Overview of Propaganda about Shiite’s Danger in Gaza

On February 23, 2016, the Al-Monitor news website published an interview with Sheikh Mahmoud Jouda, a Palestinian cleric who was born in 1960 in Rafah Refugee Camp. Educated in Sharia and Islamic Studies in Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca, Sheikh Jouda is the founder of Jamaat al-Muslimeen group in 1985.The group is known among the Palestinians as Takfir wal-Hijra. The group promotes for separation of religion from politics. Sheikh Mahmoud Jouda ...

( 2022-07-19 22:42:48 )

Projects to protect holy Makkah residents from mud slides

The Mayor of Makkah, Dr. Osama Bin Fadhel Al-Bar has signed contracts worth more than SR 41 million for the implementation of new projects to protect residential neighborhoods from the prospective risks of mountain's mud-slides in Makkah.

Dr. Al-Bar said that the Principality has been keen on implementation of the projects including the construction of concrete walls, staircases and passages in mountainous areas in Makkah.

( 2022-07-19 11:24:48 )

Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani: Youth, golden opportunity to reach perfection

Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani received a group of students from Avicenna university of Hamadan in his office in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday, January 24. During the meeting, he addressed the students saying, “Our nation is blessed with living in the light of Quranic principles and teachings of the Ahlulbayt (as); we make our lives worthwhile by adhering to these invaluable sources.” The senior cleric added, “Prophet Muhammad ...

( 2022-07-19 03:13:10 )

Qom Seminary Teachers Association strongly condemned silence on Bahrain

The Jame-e Modarresin-e Qom (the Qom Seminary Teachers Association) has strongly condemned the silence of senior Muslim clerics on the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bahrain. In a Wednesday statement, the Iranian clerics urged influential Muslim scholars to help prevent the massacre of innocent people in Bahrain and to end their silence on the “bloody” events in the Persian Gulf island nation. The statement read that ...

( 2022-07-19 01:12:43 )

Amnesty Condemns Bahrain Authorities for Arrest and Torture of 50 Shia Activists in Prison

Amnesty International (AI) has condemned the imprisonment of Shia activists in Bahrain, describing the move as “appalling”. Amnesty Condemns Bahrain Authorities for Arrest and Torture of 50 Shia Activists in Prison (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Allegations that the Bahraini authorities used electric shocks and other torture methods to extract confessions from members of a group of 50 Shi’a activists are just one factor ...

( 2022-07-18 19:04:30 )

Burning Quran Would Be An "Outrageous And Grave Gesture"

The Vatican body responsible for dialogue with other religions expressed "great concern" about the plan by Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it would be a "disrespectful, disgraceful act." She was speaking Tuesday night at a State Department dinner in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Her statement came a day after the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David ...

( 2022-07-18 19:04:30 )

Experts Call To Set Up Islamic Finance Regulatory Framework

That is the view of BBK investment banking arm Capinnova Investment Bank chief executive officer Jamal Hijres. \"An important effort towards achieving international consistency was the creation of two multilateral institutions, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions and the Islamic Financial Services Board. \"The growth of such institutions will definitely improve and propel the industry at a faster pace. ...

( 2022-07-18 10:47:30 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: Requesting the lord of the universe to accept our deeds based on our abilities and capacity

If the Almighty God compares his servants with the divine prophets (A.S) and the infallible Imams (A.S) who are the great men of the path of worship, the ordinary servants of Almighty God will certainly fail and are condemned. Therefore, the Almighty God assesses the deeds of every servant based on his abilities. The weak servant who says his prayers sometimes attentively and sometimes wearily or the servant who has become so weak by fasting in ...

( 2022-07-18 09:43:45 )

Quran Competition Marked by Selecting Best Contestants

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iraq’s Ministry of Education announced the names of selected contestants who participated in the country’s Quran reciting and memorizing contest for school students. “The participants from the holy city of Karbala won 11 titles out of the total 16: Karar Baghir, Mohammed Abdollah, Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Kadim, Javad Kadim, Mohammed Sabri, Qasim Shahid, Zahid Habib, Majid Amin, Badri Abbass, Ali Javad” said Amar ...

( 2022-07-18 09:43:45 )

Imam Khamenei's Arabic account suspended by Twitter

The act is done, while people and networks linked to Takfiri and terrorist groups are working freely and without any restrictions in this network. Twitter has not provided any response on the reasons behind the act so far and now the following account is replacing the suspended account: https://twitter.com/ar_khamenei. It is noteworthy that the Arabic account has been subject to cyber-attacks by malwares several times ...

