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 )

Iran Holds Quran Interpretation Sessions in Sweden

Iran Cultural Center in Sweden has organized weekly sessions on interpretation of the Holy Quran in Stockholm, the capital.The sessions are held on Fridays from 6 p.m. local time at the Iranian School in the city.The verses of Surah Baqarah are interpreted at the sessions by eminent Quran experts.The Iranian center also holds Mathnawi-reading and book-reading sessions respectively on Saturdays at 4 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. local time.Islam is ...

( 2022-07-15 16:08:03 )

Publishing the specialized Android application of professor Ansarian’s information center.

The above mentioned application which is for the information center of professor Ansarian’s office has been published in cafebazaar website today. Watching lectures by Professor Ansarian alive is one of The most important features of this ...

( 2022-07-15 09:51:47 )

King Abdullah Invites Ahmadinejad for Muslim Summit in Mecca

State news agency SPA said the summit would be held later on this month in mid-August, and would group several Muslim Leaders.The Saudi monarch "sent a written letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inviting him to attend the extraordinary Islamic solidarity meeting which will be held in Mecca", SPA reported.Saudi Arabia last month called for the summit in a bid at "unifying the ranks" of Muslims.Saudi Arabia hosts the headquarters of the ...

( 2022-07-15 01:31:22 )

Winners of Morocco Quran Contest Honored

Ahlul Bayt News Agency, According to MAP, the ceremony was held with the presence of government officials and religious leaders of Tanja, head of council of scholars of the province and representative of Morocco’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs. Besides winners of the Quranic competition who were awarded at the ceremony, scholars and jurists of the city were also honored for the influential role they have played in promoting the Quranic culture ...

( 2022-07-14 23:27:29 )

Fury in Muslim Countries from Anti-Islam Film, Calls for Protests on Friday

Arab and Islamic capitals witnessed Wednesday massive protests condemning the anti-Islam film which offended Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), and which was produced in the United States by American-Israeli real-estate developer.Calls for protests on Friday were also released in most of the Arab and Islamic countries to express rejection to the West's immoral acts that contradict human rights.In the Egyptian Capital, thousands of Egyptians took to the ...

( 2022-07-14 17:20:23 )

Removing the sorrow of a believer

من فَرَّجَ مِن مُؤمِنٍ، فَرَّجَ اللّه ُ عَن قَلبِهِ یَومَ القِیامَهِ

Imam Reza (AS): Whoever removes the sorrow of a believer, God will remove sorrow from their heart on the Day of Judgment.

( 2022-07-14 16:18:58 )

Grand Ayatollah Makarem stresses respect for Sunni sanctities during Arbaeen ceremonies

- Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, Iranian senior Shia jurisprudent, met with a group of administrators for Arbaeen ceremonies calling the event as an active program transcending honor of Islam. The cleric said, "Imam Hussein (AS) belongs to the whole world, therefore, naturally people from other Islamic denominations are among the participants and they should be properly behaved." Senior cleric stressed necessity of utmost ...

( 2022-07-10 00:00:27 )

Muslim, Christian clerics can help establish justice in world

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday evening that Muslim and Christian clerics can pave the way for establishment of justice throughout the globe. The Iranian President made the remark in a meeting with visiting President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia, Cardinal Jean-Luis Pierre Tauran. He underlined the need for closer cooperation between the Muslim and Christian Ulema in order to help ...

( 2022-07-09 21:44:21 )