Presenting the true message of Islam, three billboards campaign are now up in San Diego, to correct misconception surrounding the faith and offer reliable answers to those seeking more information about Islam. Islamic Circle of North America’s (ICNA) national billboard campaign recently added San Diego, stating the city was an important part of the campaign inviting people to explore the Muslim faith, according to ICNA Vice President Imam ...
A religious cleric of Qom, while pointing towards Iranian Islamic culture, said that this is a valuable culture and it has much difference with western culture. Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, while meeting with the radio and TV workers of Isfahan, has pointed towards the role of media and said that role of Iranian radio and TV is very important in other media, therefore it should be utilized for religious preaching. He added that we must try to ...
Senior Iranian jurisprudent has called Pakistani government to take measures against anti-Shia measures demanding Shia and Sunni communities to expand unity.
Grand Ayatollah Hussein Noori Hamedani, prominent Shia jurisprudent, issued a statement urging Pakistani authorities and international bodies to put an end to recent incidents against Pakistani Shia community. Top scholar in his message expressed regret over the unsatisfactory news ...
Abolfazl Aali Art Gallery in Tehran is going to host an 'Occupy Wall Street' poster exhibition on the eve of the 4th anniversary of the protest movement in New York.
The exhibition consists of 36 posters designed by foreign artists who are mostly from the United States. The posters will be showcased in Tehran on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the protest movement dubbed ‘Occupy Wall Street’ which was against social and ...
An Iraqi police official says a man wearing a suicide belt attacked a tent serving refreshments to pilgrims in Baghdad observing an annual Shiite ritual, killing at least seven people including Iranian pilgrims.
The bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims and led to the killing of 3 and injuring of 5 Iranian pilgrims, ABNA24 reported.
The Islamic State group has already claimed a number of attacks on pilgrims and other Shiite ...
"Those who follow Marxism have brought up this issue that religion is the source of wars and disputes around the world, therefore people must be indifferent towards religion."
The grand jurist further said, "Marxists later claimed that Money and wealth is the main cause of human wars and later they even considered beautiful women as the reason of disputes among people, but failed to announce the latter publicly."
Questioning why some people do ...
East Java’s Shia community continues to be denied food and water and faces continual persecution following the East Java Indonesian Council of Ulema division’s announcement declaring the Shia a deviant and heretic sect. The Jakarta Globe newspaper and other local sources have claimed that two people were killed, dozens injured and hundreds have been forcefully displaced in the targeted attacks on the Shia residing in the Karang Gayam village ...
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour has said that the 13 Lebanese Shia pilgrims abducted in Syria have been located and that they would be freed soon.Mansour said on Wednesday that he was informed about the whereabouts of the abductees and that negotiations are being conducted with the captors."Our information is that, God willing, the Lebanese will be released very soon. We can't say who is conducting the negotiations, but the matter ...
A total of 14 tonnes of humanitarian aid cargo has been delivered to the checkpoints in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Lt. Gen. Sergei Chvarkov, chief of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation, said Saturday."The reconciliation center has delivered 14 tonnes of humanitarian aid to checkpoints, including foodstuff, medicines and goods of prime necessity," Chvarkov told journalists, adding that the aid packages have been delivered to over 500 ...
Forensic analysis of the scene where five protesters were killed in Bahrain’s Diraz revealed disturbing details about last year’s deadly raid.(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Forensic analysis of the scene where five protesters were killed in Bahrain’s Diraz revealed disturbing details about last year’s deadly raid.During a press conference in Beirut on Tuesday, Bahraini Shiite cleric and rights campaigner Sheikh Maytham ...
Dr Shomali said each person was like a 'drop of water'. "What can a drop of water do? Even if you have one millions drop of waters you cannot do that much. But if these drops of water become united then you can have a nice lake. Our prayer is that lake will grow and we will have that ocean of unity
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The gift of dialogue was explored at the Focolare summer gathering in Liverpool last week which brought together over ...
Earlier reports said exchange of gunfire in a corridor of the parlaiment has injured a security guard in the parliament.Reports suggest that a number of gunmen (possibly three) are involved in the attack.Witnesses say shooting is still being heard in the parliament. A bullet has been fired at the journalists’ zone.Some lawmakers say the injured security guard has died. Tasnim could not independently verify the authenticity of the ...
Myanmar's president blamed nationalist and religious extremists for the violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Rakhine State in October that killed at least 89 people, and the United Nations said he had promised to address the underlying problems.
Thein Sein's remarks, in a meeting with Buddhists and Muslims carried by state television late on Friday and in a letter to the United Nations, came three days before U.S. President Barack Obama is ...
A car bomb in Turkey that killed 13 soldiers and wounded 55 other soldiers and civilians was planted by the militant Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has ...
Like Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims too hold congregations and stage rallies to commemorate the birth anniversary of Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH), last apostle and prophet of God Almighty.
Founder of Islamic Revolution in Shia majority Iran had directed the Muslims to observe a unity week from 12th Rabi ul Awwal to 17th Rabi ul Awwal for joint celebrations on the anniversary of Hazrat Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him).
Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen and ...
For the third consecutive week, Bahraini worshipers at Imam Al-Sadiq mosque, where largest Shia Friday prayer is held, had to perform their prayers alone (without being led by the Imam) after the authorities prevented the Imam of the mosque and large number of worshiper from entering Diraz.
AhlulBayt News Agency - For the third consecutive week, Bahraini worshipers at Imam Al-Sadiq mosque, where largest Shia Friday prayer is held, had to ...
A Foreign Office-backed initiative to monitor human rights abuses in Bahrain has been accused of failing to investigate allegations that opponents of the country’s government are being tortured into making confessions.
In two cases it is alleged the confessions resulted in death sentences.
One key measure was the appointment of an ombudsman to investigate claims of human rights abuses. But campaign groups say the watchdog is failing to ...
The incident took place around 9 PM local time after a suicide bomber attempted to target Shiite Muslims gathered for special Ramadhan prayers in Al-Zahra mosque. Muslims had gathered at the mosque to observe Lailatul-Qadr (night of power), held during the holy month of Ramadhan. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the incident and said four people including a policeman and three civilians were killed and eight others ...
Hangama Safri, the organizer of this seminar while conversing with the reporter of Shabestan, said that a seminar on the subject of veil and chastity will be organized on 24th February, 2012 in the Azad Islamic University of Kermanshah. The purpose of organizing this seminar is to promote the culture of veil and chastity among the students, workers and teachers. He said that it is necessary to organize this kind of seminars so that the students ...
