Top commander of Al-Qaeda found dead in Syria’s Daraa

Top commander of al-Qaeda branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, was found dead after gunmen raided his office in Syria’s southern city of Daraa on Thursday. Anas Abu Nabbut, aka Abu Abdullah, was killed by gunmen in the Balad district in central Daraa. Nusra Front confirmed in a statement the death of its commander in Daraa, without providing further details on the incident. “An anonymous group of gunmen shot Abu Abdullah dead and ...

( 2024-06-10 07:59:40 )

Arab museum holding community Ramadan dinner

Ahlul Bayt News Agency, DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - The Arab American National Museum is holding a community dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The Iftar, which breaks the holiday's sunrise-to-sunset fast, will be held Sept. 2 at the museum in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a screening of the 2008 film "Lemon Tree," about a Palestinian widow who tries to keep her family's lemon grove. After ...

( 2024-06-10 06:58:42 )

Seminar on Bahrain's "Jaw Prison Crime" Held at Human Rights Council in Geneva

A Bahraini civil delegation will participate in the meetings of the United Nations Human Rights Council to be held in Geneva on Monday, June 15, 2015.Bahrain Human Rights Observatory will also organize a similar seminar on the sidelines of opening session entitled "Jaw Prison Crime".The delegation will meet with diplomatic missions and hold press conferences. The UN Human Rights Council convenes its 29th regular session in Geneva ...

( 2024-06-10 05:53:56 )

US woman detained in Germany for allegedly assisting Al Qaeda

A US woman, accused of providing assistance to the members of Al Qaeda terrorist group with clothing, first-aid equipment and donations, has been arrested in the southwestern German town of Heilbronn. Police in the federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg and Stuttgart prosecutors said in a joint statement issued Friday that the arrest took place Feb 10, in compliance with an order issued by authorities in the US. US investigators accuse the woman, ...

( 2024-06-10 05:53:55 )

What friends and colleagues need to know about Ramadan

Here are a few tips for those who aren’t Muslim on what Ramadan is and how to treat their fasting friends The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is upon us once again. As Muslims enter Week 3 of our yearly “Hunger Games” here are a few tips for our non-Muslim friends, neighbors, colleagues, and interested onlookers. So what’s up with this Ra-ma-dan thingy? How long does it last? Ritual fasting is common among many religions, ...

( 2024-06-10 03:51:49 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: the result of whatever you do will affect you one way or the other

The universe is designed in a way that if you bother someone, you will certainly be bothered one day. Some people are always complaining about their troubles, they must think and find the answer in what they have done before.

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God does not change the condition of a nation unless it changes what is in its heart.

إنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِم

God does not change the condition of a nation unless it changes what is in its heart.

Al-Rad (The thunder)- verse 11

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Makkah governor washes Kaaba

On behalf of the Saudi King Abdullah, Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal led the ceremonial washing of the Holy Kaaba on Saturday using Zamzam mixed with rose water.The ceremony was attended by a large number of prominent figures, including Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and a number of diplomats from Muslim countries.The interior of the Kaaba is washed twice a year — in Muharram and ...

( 2024-06-10 01:49:31 )

19 killed, dozens injured as Taliban storms Shia mosque in Peshawar

Taliban suicide bombers attacked a Shia mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens more, with fighting still ongoing. The attack comes two weeks after a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in southern Pakistan killed 61 people, the deadliest sectarian incident to hit the country in nearly two years. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack at the Imamia ...

( 2024-06-09 23:45:57 )

Grand Ayatollah Sayed al-Sistani condemns Jordan pilot burning, urges elimination of ISIL

Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has condemned burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists, urging all regional countries to fight the terrorist group. ISIL's barbaric practices further highlight the urgent need for regional nations and the international community to unite and fight to eliminate the terrorists, said Ayatollah Sistani's statement which was read out by his representative, Sheikh Abdel-Mahdi ...

