The session was held in the presence of Parviz Eghbali, the work's illustrator, Ehsan Abbasloo, critic, and Saeid Razaghi, illustration expert, yesterday (February 25, 2012) at the House of the Literati.In his opening speech, Eghbali said that the book was debuted 8 years ago, two years after his began preparing the book. "I did what I could to create a work worthy of the Ashura event," Eghbali said. He went on to say that the book is not ...
Who is Hussain? - Lahore attracted 112 donors in the blood donation drive conducted on the 9th & 10th of Muharram 1437-2015 at the Abbot road and Hali road, respectively. Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Who is Hussain? - Lahore attracted 112 donors in the blood donation drive conducted on the 9th & 10th of Muharram 1437-2015 at the Abbot road and Hali road, respectively.The blood has been donated to The Fatimid Foundation. ...
Four commanders from the radical group of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) were killed in northwestern Iraq as a result of airstrikes by the coalition’s warplanes and ground operations by the Iraqi army, local sources reported on Saturday. Media activist J.Z. reported that the ISIS insurgent commanders Shaker Wahib, Kaddouri Hamid Farraj, Louay al-Kubaisi, and Abu Hajer at-Tounisi were killed by the coalition’s airstrikes and Iraqi ...
Thanking the CreatorIf one of your parents or relatives gives you a present, surely you will be happy and thank them for it. Any one who does good to us deserves our gratitude and should be thanked for his goodness and favour.We are given many favours from our parents who bring us up and who spend nights awake for our sake; from our teachers, who educate us and impart good manners, from our friends who give us their help. We thank these people ...
Kurdish forces of the Peshmerga found three mass graves of Yezidi victims in the northern countryside of Shingal area, north Iraq, following the withdrawal of the ISIS militants. A source from the Peshmerga command said that the recently found mass graves contained more than 70 corpses of Yezidi victims, including women and children, “who have been buried by ISiS militants after being summarily executed in northern Shingal”. ...
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned and commuted prison terms of 930 inmates sentenced by various Iranian courts. The Ayatollah also accepted change in punishment of several of those prisoners. The Leader made the decision on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the large feast when the Muslims celebrate end of fasting month of Ramadan. The decision was also in response to a request by Judiciary Chief ...
Mohammad Reza Forqani told a press conference that 41 countries will participate at the highest level: 35 heads of state, five first vice presidents or vice presidents, and a parliament speaker.
21 countries will send their foreign ministers, 5 countries their president’s special envoys, two countries at the level of minister other than foreign minister, he added.
Other countries will also be represented at the level of deputy minister, ...
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a set of guidelines on environmental policies, in a letter to the heads of the three branches of the Iranian government, in relation to implementation of article 110 of Iran’s constitution. In his letter, the Leader sets out the central planks of Iran’s environmental policies, which includes the formation of a national environmental ...
(Bayt Agency) - Hundreds of Shia Muslims in Myanmar observed Ashoura, one of the religion’s holiest days on Friday. Ashoura is the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, which commemorates the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in a 7th century battle. In Yangon, Myanmar, hundreds observed Ashuoura at religious places. Mourners offered prayers during the procession, ritually whipped their bodies with chains ...
Bahraini regime forces have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the detention of a leading Shia opposition leader.
The protesters in the eastern village of Ma'ameer gathered on Wednesday to show their dissatisfaction with a court decision to postpone the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman to next month and keep him in prison.
They chanted slogans in support of Salman before being faced with violent regime forces.
Salman, the ...
On 26 July 2012, hundreds of peaceful Saudi Shiite protesters marched in Qatif to demand the release of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who was arrested earlier this month, and other detainees. The demonstrators carried posters of Shiite detainees, including Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The security forces and anti-riot police tried to disperse the protestors. They attacked the demonstrators and opened fire on them using live rounds wounded at ...
Reports say there have been several Iranian nationals among the victims.
“At least seven buses with pilgrims were inside the petrol station at the time,” an unnamed police lieutenant colonel told AFP.
The Takfiri Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing, Press TV reported.
In recent weeks, Daesh has resorted to similar acts of violence in areas outside its control in a desperate attempt to undermine a large ...
Egypt’s Minister of endowments (Awqaf) rebuked the bombing of a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, Youm7 reported.Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa stressed that the terrorists everywhere adopt the same ideology based on the murder and devastation. They target the peaceful people in a clear violation to the religious teaching.He added, “We need to unify ourselves to combat terrorism and to eliminate the ...
As people across the world rally in support of Palestinians, thousands of anti-Israel protesters have taken to the streets in several Saudi Arabian cities and mark the International Quds Day. Protesters in the town of Awamiyah in the al-Qatif region in the eastern province of the Middle Eastern country have burned the Israeli flag on Friday, witnesses said. Protesters in the eastern city of Qatif have called on all citizens of the city to ...
In his Sunday speech, Nasrallah said the resistance front has gained many victories through the sacrifices made by its courageous fighters, adding that the movement will continue despite the martyrdom of its commanders in the battlefield against terrorists.
Touching on the tensions in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian lands and the new wave of Israeli violence there, the Hezbollah chief called on all sides to stand by the oppressed ...
- Latest figures released by the United Nations show that acts of terrorism and violence left 600 people dead in Afghanistan during the first quarter of the current year as the armed forces continue to battle Taliban militants.According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), a total of 600 Afghan civilians lost their lives between January 1 and March 31, 2016, while 1,343 others were injured.The number of deaths was ...
Mohammed al-Tajer is one of Bahrain’s best-known defense lawyers. He was the leading defense attorney defending 25 opposition activists who were tried between October 2010 and February 2011 on charges of plotting to overthrow the government using “terrorism” and other means.
Today, April 25, marks ten days since Mohammed al-Tajer was arrested at his house in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. On the night of April 15, according to his wife, ...
According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – Representatives from 15 countries will participate in the two-day event.
The objective of the conference is to deepen cooperation between Russia and the countries of the Muslim world as well as Muslim communities of Europe and America in the fields of science, culture and economics. Secretary General of the World Assembly of Proximity among Islamic Schools of Thought, Ayatollah ...
As if the adult media’s vitriol wasn’t enough, the seven-million strong American Muslim community, is now being faced by the alarming publication of a series of ‘children's books’, containing misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the Islamic faith. The 10-book series - entitled the "World of Islam," – is published by Mason Crest Publishing in collaboration with the Philadelphia-based pro-Israel and pro-war Foreign Policy Research ...
Iran urges Pakistan to hand over Jundollah leader
Interior Minister Najjar arrived in neighbouring Pakistan on Friday for talks on efforts to combat the group after the Sunday attack in Iran.
Iran urged Pakistan on Friday to hand over the leader of the Jundollah group after a suicide bombing which killed 42 people, state television quoted a senior official as saying.
Interior ...
