

Winners of the Khartoum International Holy Quran Award were awarded at the closing ceremony, IQNA’s ICRO branch reported. The jury panel announced Abdul Rahman Muhammad Kuma from Mali as the champion of the contest, while Muhammad Abdullah Adam Abu Is’haq and Abdullah Mustafa from Algeria jointly won the second rank. Abdul Hamid Ahmed from Saudi Arabia and Jamal Al-Kiti from Australia came third and fourth, ...

( 2023-04-23 01:39:01 )

Muslims protest in Ahmedabad against anti-Islam US film

The mob of more than two Thousand people gathered in Sardarbaug to protest against the film, reached the Juma Masjid, which is a few kilometres away from Sardarbaug and met Mufti Shabbir Alam Siddiqi who advised them against taking out the rally, pti reported quoting Joint Commissioner of Police Ajay Tomar as said.Meanwhile at the end of the protest, the mob turned violent and torched ten vehicles, including two police vehicles.Ten policemen ...

( 2023-04-23 01:39:00 )

Sheikh Ali Salman's Testimony at the Bahrain's High Court of Appeal

This is a translated Arabic transcript of the testimony delivered by the Secretary General of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, at the High Court of Appeal on January 14, 2016:In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.O Allah, send your blessings upon Muhammad and his divine pure posterity and companions and their kindly followers until the Day of Judgment(..I only intend reform as much as I ...

( 2023-04-22 21:33:46 )

Taliban kill local governor, 6 police in Afghanistan

Six police also died and nine intelligence officers were wounded in the attack on the Khwaja Omari district headquarters in the southeastern province of Ghazni, provincial governor spokesman Aref Noori ...

( 2023-04-21 06:09:56 )

I seek your protection against the strong temptations of the devils

وقُلْ رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ

Say, "Lord, I seek your protection against the strong temptations of the devils.

Surah AL-MUMENOON (THE BELIEVERS) – VERSE 97

( 2023-04-20 19:44:53 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: Love and affection come along with knowledge

Love and affection come along with knowledge and affection paves the way for obedience. If one's knowledge of the infallible Imams (peace be upon them) and his love for them is a genuine one, it will certainly bring about obedience. As a matter of fact, knowledge and affection are the exordium of obedience and submissiveness. If a son buys a gift for his mother on mother's day and says to his mother: " O my mother! May I be sacrificed for you, ...

( 2023-04-20 04:13:13 )

ISIS Terrorists in Syria Capture Three Iranians, Faylaq al-Sham Claimed

Faylaq al-Sham terrorist group allegedly reported capturing of three Iranian fighters in southern Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday. Ahlul Bayt News Agency -ABNA- Faylaq al-Sham terrorist group allegedly reported capturing of two Iranian fighters in southern Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday. The group which also known as Homs Legion has also published a photo showing two captured people who they claimed to be Iranians and said they were arrested in Khan Tuman, ...

( 2023-04-20 01:01:52 )

5 killed, 16 wounded in Baghdad mosque blast

At least five people have been killed and over a dozen others wounded in a bomb blast at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security officials say. The bombing was carried out on Wednesday in the Obeidi area of the city when an assailant blew up his explosives in the entrance of the mosque as worshippers were exiting after midday prayers. The ISIL Takfiri terror group, which captured parts of Iraq’s west and ...

( 2023-04-19 17:50:03 )

Terror cell linked to ISIL busted in western Iran

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has busted a terror cell linked to the Takfiri ISIL terrorists in western Iran. According to Press TV, the spokesman for the IRGC in Kermanshah Province said on Tuesday that members linked to the terror group were arrested in a joint operation with forces of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry. Colonel Mohammad Kalantari, who was speaking to the semi-official Mizan news agency, would not ...

( 2023-04-19 16:49:42 )

Gazan prisoner released after 13 years in Israeli jail

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Monday released a Palestinian prisoner from the Gaza Strip after 13 years in prison.40-year-old Ali al-Sarafitti, from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was transferred from the jail to Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, where he was warmly received by his relatives and friends.Sarafitti was taken prisoner in July 2002 during an Israeli military incursion into ...