( 2022-07-18 08:41:16 )

Nahj-ol-Balaqa Weeks to Be Held in 4 Countries

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Speaking at a press conference on August 10, Mehdi Mostafavi said the Nahj-ol-Balaqa weeks will be organized on the auspicious occasion of the Ghadir Feast (late November). He said the weeks will include seminars and exhibitions aimed at spreading the Alavi teachings and the messages of Nahj-ol-Balaqa. Elaborating on ICRO’s other activities and programs, he said it plans to hold the Imam Reza (AS) festival ...

( 2022-07-18 02:36:33 )

Airports in Yemen close, flights suspended amid intensified Saudi strikes

- Airports have been closed and flights suspended across Yemen amid intensified Saudi Arabian military strikes against the impoverished ...

( 2022-07-17 23:29:13 )

Thousands attend anti-U.S. rally in Pakistan

Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; On Thursday, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was convicted after a jury trial in a U.S. federal court, of assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province. The verdict sparked protest across Pakistan with condemnation by the government and almost all opposition parties, rights groups, students, lawyers and members of civil society. Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a powerful group of ...

( 2022-07-17 18:11:06 )

Police Officer Killed in Roadside Bombing in Afghanistan

At least one policeman was killed and eight other people were injured in a roadside bomb explosion Sunday in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar. A vehicle transporting provincial court staff toward their office in the provincial capital of Pul-i-Alam hit the bomb, a local official said, adding that an investigation has been launched into the incident. The wounded included Haqiq-ur-Rahmand Haqmal, the head of the provincial court ...

( 2022-07-17 13:02:31 )

Air Strikes Egypt's Right to Self-defense - Foreign Minister

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday said airstrikes carried out by the Egyptian military on Libya were part of his country's right to self-defense. "Following the video that was released, a striking and accurate reaction was needed," Shoukry said, in reference to footage released by takfiri group ISIS showing the grisly execution of 21 Coptic Christian hostages. "They [the airstrikes] are part of Egypt's right to self-defense in ...

( 2022-07-17 01:36:18 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: Those who love Imam Hussein (as)

Those who love Imam Hussein (as) will reach the spiritual perfections and position by attending the mourning gatherings for Imam Hussein (as) and weeping over the tragedies that befell upon him. This is the easiest and fastest way to God's proximity.

( 2022-07-16 06:48:27 )

Kuwait is not Saudi Arabia; We Will NOT Dispatch Our Troops to Bahrain to Kill Innocent People

Kuwait will not dispatch its troops to Bahrain to help quell the anti-government protests in the country but it is making efforts to mediate in the disputes, an Arabic newspaper has reported. "I will leave today (Wednesday) to Bahrain to hand over a letter from His Highness the Emir to his brother King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa," the daily al-Jarida quoted Kuwaiti Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah as saying on Thursday. The ...

( 2022-07-16 05:44:16 )

Bomb kills 4 at shrine in eastern Pakistan

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Punjab province has killed six people, including two women, and injured several others. The explosive was planted on a motorcycle parked at the gate of the mausoleum of the 12th century saint Hazrat Baba Farid, located in the eastern city of Pak Pattan, on Monday, soon after the early morning prayers, Amjad Javed Salimi, the district police chief, said. Fifteen people, ...

( 2022-07-16 00:30:17 )

Saudi Fighter Jets Bombed Sana'a with Chemical Weapons

According to reports, the Saudi warplanes used prohibited bombs and missiles in their Monday's airstrikes on Sana'a and claimed the lives of scores of civilians. Elsewhere in Yemen, at least 17 civilians were killed and dozens of others sustained serious injuries after the monarchy's airstrikes hit Yemen's Ta'izz. Additionally, the kingdom's air raids pounded the city of al-Hazm in Jawf province and killed 18 people. The Saudi airstrikes ...

( 2022-07-15 22:17:10 )

Assad to Announce Important Decisions in 48 Hours

Calm returned to Syria on Monday as Syrian Vice President Farouq Shara said that President Bashar Assad would announce important decisions that will "please the Syrian people" in the next two days. Assad received on Monday support in the face of the plots against the country from Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz who called him to express the kingdom's support to Syria in the face of conspiracy which targets its security and stability. ...

( 2022-07-15 19:10:39 )