The meeting which was attended by about 200 first-time fasters, initiated an hour before evening prayer, with the recitation of Holy Quran by chorus of Javadolaemeh (A.S.) and it followed with performance of Hujjat al-Islam Jafari, an educational instructor, and reading a confabulation addressed to magnanimous Imam.
Hujjat al-Islam Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi, Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, in the next part of the ceremony, congratulating the arrival ...
The internet jihadis posted the full names and home addresses of around 8,000 “targets” and urged extremist sympathisers to “kill them strongly” in a chilling new online threat.The deranged fanatics’ list includes 39 British residents as well as 7,848 Americans, 312 Canadians and 69 Australians which it wants murdered “as revenge for Muslims”.It is not known if the list, which was published in English ...
- At least 12 civilians have been killed and 50 others abducted in two separate attacks by unknown militants on passengers traveling in eastern and northern Afghanistan.Jawid Salangi, an official in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, said that armed men had stopped two cars, ordered all those on board out and shot them dead late Tuesday.Villagers had found 12 dead bodies near the scene of the attack, including several members of the security ...
The best way for people to understand each other’s faith is to share experiences. Fasting is a good way to do this because, when you’re breaking bread with someone, inviting non-Muslims to have that iftar meal together, it shows that it’s not a big deal, nor is it spooky or weird.
This year will be especially tough. Because of the lunar calendar, Ramadan moves back by 12 days each year and we’re now at the peak of long ...
The Islamic holy month, which is expected to begin on Monday, straddles the summer equinox this year, meaning early dawns and late sunsets. The dates of Ramadan, which are determined by the moon, move forward by 10 or 11 days each year in a 33-year cycle.
“We had a taste of this last year, but this year it’s even more challenging,” saidIbrahim Mogra, assistant general secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain. “But this ...
Providing a free medical help for vulnerable and uninsured Americans in South Carolina, an American Muslim organization is offering free medical service for people of all faiths, setting a role model for American Muslims.
“When people walk in and say, ‘This place is a blessing that touches my heart,’ it melts everything,” Dr. Reshma Khan, who works in the Shifa Clinic, said. “There’s no better place I ...
Hunger Strike of Secretary General Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jaffri against the massacre of Ahle-Tashyyu people in Pakistan has entered into 14th day. To express solidarity and to condemn the massacre of Shia people in Pakistan, two day hunger strike has been announced in the American city of New York in front of Pakistani ...
- A Palestinian woman has been shot and killed by Israeli troops in the occupied Palestinian territories with Israelis claiming she was attempting to stab regime ...
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks in the Mediterranean cites that have up to now escaped the worst of the conflict, saying it was targeting members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 120 people were killed. State media said 78 people died in the attacks on Assad's coastal heartland. Attackers set off at least five suicide bombs and two devices planted in ...
Pope Francis has urged France to respect the right of Muslim women to profess their faith and wear the hijab same as Christians are allowed to wear the cross.
“If a Muslim woman wishes to wear a veil, she must be able to do so. Similarly, if a Catholic wishes to wear a cross,” Francis told the French Catholic newspaper La Croix, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, May 17. “People must be free to profess their faith at the ...
An Israeli strike against the Syrian capital, Damascus, has claimed the life of a top military commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, media reports said Friday.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement says it is investigating to find out whether a blast which claimed the life of a top military commander was caused by an airstrike, missile attack or artillery. In a statement, the resistance movement said Friday that initial ...
Having a Muslim Mayor will not necessarily translate into greater tolerance on the ground.
I disagree … I disagree because Mr Khan’s Muslimness does not mean he speaks for British Muslims, and it certainly does not mean that the Muslim community agrees with his policies. While this might come as a shock to many, religion does not define one’s political sensibilities … Islam is not a political statement, it is a faith ...
The ISIS has dispatched tens of its terrorists to the town of Dabeq which is of strategic importance to the terrorist group, a group monitoring the war said on ...
The ISIS terrorist group has dramatically increased its presence in Afghanistan and is preparing to expand into other Central Asian countries and Russia, a senior Russian diplomat warned. The presence of ISIS in Afghanistan, is a significant security threat, said Zamir Kabulov, the head of the Asia and Middle East department of the Russian foreign ministry, who also serves as special envoy of the Russian president to Afghanistan. “There ...
- At least 53 people have been killed and 60 others injured after heavy rain across north-west Pakistan and areas of Kashmir caused landslides and the roofs of dozens of homes to collapse, officials said.The deaths were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and in the Neelam valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after heavy downpours that began Saturday night.The number known to have died rose to 45 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a provincial ...
Twelve Egyptian workers were reportedly kidnapped by the ISIS terrorists in Libya, according to the privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper on Tuesday. The ISIS threatened to kill 15 hostages, including 12 Egyptians and three Tunisian workers. The demands for their release are not yet clear, although they were permitted to contact their families, the son of one the Egyptian hostages, lawyer Ramy Magdy said. Magdy added that he notified ...