( 2023-04-19 02:23:28 )

Saudi fighter jets target Yemen’s Sa’ada with cluster bombs

Saudi warplanes have bombarded several areas across Yemen’s Sa’ada Province with banned cluster bombs. Yemen's al-Massira television channel reported on Wednesday that the Saudi airborne assaults claimed the lives an unspecified number of Yemeni civilians. Riyadh has used cluster bombs on Yemenis multiple times during the past months. Back on Monday, Saudi warplanes dropped at least 10 cluster bombs on the Haydan ...

( 2023-04-18 12:08:50 )

Sweden Integrates Former Jihadists Giving Them Social Benefits

As of late, Scandinavia could easily be Europe's main jihadist recruitment center, as more and more Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish citizens are traveling to the Middle East to join the Islamic jihad as members of terrorist organizations. Oftentimes, these people come back to their home countries to "rest" or even worse, to recruit new jihadists. The situation is particularly bad in Sweden, where such ...

( 2023-04-17 11:24:02 )

Millions journey to honour the Seventh Imam – Imam al-Kadhim (AS)

Security forces blocked all major roads in Baghdad to protect the pilgrims, who have been making their way on foot this week to the shrine in the northern neighborhood of Kadhimiyah, where the 7th Shi’a Imam Moussa al-Kadhim is buried. On Tuesday, when the annual commemoration events culminate, some of the pilgrims in Kadhimiyah pounded their chests in grief while others flagellated themselves with chains or carried symbolic coffins of the ...

( 2023-04-16 19:15:58 )

Attempt to kill top Shia cleric 'Sheikh Zakzaky': Malama Mukhtar Sahabi cautions Nigerian government

Following series of foiled attempts to kill Sheikh Zakzaky recently, Malam Mukhtar Sahabi has cautioned Nigerian government on the implication of its plan. He made the statement at the closeof this year's Ashura Majalis in Kaduna on Sunday. Malam Mukhtar Sahabi said for peace to reign in Nigeria, the government led by Goodluck Jonathan should desist from their planned evil act, as "Sheikh Zakzaky the widely acclaimed as the most peaceful man in ...

( 2023-04-15 20:44:14 )

A nation interrupted - Bahrain's real tragedy lies in the negation of its national identity

Stuck in revolutionary limbo, Bahrain remains to this day the forgotten child of 2011 uprising, a veritable media black hole the press has learned to stay away from to the tune of Saudi Arabia's financial largess. Sitting at the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, the kingdom island represents too much of a geopolitical haven for the Wahhabi kingdom to ever consider letting go of - even if it means single-handedly propping and supporting its ...

( 2023-04-15 18:43:00 )

Hero 'hugged Daesh suicide bomber' saving dozens of lives

Najih Shaker Al-Baldawi reportedly sacrificed himself to stop a Daesh terrorist from entering a shrine in Balad, Iraq, after spotted he was wearing a suicide belt. He apparently hugged the jihadi fanatic as he approached the Sayyed Mohammad Shrine in a selfless bid to protect others. The evil terrorist then detonated his belt, killing them both in the deadly blast. Had it not been for Najih's heroics, the death toll could have rose ...

( 2023-04-15 12:38:02 )

US appeals court ruling allows lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims

A US federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit dealing with the New York police surveillance on Muslims on the pretext of fighting terrorism. According to reports, based on the Tuesday ruling in the Philadelphia court, Muslim groups can pursue a civil rights lawsuit which accuses the NYPD of conducting secret surveillance on Muslims without suspicion of criminal activity. The plaintiffs in the case, including Muslim religious ...

( 2023-04-15 09:32:52 )

Campaign to search houses of Uighur Muslims

China has launched a new campaign to search houses of Uighur Muslims in the north-western Xinjiang province, a move as a new sign of religious and cultural repression of the sizable minority."According to arrangements made by relevant departments at higher levels, our joint residential police bureaus will be inspecting all buildings in residential and family compounds," said a police notice posted in Hetian's Gujiangbage quarter cited by ...

( 2023-04-13 09:34:03 )