5th Shaban: The Birthday Anniversary of Imam Zainul Abedin (A.S.) (Biography)

Name: 'Ali ibnul HusainTitles: Az-Zainul Abideen, As-SajjaadKuniya: Abu MuhammadBirthdate: 15th Jamadi-ul-Awwal 37 A.H. in MadinaFather: Imam Husain As-Shaheed (peace be upon him), 3rd Holy ImamMother: Shahr Bano, daughter of King Yazdigard IIDied: (Martyred) Date: 21st Muharram, 95 A.H.Place: Madina, ...

( 2024-04-11 04:11:39 )

Do you know what great sins are?

Someone once asked Imam Sadiq (as): what is the criterion for knowing the great sins?

Imam Sadiq (as) stated: whatever sin which is promised Hellfire in the Holy Quran is considered great sin

( 2024-04-11 03:56:12 )

Paksitan: Attackers of Pakistan's Lahore worship places identified

ISLAMABAD, (Xinhua): The attackers of Ahmadis worship places in eastern Pakistan's city of Lahore have been identified, local TV channels reported on Saturday. Quoting intelligence sources, the private TV SAMAA reported that terrorists of the banned religious outfit Harkatul Mujahiden were behind the deadly attacks on Ahmadis. One of them came from Swat area of northwest Pakistan, three from Rahimyar khan, a famous city in the south of Punjab ...

( 2024-04-11 03:10:09 )

Malaysian Muslims hold anti-conversion rally

Right-wing Malaysian activists on Saturday staged a rally against Christians who 'challenge the sovereignty of Islam', amid fears of growing Islamisation in the multicultural nation. The gathering of about 2,000 people in Selangor state follows allegations of Christian proselytisation in the Muslim-majority country after religious police raided a Methodist church event in August fearing Muslims were being converted. Newspapers linked to the ...

( 2024-04-11 02:09:08 )

Hussaini Centre for Research‎ in London celebrates arrival of Imam Hussein banner

Bayt Agency) - Hussaini Centre for Research‎ in London celebrated the arrival of the banner which used to be fluttering over the dome of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine. It's been mentioned that it was sent to London in order to raise it over the Husseinyats (Mosques) regarding the month of Moharram, the time of being sorrowed upon the tragedy of Imam Hussein (PBUH).The head of the museum of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine Mr. Ala' Ahmed Diya' ...

( 2024-04-11 00:07:35 )

Molla Sadra Congress to Be Held in Lebanon

-- Iran Cultural Center in Beirut plans to hold a congress on Molla Sadra. According to Howza news agency, Hojjat-ol-Islam Ra'iszade, Iran cultural attaché in Beirut said, "The congress is to be held in March 2010 with the presence of scholars from France, Lebanon, Belgium and Syria at Ruh-al-Qods University in Beirut." Referring to specialized committees to be formed during the two-day congress, he said, "Issues such as characteristics of ...

( 2024-04-10 09:39:39 )

Shia, Sunni muslims attend Friday Prayer

Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani says international organizations and powers do not help the oppressed, rather are against them. “Today it has been proven that international organizations and powers not only do not give any help to the oppressed, but also are against them as is the case in Bahrain, Palestine, Libya and many other countries,” said Ayatollah Kashani in his second sermon to large ...

( 2024-04-10 06:30:44 )

Terrorists kill 10 Syrian civilians

Terrorists have killed at least 10 civilian people in Syria and injured another three in the central city of Homs. Members of an armed terrorist group opened fire on a minibus, which was returning from Lebanon on Sunday. The terrorists fired from close range at the workers killing 10 and injuring three others. A doctor at a hospital in Homs said the bodies bore the mark of bullets shot at close range into the head, chest and ...

( 2024-04-10 06:30:43 )

Bahrain opposition calls for release of 300 student prisoners

Bahrain's main opposition bloc, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has called on the Manama regime to release 300 student prisoners. Al-Wefaq's call comes ahead of the new school year. Meanwhile, Bahraini demonstrators took to the streets in solidarity with jailed students in the region of Mahazzah outside the capital, Manama. According to rights activists in Bahrain, there are thousands of people, including students, behind bars across ...

( 2024-04-10 05:30:15 )

Beirut's Friday Prayer Leeder Condemned Recent Barbaric Attack in Paris

His Eminence, Sayyed Jaafar Fadlullah, delivered the two Friday prayer sermons at the Imamain Al-Hassanain Mosque, 11th Rabi' I 1436 H. - January, 09th 2014. Several prominent religious scholars, dignitaries and thousands of believers attended the Jumu'a prayer. In the first sermon, Sayyed Jaafar Fadlullah, celebrated the birth anniversary of the sixth Imam, Jaafar As-Sadiq (a.s.). He elaborated on one of the many virtues and achievements of ...

