I became Shia when I saw Imam Ali (A.S.)

Egyptian media have described him as the most challenging and controversial Egyptian elders. Shahid Sheikh Hassan Shahata was the most famous orator in Egyptian Mosques which some of his lectures converted 90 percent of his audience to Shiism. I became Shia when I saw Imam Ali (A.S.) (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hassan Shahata (1946 - 2013), a Sunni cleric who later converted to Shia, the former imam of the largest mosque in Cairo and the ...

( 2014-03-12 22:56:12 )

Bangladesh blocks YouTube over anti Islam video

Bangladesh has blocked YouTube after the video-sharing website failed to take down an anti-Islam film that has sparked furious protests across the Muslim world, government officials said Tuesday.The country's telecommunications regulator blocked the website "to prevent violence and social disorder over the derogatory video", its acting chairman Giashuddin Ahmed told AFP."On Sunday we wrote to (site owner) Google to remove the video clip from ...

( 2012-09-19 08:17:23 )

French summer camp workers sacked over Ramadan fast

The men employed by the town council of Genevilliers just outside Paris were dismissed on July 20, the first day of Ramadan, under the pretext of endangering the children’s safety by not drinking or eating from dawn to dusk. On Tuesday, France's main Muslim organization, the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), slammed the Genevilliers council decision as "arbitrary and discriminatory". "Religious freedom is a fundamental right and you ...

( 2012-08-08 00:00:00 )