Tunisia: Culture Ministry bans Iranian film on Prophet Muhammad

The Tunisian Ministry of Culture banned Iranian film ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’, which focuses on the Prophet Muhammad’s childhood and adolescence, due to its “controversial content” and “personification and depiction of prophets”, which officials deem problematic for Tunisian society, reported news network Ansamed on 14 September 2016. “The personification and depiction of prophets ...

( 2023-05-23 19:01:34 )

Government is responsible if Sheikh Zakzaky dies in custody

The Shiites again urged the government to immediately obey the court judgment ordering his release and wife for urgent medical attention, Guardian reported.According to a statement issued by its spokesman, Mallam Ibrahim Musa, “the doctor assigned to attend to our illegally detained leader, Sheikh Zakzaky, has clearly told the authorities detaining him that he could go blind if not given the proper medical attention he deserves without ...

( 2023-05-23 18:00:47 )

Good news for Muslim-American

( While more than nine in 10 Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who is black, a woman, Catholic, Hispanic, or Jewish, significantly smaller percentages would vote for one who is an atheist (54%) or Muslim (58%). Americans' willingness to vote for a Mormon (80%) or gay or lesbian (68%) candidate falls between these two extremes. The results are based on a June 7-10 Gallup poll, updating a question Gallup first asked in ...

( 2023-05-23 18:00:46 )

who is our close friend?

قالَ الامامُ الْحَسَنُ الْمُجتبي(ع): القَريبُ مَنْ قَرَّبَتْهُ الْمَوَدَّةُ

Imam Mujtaba (AS): The best friend close to human beings is the one who is compassionate and affectionate in all situations.

( 2023-05-23 17:54:56 )

Saudi Mufti's Anti-Shia Remarks Outrages Muslims around the World

"Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan" a Saudi mufti and a member of the Human Rights Commission in Saudi Arabia has said that "Shiite Islam is derived from Christianity and other religions" Internet users have strongly reacted to Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan's sectarian statements. The users, under a hashtag which says: "Abd Al-Aziz Fawzan excommunicates Shiite Islam" stressed on stopping such sectarian statements. Dr. Tawfiq Alsaif, supervisor in "Resalat AL-Islam" ...

( 2023-05-23 17:00:28 )

Bahrain regime force arrest senior Shia cleric

Bahraini regime forces have arrested yet another senior Shia cleric as the ruling Al Khalifah regime continues a heavy-handed crackdown on the Shia community in the country. Bahraini forces arrested Seyyed Majid al-Mashaal, the secretary of Muslim Scholars Council, after raiding his home on Saturday morning. On January 29, 2014, a Bahraini court decided to dissolve the council, which includes a number of prominent Bahraini Shia ...

( 2023-05-23 13:55:17 )

At least 30 killed as multiple blasts hit Sayeda Zeinab neighborhood, Damascus

At least 30 people have been killed after multiple explosions struck a suburban area of the Syrian capital, Damascus, where the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is laid to ...

( 2023-05-23 13:55:16 )

Iran's Supreme Leader: Hajj Manifestation of Muslim Unity

Ayatollah Khamenei said Iranian nation can render ineffective the enemies’ divisive plots against the Islamic Ummah by saharing its unifying experiences wth other nations during Hajj. Receiving a number of Hajj officials in Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei deemed this religious duty as a 'guarantee for the continuity of Islam,' adding that “no other religious ritual possesses the characteristics this great ...

( 2023-05-23 12:54:13 )

Imam Khamenei: Who created ISIS? Was it anyone but U.S.?

At this meeting His Eminence stressed that the arrogant powers adopt various methods to impose their desires on others, adding that: one of the methods is to fulfill the interests of the arrogant powers in the name of ‘international norms’ by accusing independent and anti-oppression nations of breaking the norms. Ayatollah Khamenei held: Recently the American authorities have been referring-- in their speeches about Iran—to ...

( 2023-05-23 10:50:39 )

Clash of Mideast Titans: Certain geopolitical shift in uncertain times

In between Russia’s military intervention in Syria and Iran’s challenging of Saudi Arabia’s hegemonic power in the Middle East, the region is witnessing unprecedented political frictions. Those growing pains will ultimately see manifest a new order – which one remains to be determined. If the Middle East has long been a festering ground for political unrest, ethnic friction and sectarian tension, arguably the direct ...

