Iran religious leader says Muslims must thwart menaces of terrorism

He made the remarks in Arabic at International Conference on 'Extremism and Takfiri groups in the view of Muslim Ulemas' in the holy city of Qom. It is expected that through cooperation of Shia and Sunni religious leaders to witness alleviating of sufferings of Muslims who have fallen victims of extremism and save them away from threats of Takfiri groups, said Ayatollah Makarem. The conference aims to urge Muslims in the Muslim World to ...

( 2024-04-30 09:03:25 )

You’re a Pro-democracy Activist, Make Sure it’s in the Right Country

Shooting at unarmed protestors isn’t what U.S. government money is supposed to support, and so this week the U.S. announced it was freezing $350 million in aid to Malawi because of its violent crackdown on peaceful dissent.Senior American official Sheila Herrling said they were “deeply disturbed” about how protests had been suppressed by the Malawian police. The UK government also suspended aid. Too right, and good for the British and ...

( 2024-04-30 08:00:43 )

ICRO greets Ramadan in foreign countries

Over 140 different programs are scheduled to be performed in weekly events in collaboration with Iran’s cultural offices in foreign countries, ICRO cultural department director Mahmud Vaezi told the Persian service of Fars. Inviting Quran reciters, holding exhibits on Quranic software, Quran competitions, training of Quran instructors, as well as publishing and translating books on the Holy Quran are some of the programs, Vaezi added. The ...

( 2024-04-30 08:00:42 )

ISIS executes 3 people on charges of smuggling families northern Salahuddin, Iraq

According to a local source in Salahuddin province, ISIS has executed three people in the district of Sharqat in northern Salahuddin on charges of smuggling the families out of the district. The source said that “On Sunday, elements of ISIS executed three persons in a popular market east of Sharqat (120 km north of Salah al-Din).” The source, who asked anonymity, added: “ISIS justified its crime against these people that they ...

( 2024-04-30 06:59:30 )

A modern hospital in Karbala will sets up by Iran

Iran is setting up a modern hospital in central Iraq at the cost of about 30 million dollars to provide medical services to Iraqi people, an Iranian official says. Hassan Pelark, the Iranian head of the Headquarters for Renovation of Iraq's Holy Shrines, said that the construction of the hospital has been finished in the holy city of Karbala and efforts are underway to install equipments of the medical center by March 20. Pelark noted that ...

( 2024-04-30 05:56:08 )

EU Studies Imposing Sanctions on Syrian President

A European diplomat told AFP that “One point is left outstanding, the listing of President Al Assad with around 15 Syrian officials facing an assets freeze and travel ban”. Another European diplomat stated that EU envoys will meet in Brussels Friday to “secure a final agreement on measures against Damascus and to set a date for them to come into effect”. The sanctions listed by the EU to be imposed on Al Assad include “an embargo on ...

( 2024-04-30 05:56:07 )

Bangladesh: Death toll from landslides rises to 54

The death toll from Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar landslides rose to 54 as the rescue workers recovered two more bodies from Ukhia upazila Tuesday evening. The bodies were recovered from under the chunk of mud at Dhamakhali in Ukhia at about 7:30pm, reports a correspondent from Cox’s Bazar. Earlier, at least 52 bodies were recovered from Cox's Bazar and Bandarban districts after a series of landslides triggered by heavy rainfall occurred early ...

( 2024-04-30 04:55:52 )

Spain's government plans to ban the use of the Islamic burqa in public places under a proposed new law on religious freedom, the justice minister said Tuesday.

"We believe that there are things like the burqa which are hard to reconcile with human dignity and which especially pose problems of identification in public places," Francisco Caamano told reporters. The burqa is a body-covering Islamic garment worn by women. The new law "will have to include measures on these symbols which impede identification in public places" for reasons of "security", Caamano said. The Socialist government announced in ...

( 2024-04-30 04:55:51 )

What IS doing, is not jihad but barbarism; Daesh struggling to gain foothold in Pakistan

As investigators probe connections between the Orlando killer and the so-called Islamic State group, analysts say the militants are struggling to gain a foothold in one country repeatedly linked to their high-profile attacks: Pakistan.White House hopeful Donald Trump mentioned Pakistan in a speech this week in New Hampshire as he doubled down on anti-immigration threats in the wake of the bloody rampage in Orlando.Trump cited an attack in ...

( 2024-04-30 03:55:02 )

International Quran Contest a glorious experience in the Islamic world: Chinese contestant

hlul Bayt News Agency - A Chinese contestant at Iran’s international Quran Competition expressed his satisfaction at the high-level competition. According to the news staff at the 32nd International Quran Contest, Abdolvali Mansoud said that the competition has brought qualified Quran reciters, memorizers and jurors together from across the world; something that he called ‘a big deal’. Mansoud, first timer at the competition, ...

