Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Police in Iraq say explosives and mortar attacks have claimed the lives of nine Shia pilgrims, inflicting injuries over 50 others across the country's capital. The attacks took place in at least six locations around the capital as devout Shiites converged on a mosque in the Kazimiyah neighbourhood to commemorate the July 7 anniversary of the death of the seventh imam.
Hundreds of thousands of Shiites from ...
Urging people to avoid holding sumptuous ceremonies, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said, "Why in some ceremonies hosts offer more than ten different food dishes whereas they must give out any food other than the main meal to the needy, homeless or prisoners?
Speaking in 'Cheshmeh Marefat' (Source of knowledge) program for Iranian TV, the source of emulation continued:
If one wishes to follow Imam Ali's (PBUH) footsteps he or she ...
The Union of Islamic World Students announced two bank accounts to receive donations all over the world to make its relief operation in Somalia.
As the drought-ravaged North African country is sinking deeper into an all-out humanitarian crisis, the Union of Islamic World Students is due to send humanitarian aids to Somalia.
To support the aid relief projects for people of Somalia, conducted by the Muslim students unity network, ...
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday claimed that the government would take action against those responsible for targeted killings and sectarian violence in Pakistan's Balochistan province, particularly attacks on the Shia Hazara community. Artificially expressing regret at the killings and sectarian violence, Zardari said the "heavy hand of the government would fall on all those elements behind the attacks on members of the ...
Special Security Forces chief Muhammad Al-Omani said the Anti-Terrorism officers and their operations during the pilgrimage would be overseen by Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs, and that they are at the ready position to perform their tasks.
“The Special Forces are in full readiness to implement the Hajj security plan certified by Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and ...
An Egyptian court sentenced a man to three years in jail with hard labour on Saturday for insulting Islam in postings on Facebook, the official MENA news agency reported.The Cairo court found that Ayman Yusef Mansur "intentionally insulted the dignity of the Islamic religion and attacked it with insults and ridicule on Facebook," the agency reported.The court said his insults were "aimed at the Noble Koran, the true Islamic religion, the ...
The International Scientific workshop on chastity and morality with the aim of retrieving and refreshing the Hijab, spirituality, ethics and moral education of people with the presence of educated women of various countries was held in the capital of Athens.
At the beginning of this conference Mr. Honardoost, Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ambassador in Athens pointed at today’s social transgression despite all the materialistic progress of ...
The two Shia men Mohammad Ali alias Gul Mohammad and Hassan Ali were abducted by the personnel of law enforcement agencies wearing plain clothes from their homes on mid night of 28th of May 2011 from Incholi society.
The family of these missing Shia men were lodged the FIR against the personnel of Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh against the illegal abduction and looting of the valuables from their homes during the raid.
The ...
All halal food products sold in Dubai will soon have to carry a smart logo that will help consumers verify the authenticity of their halal accreditation using a mobile application.Dubai Municipality on Monday signed an agreement with SICPA, a Swiss company that will provide the smart logo to companies producing halal food products and a mobile app for consumers to verify the halal certification of these products.Hussain Nasser Lootah, ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Abdoli was accompanied by her father at the contest.
Nasrin Ja’fari from the Islamic Republic of Iran had ranked 4th at the same contest, according to the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization website, Last year.
Ms. Abdoli’s award was a plaque of honor plus a 2.000 Jordanian dinar cash prize.
Contestants from Kuwait and Jordan respectively ranked 2nd and 3rd at Memorizing 20 Chapters of the Glorious Qur’an ...
The collection of 70 portraits will go on display during an exhibition at the Iran Art Gallery in Paris in September 2010, Taheri said.Tehari, who is also the director advisor of the Visual Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said that Iran’s cultural attaché office in France invited him to display his work.The collection contains portraits of martyrs and commanders from the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) as well as political and ...
The wearing of face-covering Islamic garments by female students is not favored in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, but there will be no ban on such veils, Dagestani leader Magomedsalam Magomedov has said. The statement came after two unknown gunmen killed a Dagestani school principal on July 9, which police said was likely to be revenge for Sadikullah Akhmedov's anti-extremist statements and a ban on face-covering veils introduced ...
"The violence of the authorities has created a deep, wide and dangerous wound between the government and people," he said. "The government wants to break our will so we give up our calls for substantial and meaningful reforms, but they will never break our will. They can use tanks and planes to smash our bodies but will never break our souls and our will for reforms."
No troops or police could be seen as thousands of worshippers stood outside ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The supreme international council for mosques in the Muslim World League (MWL) has strongly condemned on Wednesday the Israeli excavations under the Aqsa Mosque, and accused Israeli occupation authority (IOA) of planning to build a synagogue on parts of it.
The MWL, in this regard, called on the UNSC and international organizations to provide the needed protection to the Mosque against the Israeli practices in ...
The protests in the eastern city of Qatif took place despite the government’s strict ban on anti-regime rallies in the country.
Saudis have on various occasions voiced their anger with Riyadh’s intervention meant to crush the popular uprising in the small Persian Gulf kingdom.
The protesters also slammed the high unemployment in the country and expressed frustration with the decades-long rule of the Al Saud dynasty which has a record of ...
Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Meshaal will meet in Egypt next month, a Hamas official says. Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah had agreed to hold a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo, Izzat al-Rishiq said in Gaza City on Saturday. "Hamas is concerned to make this meeting a success," he was quoted as saying by Ma'an news agency, adding that a final date for the meeting has not yet ...
The trial of the doctors took place this morning and was postponed until September 7th when defense witnesses are supposed to be called in. The trial took place in a military court or a "national safety court" as per the government.
List of medical staff undergoing military trial (Via BYSHR)
Leaders of the Bahrain Teachers Society, Mr. Mahdi Abu Dheeb (Chairman, detained since last April), and Ms. Jalila Al Salman (Deputy Chair , released last ...
-- A Quran teachers training course kicked off today in the holy city of Qom, IQNA’s correspondent in Qom reports.
According to Hojat-ol-Islam Seyyed Javad Azimi, over 100 individuals took part in the entrance exam which was held in July and 28 attained the minimum required score to attend the Quran training course.
He said the course is taught by eminent Quran scholars with years of experience in teaching the holy Quran. They include ...
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza warned that the shortage in medicine and medical supplies was still plaguing hospitals and primary care clinics in the coastal enclave.Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, the director of the general administration for pharmaceuticals, said on Sunday in a report detailing the conditions in the ministry’s stores in September that 120 types of medicines were out of stock along with 150 medical consumables. He warned that ...
According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law bloc and Iraqi National Alliance had announced their merge decision earlier in May.
The two Shia parties said on Thursday they would unite under a new name, National Alliance.
State of Law bloc became second and Iraqi National Alliance became third after former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's al-Iraqiya party with a two-seat win in the ...
