Eight killed in Taliban attacks on gov't offices in southern Afghanistan

At least eight persons were killed after Taliban gunmen attacked government offices in Gereshk district of southern Afghanistan's province of Helmand on Wednesday, an official said. "The gunbattle started roughly at 6:00 a.m. local time. Sporadic clashes are going on as security forces are repelling the attack at around midday. Those killed included seven attackers and one policeman," Abdul Jabar Qahraman, a senior provincial security official. ...

( 2022-08-12 11:10:27 )

ISIS deploys boys wearing explosive belts to Sharqat, Iraq

A local source in Salahuddin province announced that the ISIS has deployed a number of elements of the so-called “caliphate battalion” to some places of Shirqat north of the province. The source said that “The ISIS organization has deployed a number of elements of what is known as “caliphate battalion” in some areas of Sharqat in northern Salahuddin,” noting that, “The elements were young boys between ...

( 2022-08-12 06:04:46 )

Human rights activist: Bahrain's trial of civilians illegal

The monarch shares the notoriety with nearly 40 other names on a list drawn up by the France-based NGO. The individuals, states, and organizations on the list “sow terror among journalists,” according to RSF, the French acronym for Reporters Without Borders. RSF cited the example of Karim Fakhrawi — a Bahraini journalist, who died in custody. Yemen and Libya were also placed on the list as countries that terrorize journalists. The ...

( 2022-08-12 04:03:40 )

Eid Al-Ghadir to be Celebrated in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On the auspicious occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir, a ceremony will be held by Molla Sadra Educational and Research Foundation in cooperation with Iran Cultural Center in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hojjat-ol-Islam Ali Akbar Idi, director of the foundation will be the speaker of the event and following his speech, religious singings will be performed as other part of the program. The program has been planned to be held on November 23 for Bosnian ...

( 2022-08-12 01:01:27 )

Shia Muslims in New York launch protest against 'genocide' in Pakistan

On Friday, demonstrators carried pictures of their deceased loved ones - some of whom were doctors and clergymen - and placards bearing slogans reading, “Stop the violence. We are people of peace” and “Pakistani Shia have the right to live.”The Ten Thousand Souls March on Friday had been endorsed by over a hundred academics, scholars and Muslim organizations. Protesters said they must get the word out about the “genocide” in ...

( 2022-08-11 20:58:03 )

Aspects of Hazrat Fatemeh’s (SA) Character Clarified in Abidjan

Moral virtues and characteristics of Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra (SA) were clarified at a forum on May 6 in Abidjan, capital of the Republic of Ivory Coast.Al-Zahra (SA) Cultural Complex in Markuri region hosted the forum organized by Al-Ghadir Association of the region.It was attended by scholars, intellectuals, religious and political figures and the Lebanese residing in the country.Sheikh 'Ali Yassin, head of Tyre Religious Scholars Assembly, Sheikh ...

( 2022-08-11 18:55:10 )

Mashhad to Host 9th Quranic Arts and Sciences Festival

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), This is according to Mohammad Kazem Dabiri, head of Mashhad’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Office, who told that the 9th Festival of Quranic Arts and Sciences will be held in 16 categories in the holy city of Mashhad. “The festival is intended to promote the Quranic culture among the public; propagate and foster the Islamic teachings; reiterate spiritual values featuring; provide proper motivations for the ...

( 2022-08-11 08:34:32 )

Discrimination against Muslims in California reaches absursity

The women, six of whom were wearing hijabs, say they were ordered to leave Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach on 22 April, ostensibly because they were violating a policy limiting seating to 45 minutes – even though video they took as they were exiting shows that there were open tables throughout the restaurant. After the women protested, management at the restaurant, which boasts “organic coffees and fine teas”, allegedly called its ...

( 2022-08-11 07:33:52 )

Al-Nujaba fighters deployed to Iraqi-Syrian borderline

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Convoys of Al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance fighters are deployed in recent days near Iraq's "Alwaleed" and Syria's "Albu Kamal" border and are waiting for the zero hour to start operations. Also, some of the fighters rushed to the area for clearing remains of ISIS terrorists in "Al-Savabah" located in the South West Palmyra,

( 2022-08-11 05:27:47 )

Professor Ansarian: there is no problem (fault) in not knowing, what is counted a fault is not asking

Connecting and having relations with the scholars have become so easy by the advent of technology and informational devices, the scholars and religious people who you can refer to abound in each ...