( 2024-04-30 03:55:02 )

Faith-Based Council Produces Muslim Celebrity

Faith-Based Council Produces Muslim Celebrity Dalia Mogahed, a Muslim, is one of 25 people President Obama tapped to advise him on faith issues. She may have met the president exactly once, but to Muslims, she's a celebrity — thanks to the headscarf, or hijab, she wears every day. Dalia Mogahed, one of 25 people tapped by President Obama to serve on an advisory council on faith-based ...

( 2024-04-30 02:54:54 )

Travel ban of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab must be overturned - NGOs in letter to Bahrain King

To King of Bahrain, Minister of Interior, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Mission of Bahrain to the UN in GenevaYour Majesty, We, the undersigned NGOs, call on the Bahraini authorities to lift the arbitrary travel ban on human rights defender Nabeel Rajab in order that he be able to travel abroad with his family for the purpose of securing medical assistance for his wife, Sumaya Rajab.Nabeel Rajab is President of the Bahrain Centre for ...

( 2024-04-30 01:54:41 )

International Quran Contest enhances Muslims relations: Ayatollah Ghorori

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - A faculty member of the Qom seminary has called the International Quran Competition an effective step in improving Muslims relations and a strong response to doubt seeders Wahabis and Takfiris. Referring to the 32nd Iran’s International Quran Contest, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Ghorori said, “Quran is above and beyond a tool bringing unity among Islamic countries.” Ayatollah Ghorori put emphasis on the ...

( 2024-04-30 00:53:30 )

All Iranian Hajjis in Mecca

-- With barely a week to go before the peak of annual Hajj pilgrimage, all 64,307 Iranian Hajjis arrived in the holy city of Mecca, gearing up to perform Hajj rituals. The last Jeddah-bound flight carrying the last group of Iranian Hajj pilgrims landed on Saturday and at the same time the rest of 2,026 pilgrims, who were staying in Medina to pray in the Prophet Mosque and paying homage to the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and his household buried in ...

( 2024-04-29 13:19:39 )

Israeli soldiers kill another young Palestinian man in Hebron

Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Saturday morning, a young Palestinian man at the entrance of Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Medical sources said the slain man has been identified as Hatem Abdul-Hafith Shalloudi, 25, from Hebron. After killing the young man, the soldiers placed his body in a black plastic bag and took it to an unknown destination. The army said ...

( 2024-04-29 10:10:00 )

Hijab Software Released In Iran

--A software collection on Hijab or Islamic veil came out in Iran."Lebas-e-Farda" (garment of tomorrow), is a cultural and educational product jointly developed by Hadith Mehr Institute, Tabriz University and Cultural Department of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in four CDs. Each CD contains a software program on Hijab that are titled "Electronic Library", "Photo Gallery", Audio Clips" and "Digital Nudity". The Electronic ...

( 2024-04-29 08:09:28 )

The 2nd Bank of Islamic Sciences Software Launched in Australia

According to Alireza Ahmadlu, director of the Foreign Exhibition Office of Noor Center, promotion of cultural issues has been high on the agenda of the deputy. “Launching software banks in various countries means to set up a comprehensive global library of Islamic sciences and humanities with the most advantages and the least costs,” he said. He added that Victoria Association in Melbourne and Imam Hussein (AS) Islamic Center in Sidney ...

( 2024-04-29 07:08:31 )

6 Million Pilgrims Celebrate 15th Sha'ban in Holy Karbala

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), HOLY CITY OF KERBALA, Iraq: Despite terrorism that claimed more than 140 pilgrims, 6 millions of devotees observed Ziyarah Ash-Sha’baniyah at the holy shrine of Al-Imam Al-Hussein (AS) in the holy city of Karbala on 15th Sha’ban (night between Sha’ban 14 and 15), July 27.

( 2024-04-29 07:08:30 )

Photos: Members of Abul Fadl Foundation stage free Zakzaky protest in Gombe

Mu'assatu Abul Fadl Abbas of Gombe State chapter staged a protest march calling for the unconditional release of his Eminence Shaikh Zakzaky, his wife and hundreds of Islamic Movement's members on 14th July, 2016. thumb list ...

( 2024-04-29 06:07:14 )

Senior Shiite Police Official Shot Martyred in Karachi

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - KARACHI: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zulfiqar Zaidi was gunned down along with his friend in Shah Faisal colony area after takfiri terrorists of the so-called Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) opened fire in Karachi city of Pakistan on Saturday evening.Witnesses and police officials said that the incident occurred when DSP was having dinner at a restaurant along with his friend Shahzad when at least two armed men ...

( 2024-04-29 06:07:14 )