( 2024-04-10 05:30:15 )

Over One Million Iraqis Killed since US Invasion

The Security and Defense Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives has confirmed an American newspaper report saying that a million and a half million Iraqis citizens have been killed since the US invasion to the country in 2003.
Such a number exists and the causes are known to be a result of terrorist or military operations that occur in the country, Jumaah Ibrahim, a Committee member, told journalists today

( 2024-04-10 04:29:39 )

3 Million Iranians Named after the Titles of Imam Ali

Iran National Organization for Civil Registration announced: More than three million Iranians have chosen the nicknames relevant to the names of Imam Ali (AS) for their children. choosing the names of Imams (AS) are on the top list for the names of children by Iranian families. So hereby we should say that the passion of Iranian people for Imam Ali (AS) is something unexplainable and until now the names of Ali and nicknames of Ali (AS) ...

( 2024-04-10 04:29:38 )

Pakistan: Funeral prayers of Shiite advocate Ameer Haider offered, lawyers boycott courts

The legal fraternity of Karachi boycotted courts on Saturday and staged a protest against the assassination of Sindh High Court (SHC) advocate Syed Ameer Haider Shah. Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The legal fraternity of Karachi boycotted courts on Saturday and staged a protest against the assassination of Sindh High Court (SHC) advocate Syed Ameer Haider Shah.The Karachi Bar Association initially gave the protest call, which was later endorsed by ...

( 2024-04-10 03:25:43 )

US clinic denies Muslim doctor right to wear hijab

A medical clinic in Dallas, Texas has sparked controversy after saying a Muslim doctor applying for a job cannot wear her headscarf if hired. A medical clinic in Dallas, Texas has sparked controversy after saying a Muslim doctor applying for a job cannot wear her headscarf if hired. Dr. Hena Zaki of Plano, Texas said Friday that she was shocked to find a no-hat policy at the CareNow clinic extended to her hijab. "He ...

( 2024-04-10 01:17:39 )

World Shia Muslims Population

According to Pew Research Institute, A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.6 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion. Shias are around 20% of the world muslim population. Most Shias (between 68% and 80%) live in just four countries: Iran, Pakistan, India and Iraq. Shia Numbers are in the range of 320 Millions ...

( 2024-04-10 00:13:32 )

Russian Muslims Increasing

Ahlul Bayt News Agency, The number of Muslims is growing in different parts of Russia. According to a report by Russia Today, the Muslim minority in Russia lives on Sakhalin Island, according to the report. One of the persons, who leads the minority Muslims in Sakhalin, is a Russian citizen who works in a garage. He was a Christian and converted to Islam 10 years ago. Muslims in Sakhalin participate in fast-breaking Iftar ceremonies in the ...

( 2024-04-09 02:55:04 )

Liberation of Raqqa, an opportunity for Damascus: Scholar

US and Turkey are mulling a joint operation to attack the Syrian city of Raqqah, but they have differences about using Kurdish forces in the battle.Given the fact that the American and Turkish forces do not have any permission from the Syrian government to be present in the Arab country or even carry out any military operation there, the future of Raqqah after such a liberation by the US and Turkey is a question that Press TV has put to two ...

( 2024-04-09 01:52:40 )

The Islamic communities shouldn't forget their responsibility towards emerging the Takfiri groups

Dr. Javadi said:" we are all responsible towards the appearance of Takfiri groups and should investigate the reasons of this disaster from which the Islamic world is now suffering. According to the congress report, Dr. Qasem Javadi at the meeting of the genealogy commission presented his article on "Our responsibility towards Takfiri movement" and considered the separation of Muslims from Quran and narrations as a reason to this situation. He ...

( 2024-04-09 01:52:39 )

Nursery over Islamic headscarf sacking

An appeal court in Versailles backed up an earlier ruling by a labour court that the Baby Loup nursery in Mantes-la-Jolie was within its rights to sack Fatima Afif in 2008 for refusing to take off her headscarf. The ruling creates jurisprudence because it is the first time a private educational establishment has invoked its right to enforce "religious neutrality", the principle behind the 2004 French law which banned "ostentatious signs of ...

( 2024-04-08 10:56:38 )

Saudi Shia scholar: We'll continue to pray irrespective of consequences

Sayed Mohammad Al-Nasser, Jumaa Imam in Khobar city, said that Saudi Shia will continue performing Jumaa prayers whatever the consequences are and that they are waiting for a royal resolution on the closure of Shia mosques. Al-Nasser, a leading Saudi Shia scholar of Al-Khobar city, East of Saudi Arabia, said that "performing Jumaa prayers is our natural right as Muslims and as citizens loyal to their land and religion." During Jumaa ...

( 2024-04-08 07:53:32 )