American Imam: It's code red for American Muslims

The mosque in Roxbury was crowded past capacity, with about 1,200 college students, urban hipsters and East Africans lining the hallways and front stairs. They wanted to hear Imam Suhaib Webb, resident scholar of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center and widely considered one of the country's most influential Muslims, respond to Sam Harris and Bill Maher, who recently called Islam the "mother lode of bad ideas" and compared Muslims to ...

( 2023-05-03 07:11:32 )

Canadian Imam wants radical recruiters of Muslim youth identified and dealt with

Reaching out to talk with Muslim youth who are at risk of being radicalized isn't enough to stop it from happening, say parents, clerics and police. Those leading the charge against radicalization say more has to be done to find and deal with the recruiters who convince vulnerable young people to give up their personal belongings, follow the teachings of the Islamic State and even travel overseas to fight and die on its behalf. "There is ...

( 2023-05-03 06:10:40 )

Half million Iranians sign up for Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq

Over half a million Iranians have signed up for the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq, according to Said Owhadi, head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, ISNA news agency reported October 28.In 2015 Arbaeen gathered some 20 million people in the Iraqi city to be named the biggest human gathering in history. Looking beyond the religious content, it is going to turn into a major economic feature for Iraq and the neighboring Iran as ...

( 2023-05-03 05:09:29 )

ISIS militants flee to Turkey as Kurds takes Tel Abyad

Tel Abyad known as Gire Spi in Kurdish, which is the border town known as a vital supply route for the so-called Islamic State (IS), has been taken by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).Tel Abyad had been a major conduit for ISIS, with a flow of fresh fake jihadists crossing from Turkey, and black market oil being smuggled in the opposite direction.In the last few days, as the YPG advanced on the town and residents fled the ...

( 2023-05-03 03:08:15 )

Islamic school head teacher wins accolade

London Islamic School Head Teacher, Abdulhadi Mamon, was named Head Teacher of the Year by the Association of Muslim School (AMS). 400 delegates and senior educationalists and trainers watched Mamon receive his award on April 17 in Madani High School, Leicester. The awards were judged by a panel of senior educationalists including an Ofsted Inspector who followed four criteria; one, how the school meets the Government’s Every Child Matters ...

( 2023-05-03 00:01:02 )

Iran Supreme Leader’s four-hour meeting with hundreds of students

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a friendly and straightforward meeting on Saturday with more than one thousand young students, which took about four hours, listened to their concerns, demands, criticisms and proposals. He spoke with them about different issues including idealism, requirements for boosting the influence of student organizations, regional issues, Iranian nation’s ...

( 2023-05-03 00:01:00 )

Bahraini forces attack Imam Hussain mourners

Bahraini regime forces have attacked Shia mourners commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), the third Shia Imam. Security forces targeted the mourners in several villages across the country on Saturday. They destroyed and removed all banners, flags and black cloths commemorating the Ashura anniversary. In the village of Ma'ameer, security forces clashed with protesters, and fired teargas to disperse the ...

( 2023-05-02 21:57:13 )

Enemies resent Iran independence: Imam Khamenei

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on Thursday called on the Iranian armed forces to speed up their progress and boost their preparation to gain such power that enemies would not even think of attacking the country.In a meeting with Iranian Army commanders and officials in the northern city of Noshahr, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described as “valuable” Iran’s current military achievements in different fields, but at the ...

( 2023-05-02 19:55:18 )

Tehran Friday Prayer Leader hits out at Israel Judaization bid

A senior Iranian cleric has denounced Israel's acts of aggression against Palestinians, saying the Tele Aviv regime is pressing ahead with its project to Judaize al-Quds (Jerusalem).

"The Zionists don't let Muslims into al-Quds, but instead let in extremist Jews and build houses for them so that they would not need military forces anymore," Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati told worshippers at weekly Friday Prayers in Tehran.

( 2023-05-02 16:51:37 )

Palestinians want slain protesters’ bodies

Hundreds of Palestinians have staged a rally in the occupied West Bank, calling on the Tel Aviv regime to return the bodies of nearly two dozen protesters recently martyred by Zionist regime’s forces. According to Press TV, relatives of the martyred Palestinians took to the streets along with a number of local officials in al-Khalil on Thursday to denounce Zionist regime’s refusal to hand over the bodies. The protesters carried ...