( 2024-06-09 23:45:56 )

Quranic Activities Best Tools to Achieve Unity

"Hajj season is a golden opportunity for the Islamic world to prepare the ground for unity and mutual understanding among Muslims and Quranic activities are truly the most effective tools to attain such important objectives," Mohammad-Hassan Saeedian said at a press conference on Tuesday in the venue of Iran's Hajj Mission in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Pointing to the fact that some extremists in the Muslim world try to portray Iran and ...

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Kuching Catholic centre, Putrajaya mosque hold Ramadan do

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Quran Translations of Past 30 Years to Be Collected

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), All the translations of the holy Quran rendered into Persian in the past thirty years will be collected, cultural deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance told Quran News Agency. Mohsen Parviz said they will then be evaluated by experts at the secretariat of the Book of the Year Award to select the best Persian translation of the Quran rendered after the victory of the Islamic Revolution. He said ...

( 2024-06-09 20:42:32 )

Bahrainis urge world support for revolution

Co-founder of Witness Bahrain organization Rhadika Sainath said the Bahrain revolution is peaceful and has been continuing for more than a year. The revolution has been faced with “brutal repression from the kingdom and Bahrainis feel really isolated and would like the world community to stand with them and to support their revolution,” she said. In an address at Columbia University in New York on Monday, the activist mentioned that a ...

( 2024-06-09 19:41:32 )

Seerah of Imam Reza (AS)” Forum

A forum on “Seerah of Imam Reza (AS) was held today, October 5, in Lucknow District of Uttar Pradesh State in India. The forum was held on the occasion of birth anniversary of Imam Reza (AS) by the seminary students and those educated at Tnzeemul Makatib School. Attended by a number of Indian scholars, intellectuals and clerics, the event began at 7 am. local time with the recitation of some verses of the Quran followed by eulogies in ...

( 2024-06-09 19:41:32 )

Imam Reza (AS) Festival Held in Thailand

Iran Cultural Center in Thailand held Imam Reza (AS) Art Cultural Festival from October 9 to 12 at Imam Ali (AS) Mosque of Iranian School. The four-day festival included a forum on the status of Divine leaders, an exhibition of artworks and different parts of Imam Reza’s (AS) holy shrine and a movie featuring Imam Reza’s (AS) life in Thai language. The forum was held at Imambarah of Bangkok with the presence of Iranian ambassador to ...

( 2024-06-09 18:41:27 )

Life of Bahraini Shiite Opposition Leader Endangered

A Shiite opposition leader jailed in Bahrain is gravely ill and prison authorities have not provided him with proper treatment, relatives said on Friday. Hassan Mesheima's son Mohammed told the Associated Press his father was treated for cancer before he was jailed in March for his role in protests for greater rights for the people in the Persian Gulf kingdom. He said his father told him the cancer has returned and that he needed more ...

( 2024-06-09 18:41:26 )

German mosque vandalized with swastikas and racist graffiti

A half-built mosque in the northwestern German town of Dormagen has been spray painted with swastikas and racist slogans. The act of vandalism comes as anti-Islamic demonstrations continue to grow across Germany. The perpetrators are reported to have entered the building site late Saturday/early Sunday morning. As well as the symbol associated to Nazis, the vandals also wrote slurs such as "off with you to the concentration camp!" The attack ...

( 2024-06-09 17:41:17 )

World Shia Leader calls on masses to trust in God

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Addressing a graduation ceremony for a group of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Islamic Republic Army cadets on the liberation anniversary of Khorramshahr, Imam Khamenei said the day marking liberation of the city is an unforgettable day in the Islamic Revolution and Iran’s history. Imam Khamenei, who is also Commander-In-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, quoted the late Imam Khomeini as ...

( 2024-06-09 17:41:16 )

Day and night protests rock Bahrain since arrest of Al Wefaq SG

Bilad Al-Qadeem, residential area in the Bahraini capital Manama, has become a battle ground between the peaceful protesters demanding the release of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and the heavily armed security forces. Bilad Al-Qadeem, is also the hometown of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary General of Al Wefaq opposition society. Since his arrest on Sunday (27 December 2014), this area has witnessed nonstop protests. With every round of ...

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