Muslim refugees starting new lives in Calgary, Canada, got a taste of the community spirit that marks the holy month of Ramadan when they attended an interfaith iftar — an evening meal to break fast — hosted by the Rockyview Alliance Church this ...
Pumping their clenched fists, the crowd in a Dearborn park chanted Sunday in support of the grandson of Islam's prophet, Imam Hussain (PBUT): "Labayka ya Hussain," they declared in Arabic, which means "We're with you, oh Hussain."The scene inside Ford Woods Park was part of a procession and gathering for Shia Muslims during a holy season known as Ashura, which refers to the 10th day of the first month of the Islamic calendar Muharram. During the ...
There is growing concern over Hassan al-Moallem’s wellbeing nearly one month after he was arbitrarily detained by Bahraini security forces in the Manama suburb of Juffair.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Activists are reporting that another Bahraini youth is being subjected to incommunicado detention.There is growing concern over Hassan al-Moallem’s wellbeing nearly one month after he was arbitrarily detained by Bahraini security forces ...
A three-day program is scheduled to be organized in Quetta, Pakistan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (AS). Shia Muslims all over the Islamic country are getting ready to celebrate the auspicious occasion on the 13th of Rajab month. The ceremonies in Quetta will start on April 20. They will be attended by poets and eulogists from Pakistan and other countries. The Central Razaviya Mosque, Punjabis Husseiniya and Golestan Hall ...
AhlulBayt News Agency - Hours after the famed qawwal Amjad Sabri was killed in a gun attack, prominent Shia noha Khawan (reciter of elegies) Farhan Ali Waris escaped an assassination attempt in Karachi.He was on his car and surrounded by some armed takfiri terrorists of so-called banned Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat (ASWJ) near the Teen Hatti area of the metropolis.The terrorists were about to open the fire on him, but his security guard opened the ...
- Iranian cultural caravan of ‘Under the Shade of the Sun’, announced Imam Reza holy shrine's flag was presented to the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.Sheikh Zakzaky’s close friends claimed they were allowed to take the sacred flag inside the prison which has been very pleasing for the family of Sheikh Zakzaky and his Mujahid wife.His family appreciated the action of Astan Quds Razavi and asked ...
The Lahore High Court directed the religious affairs ministry on Monday to allow Shia women to perform Hajj without Mahram [a close male family member] this year.Justice Ayesha A. Malik granted the interim relief to Shia women after the ministry’s counsel sought more time to disclose the name of the official who had decided to follow a 2013 recommendation of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to allow women pilgrims to perform Hajj only ...
- The Iranian Cultural Center in Armenia plans to hold a number of Quranic programs during the holy month of Ramadan at the Blue Mosque of Yerevan.Majid Meshki, Iranian cultural attaché in Armenia, said that like previous years, the center will organize Quranic courses for children and teenagers.The Grand Mosque will also host an educational Quranic course for women every evening during the holy month.Among other programs of the center ...
Britain is stepping up restrictions against the country’s Muslim population as part of a campaign to stop young citizens from joining terrorist groups. The UK’s Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has said schools are entitled to ban Muslim girls from wearing face veils. She noted that it’s important for children to be able to see their teacher's mouth. Morgan made the comment while launching an anti-radicalization ...
I was born in an ordinary , non-religious Swedish home, but with a very loving relationship to each other. I had lived my life 25 years without really thinking about the existence of God or anything spiritual what-so-ever; I was the role model of the materialistic man.
Or was I? I recall a short story I wrote in 7th grade, something about my future life, where I portray myself as a successful games programmer (I hadn't yet even touched a ...
- Hundreds of British teenage girls are still keen on joining ISIS despite the death of a London schoolgirl in Syria, according to counter-radicalisation experts, raising fresh doubts about the effectiveness of the government’s strategy to combat ...
- In a meeting with Maulana Hatem Zeky al Din, a senior cleric of Indian Ismailis, held in Asra International Institute in Qom on Sunday October 30, Ayatollah Javadi Amoli stated that the core of unity among Muslim community is the holy book of Quran as well as the Ahl ul-Bayt (a.s) adding, " Both the holy Quran and Ahl ul-Bayt (a.s) brought the message of monotheism to mankind and invited them to worship Allah; If the Muslim community ...
A bomb at a Shia mosque in northern Afghanistan martyred 14 people Wednesday, the second attack on the country's Shiaa in as many days during the major festival of Ashura. "The explosion happened at the gate of the Shia mosque in the center of Balkh district (in Balkh province)," said provincial governor's spokesman Munir Ahmad Farhad, adding that 14 people were killed and 28 injured. His account was confirmed by the provincial ...
The Chairman of Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Service (ICODEHS) in Ghana Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim has appealed to those deviant Muslims who are killing and misbehaving in the name of Islam to put a stop to it. He said the Islamic religion preaches peace and makes it clear that no one should take his or her life and the life of others, and hence those terrorizing communities and countries in the name of religion are not ...
Kurdish forces (Peshmergas) after their sporadic attacks on Shia city of "Tuz Khormato" eventually entered the town with dozens of armored vehicles on last Thursday (21 November) and occupied parts of it.These forces after entering the town, killed four Iraqi forces (al-Hashad al-Shaabi) at a security checkpoint, set fire to the houses and shops of Shiite Turkmens, looted their property and assets and insulted and took down Imam Hussein's ...
On Saturday, more than 100 community leaders from around the city, including church dignitaries and politicians, came to a pre-Ramadan luncheon at the RCMP Heritage Centre to learn what this sacred month is all about. "People are nervous about asking questions," explained Sabreena Haque, a Muslim woman and member of the Regina chapter of the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan, which organized the event. "It's good to just come forward and ...
Winner of the inaugural Mustafa Prize “Top Scientific Achievement” Award, Prof. Jackie Y. Ying, Executive Director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, says the scientific contributions made by Muslim scientists could be more widely recognized by the world through the Mustafa Prize.
On 23 December 2015, the laureates of the first Mustafa Scientific Prize were announced as Professor Jackie Y. Ying from Singapore and ...
Officials and witnesses said residents in at least four places in southern Kashmir tried to march on the streets while chanting slogans in favor of militants and ending Indian rule. Police and paramilitary soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. The protesters responded by hurling rocks at troops. No one was immediately reported injured in the clashes. While Kashmir has remained on edge, the Indian and Pakistani armies, which regularly ...
