Police detained a man over the discovery of several torn pages of the Quran believed to have been burned in a container at a food court near a market in Malaysia's city of Alor Setar on Friday.
Kedah State's acting police chief said the man was arrested at a supermarket in Mergong.He said the man, whose personal details had not been ascertained, would be referred to the hospital for examination and treatment."According to traders at the market, ...
An attacker has driven his explosive-laden vehicle into a checkpoint north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing two soldiers and four Shia fighters.
The attack was carried out in the violence-hit city of Samarra north of Baghdad on Wednesday.
Hospital officials said at least 16 others were wounded in the attack.
Samarra and the surrounding areas have been under constant attacks by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
Iraq has been witnessing ...
“The largest gathering of custodians of Muslim World Holy Shrines coincided with the days of glorious birthday anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Reza (A) will be held in the Razavi holy shrine” Deputy of Administration of Islamic Advertising and Communications of Astan Quds Razavi said.Seyyed Jalal Husseini, saying this added, “Through the recent trip we had to Iraq, we bestowed official invitation of Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi; ...
o make Iran immune from the impacts of sanctions is the only way to restrict the enemy's maneuvering power, Ayatollah Khamenei said in an address to a large group of people in Tehran on Wednesday.
The Leader said enemies will retain anti-Iran sanctions if the country relies only on their removal, making a reference to the "brazen" comments made by the US officials that say the sanctions will not be lifted entirely and all at once even if Iran ...
The following is the full text of the message issued on January 22, 2016 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, to the participants of the 50th annual meeting of the Union of the Islamic Students Associations in Europe. The message was read out by Hujjat-ul Islam wal-Muslemin Jawad Ejeyi - the Leader's representative in charge of academic affairs in Europe - in Milan, Italy. In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - Senior Iranian Shiite scholar and the member of the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership passed away today at the age of 90.
Ayatollah Abolghassem Khazali, one of the co-authors of the Islamic Republic Constitution and member of the Assembly of Experts died Wednesday morning, an official of the Secretariat for the Expert Assembly said.'The Ayatollah passed away at his home in Tehran around nine o'clock in the morning,' ...
--Head of the Arab Blood Transfusion Services, Abdulla Bin Zamel Al-Drees, called for the establishment of an Islamic society for blood transfusion services.
Abdulla Bin Zamel Al-Drees has put forward a formal request for the establishment of an Islamic centre for blood transfusion services to the Council of Arab Health Ministers. He said the Islamic Development Bank and the Muslim World League would contribute to the implementation of the ...
A lawmaker from Kuwait's Shiite Muslim minority resigned Wednesday after a Sunni MP insulted him during a heated exchange in parliament.
"I was deeply hurt ... by the contempt and insult against my religious sect by my colleague, Hamdan al-Azemi," Faisal al-Duwaisan wrote in his resignation letter.
During a debate Tuesday, Azemi "told me: 'you should rectify your sect,'" Duwaisan said.
That triggered a confrontation between Azemi and several ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - KARACHI: At least 43 people were killed and 13 others wounded on Wednesday when pro-ISIS armed men opened fire on a bus carrying members of the Shiite Ismaili community near Safoora Chowk in Karachi.
Pakistan has seen a rising tide of sectarian violence in recent years, particularly against Shiites who make up around 25 percent of the country's predominantly Muslim population of 200 million.Sindh Police Inspector General ...
Some 200 protesters gathered outside Donald Trump's New York City headquarters on Sunday, accusing the presidential hopeful of "fascism" and "racism" following his call for Muslims to be barred from entering the United ...
Despite the establishment of stale orientalist campaigns, created in the name of women’s liberation in the Middle East and North Africa, the existence of enduring, self-sufficient women in the region has far-reaching historical context. The search for female Middle East voices amongst pundits in the mainstream media echoes the same tired “Palestinian Gandhi” aphorism; analysts have long used Laurence of Arabia-esque exoticism as a means to ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Bahraini regime courts have issued a death sentence against a Bahraini national with a case of political background, on Wednesday. Another 7 were sentenced to life in prison while 4 were handed 10 year sentences, also, with cases of political backgrounds. The courts revoked citizenships of 12 defendants.The harsh sentences came in conjunction with an acquittal of a security officer from the deliberate killing of the ...
The American senators’ letter signifies the collapse of political ethics in the US,” the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, said in a meeting with the chairman and members of the Assembly of Experts on Thursday.
The Leader’s remarks came a few days after a group of 47 Republican senators wrote an open letter to the Iranian government, warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with US President ...
“Terrorists respect no virtues or principles whatsoever; they even behead innocent children and imprison women and the elderly, therefore we must fight them with everything we have and do not give them any chance,” Ayatollah al-Najafi asserted.
In a meeting with Iraqi popular mobilization forces, Ayatollah Najafi, Prominent Shia source of emulation, encouraged these forces to continue their fight against Takfiri terrorists and said, ...
Various booths have been set up on the roads to Karbala to help the pilgrims marching to the holy city improve their Quran reading skills.
According to the website of the Astan (custodianship) of Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine, the booths have been set up in different parts of Iraq by the Dar-ol-Quran Center of the Astan.The correct reading of Surah Fatiha and short Surahs (chapters) of the Holy Quran are taught in these booths.Sheikh Hassan ...
-- With its intricacies and sophistication, Iranian Islamic and Quranic art is outstanding in the world, deputy chairman of the Municipal Council of Mombasa, Kenya, told IQNA.
In a visit to the “Quran in the Mirror of Art” Exhibition here in Mombasa, M.A.Amur urged that more such exhibitions be held for the Iranian art to be presented to the people of Mombasa and the rest of the world.
Speaking to Mehdi Khodapanah and Mohammad ...
The KCSS report, which was published on Tuesday, shows that by mid-January 2015, at least 232 citizens from Kosovo have left the country to join the most extremist groups in Iraq and Syria. There are 232 confirmed cases of Kosovo citizens fighting for radical groups, including the ISIS group and opposition forces in Syria, according to the ...
the famous America singer, Jenifer Grout, (she performed the classical singing of Arabic poetry) has embraced Islam. It should be noted that such act has been released in a video on YouTube.She is residing in Morocco since many months to learn Arabic language. As per report, she is fond of reading Arabic books and this interest has made her crazy to learn Quran. No reason has been given for her embracing ...
According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – The city, which is home to the grand ayatollahs who wield huge influence among Iraq’s Shiite majority community, will be the first in the country to get a rapid transit system, with proposals for a Baghdad metro still very much on the drawing board. The monorail will ferry pilgrims between Najaf’s most revered shrines, the Mausoleum of Imam Ali in the city center and the Grand and ...
The second international film and photo competition for “kind Moharram”Ninth National Mourning Ceremony ”Kind Moharram”One thousand three hundred and seventy seven years passed from the great ASHURA event. Every year when “Moharram” arrives, world people’s heart beats so quickly and pumps fresh blood to the world people’s body.Hossain’s voice who says: “Is there anybody who helps ...