( 2023-05-23 09:49:23 )

19 killed, dozens injured as Taliban storms Shia mosque in Peshawar

Taliban suicide bombers attacked a Shia mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens more, with fighting still ongoing. The attack comes two weeks after a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in southern Pakistan killed 61 people, the deadliest sectarian incident to hit the country in nearly two years. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack at the Imamia ...

( 2023-05-23 04:37:33 )

Women from 30 Countries Take Part in Hashimiya Quran competition

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The 5th edition of Hashimiya international Quran competition for women kicked off yesterday, July 22, in the Jordanian capital of Amman, Al-Ray daily reports. Women from 30 countries are taking part in the contest organized by Jordan’s Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ministry. They compete in seven categories including memorization, tafseer (interpretation), and recitation, and those who rank first to fifth in ...

( 2023-05-22 18:06:23 )

4th Edition of “Amir Al-Mumenin (AS)” Festival Underway in India

The 4th edition of “Amir Al-Mumenin (AS)” annual cultural festival has been organized in Bangalore, India, by the Astan (custodianship) of Hazrat Abbas (AS) holy ...

( 2023-05-22 14:58:16 )

Gaza worse off than ever

Milina Shahin, who is with the Public Information Office at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, says unemployment has climbed to 45.6 percent while the number of Palestinians earning just $1.6 per day has tripled over the past year. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said that still very little gets through the blockade. “The Israeli occupation was not honest when they announced that they would let into Gaza ...

( 2023-05-22 13:57:26 )

Quran Competition in Karbala

It has been organized by the Center for Training Quran Reciters and Memorizers affiliated to the Quran Institute of the Astan (custodianship) of Hazrat Abbas (AS). Sheikh Javad Al-Nasrawi, director of the institute welcomed the participants in the competition and said the main objective of the event is to disseminate the Quranic culture in the society and raising a generation familiar the teachings of the Divine Book. The group from Maysan ...

( 2023-05-22 13:57:25 )

Photos of the Nights of Qadar's special program and the martyrdom of the commander of the faithful, Ali-ibn Abi Talib (AS) -Masjid Amir (AS)

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( 2023-05-22 00:38:05 )

“No Muslims allowed’: how nationalism is rising in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar

The post was erected in late March by Buddhist residents of the village in Myanmar’s lush Irrawaddy delta region who signed, or were strong-armed into signing, a document asserting that they wanted to live separately. A sign barring Muslims from staying overnight, doing commerce, or marrying in Thaungtan village, in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta Region.Facebook Twitter PinterestA sign barring Muslims from staying overnight, doing ...

( 2023-05-21 22:35:02 )

Afghanistan’s Only Female Police Chief Takes on the Taliban

The visitor was Firoza, a 53-year-old grandmother and a police commander in Sistani, a village in the remote Marjah district of Helmand. Like many Afghans, she goes only by her first name. It was five in the morning. A cluster of mud houses stood in silhouette against the moonlit sky, breaking the monotony of Helmand's desert topography. They were surrounded by farms that seemed to have produced little over the years. The icy, early-morning ...

( 2023-05-21 18:31:22 )

Shia Jurisprudent (Marja') is ready to travel to Gaza

Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Haamedani, one of the great scholars of Qom said: “I am ready to travel to Gaza to help Palestinians.” According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Iranian Scholar speaking today in Qom said: “It’s my honor to martyr in the way of Palestine.” He also encouraged the youth who expressed their readiness to send aids and added: “Iranian people will never leave the oppressed people and no power can ...

( 2023-05-21 16:29:11 )

Egypt's Free Front for Peaceful Change supports Bahraini revolution

Militants of Wahabi-Nasabi’s terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban riding two vehicles launched gun and rocket attacks on a group of Shia youths in an open ground in Hazara Town. DIG Operations Quetta Police Hamid Shakeel said the victims were in a neighbourhood park in the town in southwestern Pakistan when they were shot at. The attackers fled, he said. He confirmed that Eight people have lost their lives in the deadly ...

( 2023-05-21 15:27:26 )