Turkey denounces Shiite Endowment explosion

Turkish foreign ministry denounced today the explosion committed against the Shiite Endowment Department before yesterday. In a press statement, copy received by Aswat al-Iraq, the ministry expressed its solidarity with Iraq in combating terrorism. Security sources reported before yesterday that a suicidal explosion took place yesterday against the Shiite Endowment Department in mid Baghdad that led to killing 16 and wounding ...

( 2023-05-08 23:26:24 )

Security Tightens in Pakistan ahead of Ashura

Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said that the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has deployed around 33,000 troops of army and civil armed forces including Rangers and Frontier Corps across 54 districts of the country to assist the provincial governments in maintaining law and order during Muharram. In a statement, the minister issued directives to law enforcers to remain on high alert during the next few days. He said ...

( 2023-05-08 21:23:44 )

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan turns to Islam

Famous American actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly turned to Islam after she was photographed carrying a copy of the Qur'an on her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, according to media reports. The Hollywood actress was completing the first day of her court-ordered community service at a Brooklyn children’s centre, when she was pictured carrying a hard copy of the Muslim holy book. The actress who is of ...

( 2023-05-08 16:06:29 )

New Jersey Muslim Coalition Condemns Terrorist Attacks around the World

A coalition of almost 100 Muslim organizations in New Jersey are condemned recent terrorist attacks around the world. In a statement, it slammed the recent hostage situation at a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 1, that killed 20 people, including two police officers and one American; a suicide truck bombing that killed more than 200 people in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 3; and a suicide bombing outside of the mosque where Prophet ...

( 2023-05-08 13:02:07 )

Thousands hold Hunger Strike in major cities of Pakistan against Shia-Genocide / Photos

The activists of Majlis-e-Wahadat-ul-Muslameen (biggest Shia political-religious party in Pakistan) staged a countrywide Hunger Strikes in the major cities of Pakistan in solidarity with the Days long Hunger Strike of MWM Pakistan Secretary General Allama Raja Nasir Abbas at Islamabad against recent spate of Shia-Genocide in Pakistan and against the plot to divide Pakistan on sectarian grounds.The Hunger Strikes of Majlis-e-Wahadat-ul-Muslameen ...

( 2023-05-08 10:55:14 )

Second International Conference of "Imamat" to be held in Germany

In the holy month of Rajab and between the happy and auspicious occasion the birth of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) and of Idd al-Ma'bath (the appointment of Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.w) to the divine prophetic mission) the second international conference of “Imamat” to be held in Germany. This conference, attended by Muslim scholars and lovers of Ahlul Bayt (a.s) from all over the Europe on Sunday June 10, 2012 (19 Rajab 1433) from 12:00 ...

( 2023-05-08 09:55:10 )

Malaysia prints braille Koran for Muslims

Malaysia's Muslim Association of Visually Impaired People is printing braille version of the Koran, with each copy taking four hours to print. As the fourth week of the holy month of Ramadan approaches, copies of the Koran printed in braille mean that blind Muslims in Malaysia don't have to lose out on reading their holy book. Printed by the Malaysia Muslim Association of Visually Impaired People (PERTIM), the braille books are printed off at ...

( 2023-05-08 04:41:08 )

Italian police arrest 10 people for planning to join ISIS

talian security forces say they have detained 10 people accused of planning to go to crisis-hit Syria to fight for terrorist groups. The suspects were arrested in the Italian cities of Milan, Bergamo and Grosseto and in an unnamed Albanian city, Milan police officials said on Wednesday. According to Italian officials, a few dozen residents of the country are fighting within the ranks of the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group in Iraq and Syria. Last ...

( 2023-05-08 01:35:09 )

Professor Hussein Ansarian: After death, the doctor

The lord of says: when the Pharaoh said: "I believe in you", I said to him: have you now believed that I am the lord? This belief you have now is like after death, the doctor and is of no advantage. I recommend you the youth, do not let it be so late, after the dying, the intellect, the nature and the faith is of no benefit, because they all have been expired.

( 2023-05-08 01:34:48 )

Muslim doctor 'shot and stabbed' outside mosque in Texas

A Muslim optometrist on his way to pray at a Houston, Texas, mosque was ambushed by three people and shot twice outside a nearby apartment complex, reports said. Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesman for the nearby Madrasah Islamiah mosque, said Dr Arslan Tajammul was on his way to 5:30am morning prayers when he was approached by three people on foot. Tajammul had parked along the street and was walking towards the mosque, Imaduddin told. One of the ...

