As the people’s revolution unfolds in Bahrain, the Bahraini government has called on its despotic partners in the Middle East to crush the uprising. Yesterday, over 1000 Saudi and 500 Emirati (UAE) troops crossed into Bahrain to join Bahraini government forces in attacking the unarmed, peaceful protestors. Hundreds of innocent men, women, and children have been wounded or killed by government forces, and the massacre does not seem likely to ...
The Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, where millions of Muslims from around the world convene every year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, will be able to host around 10 million worshippers when the ongoing expansion project, the largest in the mosque's history, is completed.
There have been many projects to expand the capacity of the Grand Mosque, but the latest one will be the largest. It will increase the size of the mosque to 500,000 ...
The court was scheduled to hand down the ruling on Monday but now says it will deliver it on April 30. The decision comes after weeks of protest rallies against the controversial Formula One race in the kingdom.The activists arrested in last year's anti-regime protests are convicted of plotting to topple the Manama regime. Prominent human rights campaigner Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is one of them.The activist has been on hunger strike for more than ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency, KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd registered a 34.3% or RM79.9mil higher profit before zakat and tax of RM313mil for the financial year ended June 30, 2010, compared to a year ago.
In a statement, managing director Datuk Seri Zukri Samat said the stronger performance was achieved on the back of strong growth in quality financing, continued improvement in asset quality and an increase in lower cost deposits.
The ...
-- Iranians residing in Russia celebrated the birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Imam Jafar Sadeq (AS) on Thursday, March 4.
The celebration ceremony was held at Khatam-ol-Anbia Mosque in the Russian capital of Moscow. It was organized by the Iranian Cultural Center in the country.
The function began by recitation of Doa (supplication) Komeyl and then Hojat-ol-Islam Hadavi Moghaddam delivered a speech featuring the life and character of the ...
Eighteen pilgrims have been injured in a stampede near Islam’s holiest site, as the kingdom continues to review safety after a deadly crush during last year’s haj.
The incident happened on Friday night near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, as Muslims gathered in large numbers to mark the Night of Destiny, one of the high points of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
All the injured were treated at the scene and none required admission to ...
In response to the appeal to the President of the District Council of Bressoux Droixhe, the "Al-Itissam” mosque plans to open its doors to the homeless.
According to ajib website, Nasr-Eddine Mousawi, director of the mosque said it will host the needy and homeless from Saturday, January 19 through a period of extreme cold.
As the temperature drops every year, Muslim associations and mosques provide aid, food and comfort for people in ...
The recent surge of Islamophobia in the United States has become a growing concern for US Muslims as more human rights violations are being reported.
There is a growing concern over civil rights abuses of Muslims, including unlawful arrests, detention and violence -- especially against those in prison.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace recently held a forum in Washington DC addressing these concerns.
Professor John Esposito of ...
- A Kurdish Yazidi woman who survived the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/IS) captivity accidently saw her IS abuser in Germany.The Kurdish Yazidi woman who is now receiving psychological treatment in Germany happened to see the IS militant who had maltreated her for four months while she was in IS captivity, Al-Alam News Channel reported on Sunday.The IS militant who is said to be of Syrian origin is now living with his family in a refugee camp ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - ABNA - A U.S. pastor’s threat to burn copies of the Quran has damaged the image of the United States, the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said.“The deliberate destruction of any holy book is an abhorrent act,” said the ambassador, Miguel H. Diaz.Plans by a small Florida Pentecostal church to burn the Quran Sept. 11 represent “disrespectful acts” and in no way reflect “the sentiments of the American people or ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency, The Saudi Gazette reported the cost of each meal – which includes yoghurt, dates, dugga and Saudi coffee – amounts to at least SR2.5 per person ($0.66). The tradition differs from that of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, where only dates and Saudi coffee are allowed.
The Madinah tradition is for residents of the city to serve worshippers, and preparations begin from 3pm onwards every day, the newspaper said.
More than ...
Militant Wahhabi groups have been linked to sectarian killings of members of the Shia minority, including Shiite members of the Hazara ethnic community.Between January 2008 and April 2010, at least 76 individuals were killed and 62 injured in suspected sectarian attacks.Among those targeted and killed by militants have been at least 22 teachers and other education personnel.
The most prominent assassination was that of the provincial minister ...
The boxes, given to Muslim families during their holy month called Ramadan, have become an annual tradition — one that was started by a couple of friends eight years ago, including Passaic resident and school board member Salim Patel.
“We live here and are rooted here,” said Patel, a financial planner. “Our friends and family are here and we have come across people and individuals who are suffering from poverty and we ...
He said that the recent dissolution of Al Wefaq movement was the revenge by Al Kalifa since it was aware that the Shia movement represented the majority who had achieved 64 per cent of the votes in 2006 and 2010 proving the popularity of Al Wefaq.
Bahraini cleric said,” We are facing a genocide project in Bahrain and dissolution of Al Wefaq besides invading religious beliefs and religious elites is part of this project.”
Al Deihi ...
Early reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan say at least 180 people have died. At least 146 deaths have been reported in Pakistan and 34 deaths in Afghanistan.
7- India PM offers assistance to Afghanistan, Pakistan after earthquake
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan as a major earthquake struck the region with epicentre in Afghanistan.He said he has asked for urgent assessment of the ...
This May 28, hundreds are expected to make a stand against al-Saud regime to reclaim human dignity, and reclaim religious pluralism – one of the founding principles of ...
Mosque Societies: The head of the secretariat of mosques art and cultural societies of Zanjan has announced the holding of the meetings with the mosques youth on "analysis of Ashura Uprising" in the first decade of Muharram in Zanjan province.
Amrallah Hassani, head of the secretariat of mosques art and cultural societies of Zanjan informed of holding the special programs in 115 art and cultural societies of Zanjan province's Mosques at the ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; MUSLIM women have rallied in their hundreds to oppose moves to ban the burka in Australia, condemning the push as part of an orchestrated "war on Islam" in the West.
Women swathed in veils and wielding placards declaring "my burka - conviction not coercion" and "leave my mum alone - we love nikab" gathered yesterday in a park in Punchbowl, southwestern Sydney.
The first public protest against calls to ban the veil, the ...
Her public grade school in Columbia, Missouri, did not have an official policy on religious accommodations. Sometimes her teacher let her leave, and other times she made her stay in class. The little girl’s afternoon prayers depended on the whim of an adult who didn’t fully understand her religion. Eman, now a 22-year-old sociology major at the University of Michigan, is an observant Muslim. She worships on Friday. She doesn’t eat ...
A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab, The Times newspaper reported Saturday.
Sumaiya Karim a biology, chemistry, history and maths student, was speaking as the Youth Parliament held its annual session in the lower house's chamber, where Britain's MPs gather.
Karim, from Wokingham, west of London, said: "Wearing the ...
