Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), An exhibition of Qur’anic artworks, photos, books and software is underway on the sidelines of the 27th International Holy Qur’an Competitions in Tehran.
According to IRNA, the competition which opened Saturday brings together representatives from 60 Muslim countries.
It is being held in two categories, namely reciting and memorizing the Holy Qur’an. This year, more than 90 representatives from 60 ...
Shiite clerics and Imams of mosques in Bahrain announced that they will only perform the Eid (al-Fitr) prayers, marking the end of the holy Month of Ramadan, without holding any other celebrations.A unified statement was circulated by a number of Shiite clerics that read: "Due to the current situation, I will only perform the Eid prayers without any other celebration manifestations."One of the Shiite clerics sad that this move has come following ...
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Zaria pogrom of December 2015 is an incident that has permanently been recorded by history and the major actors and stakeholders already have their names written boldly in the black books of history.
There is no way the genocide perpetrated by the Buhari regime on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) members can ever be forgotten most especially as it has affected the IMN members as individuals directly or ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Iran’s Ayatollah Taskhiri heading a delegation will participate in the International Conference titled "Russia and Islamic World” to be held in Moscow in late June.
Several representatives from 15 countries will participate in the two-day event which will open on June 26.
The objective of the conference is to deepen cooperation between Russia and the countries of the Muslim world as well as Muslim ...
The organizing committee of the congress has invited calligraphers to submit papers on Quranic calligraphy to the secretariat of the congress. The deadline for submitting papers is January 13.The congress will be held with the aim of honoring the calligraphers of the holy Quran, exchanging experiences, and studying methods applied in their works. An exhibition on Quranic calligraphy works and manuscripts will be held on the sideline of the ...
Press TV has interviewed Syed Wasif, a professor of international law in Trinity University, Washington, regarding the West's policies towards the Saudi's human rights record. The following is a rough transcription of the interview. Q: We have been talking about Saudi Arabia's human rights record over the past years, especially in light of the descent that we are seeing with the uprisings, not just in the eastern provinces but also in sporadic ...
The Necessity of Self-Vigilance and Its Meaning
The most important subject in wayfaring to Allah is self-vigilance (Muraaqabe) for the purpose of attaining proximity to God. And it is the key to all kinds of felicity and the best way to attract virtues and blessings.
The meaning of self-vigilance is when a servant, due to his attention to God, attains such a station of faith that:1. He sees no volition of his own and ...
The Iraqi embassy in Tehran and its consulates in three other cities as of next week will start issuing visas for Iranians wishing to take part in Arbaeen pilgrimage to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala.Majid Aqababaei, secretary of Iran’s Arbaeen central committee, said Iraq’s consulates in the cities of Mashhad, Ahvaz and Kermanshah, along with the embassy in Tehran, will issue visas for Arbaeen.He added that the Arab country’s ...
As the people’s revolution unfolds in Bahrain, the Bahraini government has called on its despotic partners in the Middle East to crush the uprising. Yesterday, over 1000 Saudi and 500 Emirati (UAE) troops crossed into Bahrain to join Bahraini government forces in attacking the unarmed, peaceful protestors. Hundreds of innocent men, women, and children have been wounded or killed by government forces, and the massacre does not seem likely to ...
-- Iran Cultural Center in Armenia held a mourning ceremony on November 24 on the occasion of martyrdom anniversary of Imam Mohammad Bagher (AS).
Organized at Kabud mosque of Yerevan, the ceremony started after the evening prayer performed by Hojjat-ol-Islam Ibrahimi , and included Tavassol supplication and mourning songs on the occasion.
The life of the fifth Imam of Shias and his efforts to introduce Islam were elaborated by the preacher. ...
In the town of Belitsa, the local mayor has pioneered a joint celebration of Eid for all religious communities – but some Bulgarians fear that tough new laws against religious extremists are recreating divisions in society.
Despite the hot sun at midday on July 5, hundreds of people in the small southeast Bulgarian town Belitsa gathered at the central square to eat traditional sweets at a long table, greeting each other with friendly hugs ...
I take refuge in Allah from the stoned devil. Praise be to Allah the Lord of the world. Peace be on our Master and Prophet Abi Al Qassem Mohammad and on his chaste Household, chosen companions and on all prophets and messengers. Scholars, deputies, brothers and sisters! Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. I have the honor to inaugurate this conference of yours which I consider a qualitative founding step in its field, as ...
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the German capital Berlin to commemorate the International Quds Day and show solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian nation.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - BERLIN, Germany - Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the German capital Berlin to commemorate the International Quds Day and show solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian nation.The demonstrators marched in central Berlin on ...
According to the report of Iran’s news agency Shabestan, the Islamic community residing in Australia is planning to put efforts on reducing the differences between Islam and Christianity. For this purpose, there will be educational debates organized in an oldest mosque of Sydney. A member of the Islamic community said that, a program similar to this was also held during last year and it was greatly complemented by the non Muslims. He said ...
-- Ahmed Naseem, member of Maldives’ Fiqh Academy, has said that there are very good Dhivehi translations of Holy Quran by private scholars.
Speaking in a press conference by the Islamic Ministry, Naseem said that there is a good translation by Sheikh Aboobarkuru Ibrahim as well. He also said that he has obtained a copy and is now analyzing the translation.
State Minister, Mohamed Shameem Ali Saeed also said that Adhaalath Party had ...
According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – The city, which is home to the grand ayatollahs who wield huge influence among Iraq’s Shiite majority community, will be the first in the country to get a rapid transit system, with proposals for a Baghdad metro still very much on the drawing board. The monorail will ferry pilgrims between Najaf’s most revered shrines, the Mausoleum of Imam Ali in the city center and the Grand and ...
A Bahraini infant has martyred in a poison gas attack carried out by regime forces in a residential area.Bahraini activists said, Sajida Faisal Javad, six-day-old baby martyred of asphyxia from inhaling tear gas fired on protesters in a residential area near the capital Manama on Thursday. Saudi-backed Bahraini forces continue attacks on anti-regime demonstrators in towns and villages across the country. On Wednesday, 27-year-old Zahra Saleh, ...
In the latest attack on the Shia community in Rawalpindi, Shia lawyer Syed Fayaz Shah and his newphews, Syed Hamza Zafar and Syed Ghazi Ali Sherazi, were shot and martyred by terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba on Sadiqabad's Chakri Road.
The three were traveling in a car when they were attacked by gunmen, believed to be on foot. According to police, the terrorists escaped through alleyways near the crime scene.
The martyrs were shifted to the ...
On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, “Quran and Nahjul Balaqa in the Mirror of Art” has been held at Art Gallery of Istanbul Municipality by Iran Cultural Center in Turkey. The exhibition was opened with the presence of Heidari, consul of Iran Embassy in Turkey, Sedqizadeh, Iran cultural attaché to Turkey, Mohammad Sa’eed Naqqashian, Iranian calligrapher, a number of Turkish artists and Iranian staff in Istanbul. Over 50 ...