( 2023-05-08 00:35:05 )

To end misconceptions about Islam, Muslim outfit to educate women in Bengal

“We would be holding a nationwide programme of peace and communal harmony from August 21 to September 4. In Bengal, we will join hands with other organisations to reach out to the rural areas and spread awareness among women about the true spirit of Islam. This will ensure that the first instruction they give to their children about Islam is about peace, thus resisting the religious misconceptions that are used to brainwash young ...

( 2023-05-07 22:34:12 )

"Charges against Ali Salman mean political action incriminated in Bahrain"

Khalil Al Marzooq, a prominent leader of Al Wefaq, said that the charges raised against Al Wefaq's secretary general mean that "demanding reform has become incriminated" and that demanding rights "is a punishable action in the eyes of the authority", indicating that this matter will steer the country towards a critical situation.In a statement, Al Marzooq expected that the regime would feel surprised when it notices that it will cause to free ...

( 2023-05-07 14:14:47 )

Detained for alleged Quran defiling

Two Coptic Christian boys have been put in juvenile detention after locals accused them for insulting the pages of the Islamic holy book, an Islamic cleric and prosecutors said Wednesday, in the latest in a series of legal cases in Egypt against alleged contempt of religion.The new case is a rare instance of minors being accused. The boys, ages 9 and 10, were detained Tuesday in a southern town, to be held for 15 days while prosecutors ...

( 2023-05-07 12:13:49 )

Muslims condemn defamatory anti-Isalam movie in Rome

Thousands of Italian Muslims gathered in Republic Square leading to the US embassy here on Friday and condemned insulting movie to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).The Italian Muslims gathered in the 'Republic Square' and expressed their hatred to the makers of anti-Islam movie named 'Innocence of Muslims' and hostile policies of the US against Muslims.Italian anti-riot police surrounded the protestors and prevented them from marching toward the US ...

( 2023-05-07 06:55:06 )

Protest against anti-Islam movie in Austria

Protest to the anti-Islam movie insulting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) continues in Austria.Vienna Imam Ali Islamic Center had called for introducing and immediate punishment of elements of this ugly crime as well as financial and political supporters of it.Prophet Mohammad Household Assembly in Austria in a statement published here, by referring to Muslims outcry in the world against the anti-Islam movie wrote; history is full of models of such ...

( 2023-05-07 05:54:23 )

Burmese Muslims’ unabated genocide

While the rest of the Islamic world engages in rituals of the Holy month of Ramazan, fasting, praying and giving alms, the Muslim community of Rohingya in Burma is being incessantly targeted and slaughtered mercilessly with nary a voice raised in condemnation. Thousands of Burmese Muslims have been massacred, while a large number have been forced to flee for their lives and dwell in squalid conditions. Who are the Rohingya and why are they being ...

( 2023-05-07 02:52:52 )

Almost 170 Killed in Clashes Between ISIL, Rival Extremist Group in Libya

169 people have been killed during a fighting between the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group and rival radical militants in the northern Libyan city of Sirte in two days, local media reported Saturday. The ISIL seized Sirte, the hometown of the former long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, earlier this year. The rival Salafist group was backed by Sirte’s armed civilians, who refused to pledge allegiance to the ...

( 2023-05-07 02:52:51 )

Bulgaria Muslims face discrimination

Anti-Muslim discrimination continues to grow in Bulgaria, with no legislative reforms or judicial actions taken in the past year to secure Muslim rights.Bulgarian Muslims are concerned by the rising trend of discrimination against Muslim communities, with very few legislative actions proposed to stem the problem.Moreover, analysts point out that some Muslim victims have been taken to court and sued for hooliganism.Experts say Bulgarian Muslims ...

( 2023-05-06 16:36:53 )

UN supports first Shia Imam Shrine to join UNESCO World Heritage list

Martin Kobler, UN special envoy to Iraq met with grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, senior Iraqi Shia leader and said the UN supports the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS), first Shia Imam and cousin of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to be registered in UNESCO World Heritage list. Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy to Iraq referred to his different feelings in his visits to the holy city of Najaf and hailed the reconstruction projects around the Shia holy ...

( 2023-05-06 13:31:04 )

Supreme Leader’s Firm Stand against Superpowers Restored Muslim Solidarity

--The Comoros archipelago ambassador believes that the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution took a firm and clear stand against the enemies and superpowers. According to Ahmad N. al-Marzouqi, Supreme Leader’s objection to the interference of the foreign countries in Iran’s internal affairs arises from his clear and active stand in the international arena as he seeks Iran’s independence, might and glory. “The Islamic Republic of ...

( 2023-05-06 12:29:05 )