( 2022-08-11 04:27:34 )

Hajj Pilgrims are given hallf a million brochures on health awarenesss

Zamzam Charity for Medical Voluntary Services in Makkah Province has distributed more than 500,000 brochures entitled 'Health of a Pilgrim', issued by the Charity.

The brochures include medical directives to pilgrims on health and preventive procedures that could assist pilgrims in performing Hajj rituals without being subjected to health problems.

( 2022-08-11 04:27:34 )

Professor Ansarian: Infaq of properties is a way to have a good hereafter

There are numerous destitute, poor, needy, the sick people, especially those with severe illnesses and diseases among us, if we help them, we can achieve a good hereafter, but when the money is our lord, it certainly curbs our proximity to Allah Almighty, if the chair we sit on at our job, if the science and knowledge we have, if the beauty we have, if our husband or our wife, or according the Holy Prophet, if the stone become our God, they ...

( 2022-08-11 02:20:24 )

Islamic Banking Growth Strategy to Be Reviewed

-- More than 1,200 delegates from 50 countries will take part in the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC), which opens today at the Gulf Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. Themed New Strategies for New Economic Realities, the event has attracted leading figures from the Islamic finance industry to debate the way forward following the credit crisis and the global economic downturn. "As cautious optimism returns to the global economy and ...

( 2022-08-10 18:56:20 )

Imam Khamenei appoints new deputy chief of Armed Forces

Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), In the decree, the Supreme Leader praised the good record of service of Ebrahim-Zadeh in various positions.

The Supreme Leader also thanked the former deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces for basij affairs Brigadier General Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr for his sincere services in the post.

( 2022-08-10 17:54:10 )

Miles of Smiles convoy arrives in Gaza

The Miles of Smiles 15 aid convoy arrived in Gaza Strip on Wednesday via the Rafah border terminal.

Crossing sources told the PIC reporter that 70 solidarity activists accompany the convoy from a number of Arab and foreign countries especially Britain, Jordan, Egypt, and Algeria.

The sources said that the convoy is carrying with it medical assistance and other relief material.

( 2022-08-10 16:49:12 )

Imam Reza's (AS) Birthday Anniversary to Be Celebrated in France

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A special ceremony is going to be held in Paris to mark the auspicious birthday anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), the 8th Imam of Shia Muslims. According to beytolzahra-paris, students and Muslim citizens of Paris will attend the ceremony to celebrate this happy event, which is due to be held at Beytolzahra building in Paris on October 18. The celebration will begin with recitation of verses from the Quran followed by ...

( 2022-08-10 15:49:02 )

Selection of Bismillah exhibit donated to German museum

Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; TEHRAN -- Iran has donated a selection of artworks, which had been put on display in previous editions of the Bismillah Festival, to the Horst Janssen Museum in Oldenburg, Germany. Iranian posters, calligraphy and logotypes on the theme of Bismillah selected from the six previous editions of the Bismillah Festival went on display at the University of Oldenburg September 14. Visitors enjoyed the forms of logotypes and ...

( 2022-08-10 14:48:40 )

Saudi Regime Carrying out Crimes Easily to Present Islam and Muslim People as Terrorists: Iran Cleric

He said the Saudi regime is funding Wahhabi crimes across the world, adding that these Wahhabis, who claim to be Muslims, are supporting the policies of the Zionists and the US and are carrying out crimes easily “to present Islam and Muslim people as terrorists.”Wahhabism, the radical ideology dominating Saudi Arabia, is freely preached by clerics in the Arab country.It fuels the ideological engine of terror organizations like the ...

( 2022-08-10 12:47:18 )

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was a child of America not ISIS

AhlulBayt News Agency - While Omar Mateen may have proclaimed allegiance to ISIS prior to unleashing mass murder in Orlando, he is the child of an American culture terminally ill with hatred of the other, and an addiction to guns and lethal violence in which it swims.Slaughtering 49 people in a nightclub over their sexuality is as barbaric as it gets. It reminds us that bigotry, whether against Muslims, blacks, Jews, gays, or any other minority, ...

( 2022-08-10 10:45:37 )

Urgent: Tension in Kaduna as Shiites protest; Tens killed and injured

Many more Shiite were killed in Kaduna town in the northern Nigeria. Police opened fire Tuesday on unarmed Shiite Muslim protesters in the northern city of Kaduna, leaving three dead Tuesday, the spokesman for Shiites in Nigeria said, as activists accused soldiers of having killed hundreds of Shiites in “a massacre” in a nearby town in recent days.Spokesman Ibrahim Musa of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria says 10 people ...

( 2022-08-10 06:41:30 )