( 2023-05-02 10:40:08 )

The Insight and intelligence of youth can disintegrate the enemy’s void ideology

A report by the Shabestan news agency, the head of the centre of the Shaikh Ashraq cultural centre of the province of Zanjan , Yadullah Khaibri, while speaking with the reporter of Shabestan, said that the enemy in order to achieve its pursed objectives keeps bringing invalid ideas under discussion. Even to wipe out the uprising philosophy of Imam Hussain A.S, it continuously works on innovative ideas. Therefore it is the need of the day, that ...

( 2023-05-02 08:37:09 )

Professor Ansarian: the extinguishing of hellfire is hereafter effect of saying prayers

We have probably committed many sins in the past which those sins will appear like a fire on the day of resurrection which nothing can extinguish them but those things that Allah has put extinguishing fire in their nature. There is a narration which is so great and promising for us. Allah has an angel whose duty is to inform people at the time saying prayers to get up and be ready to extinguish the fires you were the reason for. What can we put ...

( 2023-05-02 07:35:51 )

Iraqi Shiite clerics maintain humility, influence

The Shiite clerics of Najaf have always provided a spiritual reference to their followers, while at the same time playing an important role on various levels. Iraqi Shiite clerics maintain humility, influence(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The house of Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani lies a few hundred meters from the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib in Najaf in southern Iraq. It's located in a poor neighborhood in the Houeich area, which ...

( 2023-05-02 07:35:51 )

Photos/ the ceremony of the 21st and 23rd nights of Ramadan in the mosque of people from Hamadan by professor Ansarian.

the mourning ceremony of 21st and 23rd nights of Ramadan by professor Ansarian was held in Tehran in the mosque of people from ...

( 2023-05-02 00:15:37 )

Popular protests in Bahrain continue as crackdowns intensify

We have interviewed Medea Benjamin, Co-founder of Code Pink and political activist in Washington who has been in Bahrain witnessing and participating in the protests and recently expelled from there by authorities. She discusses the current crackdown and situation happening in Bahrain from an on-the-ground perspective. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview. Q: We have on the screen now the latest pictures of protests ...

( 2023-05-01 23:13:53 )

Tapping Muslim Ummah’s Capacity to Create New Islamic Civilization Urged

Chancellor of Al-Mustafa International University, Hojat-ol-Islam Dr. A'rafi, underlined the need for using the potentials of the Islamic Ummah to create a new Islamic civilization. Speaking Monday at a conference about the threat of Takfir and extremism, Hojat-ol-Islam Dr. A'rafi added that boosting Islamic unity is also an important step toward reviving the Islamic civilization. He said the great assets and potentials of the Muslim world ...

( 2023-05-01 20:00:33 )

American Muslims Honor Muhammad Ali As A Champion Of Their Faith

“We thank God for him,” Talib Shareef, president and imam of the Masjid Muhammad mosque in Washington, told a gathering of Muslim leaders who honored Ali in Washington on Saturday, a day after he died in a Phoenix hospital at age 74. “America should thank God for him. He was an American hero.” From the turmoil of civil rights and black Muslim movements of the 1960s to the darkest days after Sept. 11, 2001, Ali was a hero ...

( 2023-05-01 20:00:32 )

Syrian Army Captures a Number of Sites in the Al-Ghaab Plains

Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Syrian Arab Army’s Tiger Forces – in coordination with the 87th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division, the National Defense Forces (NDF), and Liwaa Assoud Al-Jabal (Lions of the Mountain Brigade) – are rolling this morning in the Al-Ghaab Plains of the Hama Governorate, as they have captured a number of towns and sites around this area.Following their capture of Al-Mansoura, Khirbat Al-Naqous, and ...

( 2023-05-01 17:57:07 )

Iraqi artist gets creative with old shoes to mock ISIS

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant glares at Baghdad residents with bulging eyes and bared teeth, but neither kidnapping nor death are imminent, because this terrorist is made from a shoe. A black, treaded sole with the toe broken off serves as his face and nose, while old shoelaces evoke both black headscarf and long hair. For teeth, zippers dangle into a mouth formed by the space between the heel and toe, and round metal ...

( 2023-05-01 17:57:06 )

Professor Ansarian: the apparatus of government from the commander of the faithful's perspective.

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( 2023-05-01 13:48:55 )