A conference titled “Labayk Ya Rasullalah” (Here I am at your service O messenger of God) will be held in Hyderabad, a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan later this month.Slated for Sunday, December 18, it aims to underscore the importance of unity among Sunni and Shia Muslims.The conference is held on the occasion of birthday of the Holy Prophet of Islam, which marks Islamic Unity Week.A number of Shia and Sunni scholars ...
Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Nigerian state Kanu (Friday December 23, 2016), to condemn the Bahraini regime forces' attack against protesters assembled outside the house of prominent religious leader in the country, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Nigerian state Kanu (Friday December 23, 2016), to condemn the Bahraini regime forces' attack against protesters assembled ...
During the meeting, the Iraqi source of emulation advised all women to preserve their chastity and adhere to Quranic teachings as well as Ahlubayt's (as) doctrine. The cleric reiterated that protection of women's chastity plays a crucial role in reforming any society. Ayatollah Hakim remarked, "Young girls who are at the beginning of their lives must stay modest and pure; at the same time, they must make effort in order to carry out their ...
Let's not forget Nardaran;s prominent Shiite scholars in Azerbaijan prisons / Photos
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Azerbaijan began a fresh wave of attacks on the majority Shias on November 26, 2015 when security forces killed four members of the Movement for Muslim Unity (MMU) during a raid in the village of Nardaran. At least 14 people were nabbed in the raid, including the MMU leader Tale’ Bagirzade, who is also known as Sheikh Bagirov.The ...
A Muslim-owned restaurant in London is offering a three-course meal to homeless and elderly people on Christmas Day so that “no one eats alone”. Shish Restaurant, in Sidcup, is asking local residents to spread the word of its offer and has put up posters saying “We are here to sit with you” on 25 December. The restaurant urged people to share its plan through social media - where the initiative was widely praised. ...
The High Criminal Court in Bahrain has sentenced two Bahraini nationals to 15 years in jail over allegations of damaging a police vehicle. The court on Wednesday issued the sentence in connection with an alleged bomb explosion in 2013 that damaged the vehicle. The new development comes as human rights organizations have cast doubt on the independence of the Bahraini courts and challenge the sentences issued against the political detainees as ...
Such terrible news in Manchester. Thoughts and prayers with all those affected,” Toure tweeted on Tuesday morning. The news of the donation was revealed by Sky Sports News HQ which was told that Toure felt the need to help when details of the first victims were made public. Twenty-two people, including children, were killed and at least 59 injured after the explosion shortly after 10.30pm. “The news an eight-year-old girl went to ...
In the letter to the Minister and Defence Chief, entitled: “Pictures & Video Clips Of How Nigerian Military Massacred 22 Unarmed IPOB Members & Dumped 13 of Them In Aba Borrow Pit: Why Security Chiefs Must Desist From Provoking More Insurgencies Capable Of Plunging Nigeria Into Syrian Style Violence”, the coalition said they had just visited the horrorful Borrow Pit where they saw the corpses of the massacred IPOB ...
Some Muslims are growing more concerned about rising tensions with their fellow Canadians, and the local community in Calgary is hoping to break down the barriers by inviting the public to their place of worship. Organizer Shima Safwat is planning an event called “Visit a Mosque”, which is a chance for all members of the public to learn about Muslim faith, culture and traditions. She said considering some of the backlash Muslims ...
An official reported unidentified people on a motorbike, gunned down Advocate Shahid Abbas Shirazi near Wensam College in DI Khan. The incident triggered widespread protests.
AhlulBayt News Agency - The killing of a Shiite lawyer in Pakistan's DI Khan on first day of Eid al-Fitr sparked widespread protests.According to the police, the incident took place even though security had been tightened. This was the fifth such attack in the last few ...
Speaking at a session in Rahyaftegan (converts) Section of the 21st International Holy Quran Exhibition, Oscar, or Mostafa since his conversion, said he studied about Islam for three years before embracing the religion.Mostafa noted that he is the first El Salvadorian to become a Shia Muslim.“At first, I thought Muslims are all one group and sect but after coming across the word ‘Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS)’ in my studies and ...
- French authorities have shut down around 20 mosques and prayer halls considered to be preaching radicals since December, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on ...
The leader of Friday prayers of Shirgah, Sheikh Mohammad Mehdavie urged Muslims from all Islamic sects and denominations to use the opportunity provided for them in the month of Rabi ul Awal for boosting unity and rapprochement.Rabi' al-awwal is the third month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims from different faiths across the globe celebrat the birth of God’s final messenger, the Great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).The ...
St. Cloud-area religious leaders said Sunday they stand with the Muslim community after a series of vandalism at the Central Minnesota Islamic Center.Religious and community members, including members of the Great River Interfaith Partnership, met Sunday at the Islamic center on Fourth Avenue South. In the past month four incidents of vandalism have been reported there.About 25 community members discussed the issue and looked at the damage done ...
The Pakistani security guard foiled a murderous attack on renowned Shia religious scholar and secretary general Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Shia political-religious party) Punjab chapter in Lahore.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The Pakistani security guard foiled a murderous attack on renowned Shia religious scholar and secretary general Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Shia political-religious party) Punjab chapter in Lahore.An armed motorcyclist ...
A Muslim advocacy group in Florida says it may take legal action over the removal of an Islamic center as a polling place for the presidential election in November.
Susan Bucher, elections supervisor for Palm Beach County, made the decision to eliminate the Islamic Center of Boca Raton as a polling place. She said her office had received “50 or so anonymous callers” who “felt uncomfortable voting at the Islamic ...
The first thing I noticed when I visited al-Awamiya, a Shiite town in oil-rich eastern Saudi Arabia, was its utter isolation and stark poverty. Ringed by date groves, it is a tableau of drab buildings, car-repair shops, and restless young men that stands in sharp contrast to the gleaming wealth that most people imagine when they think of Saudi Arabia. It wasn’t easy to get there. My Shiite hosts threaded a twisting, unpaved road through ...
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Contemporary technology in the form of electronically managed interactive telecommunications is compatible with the goals and values of the humanities. For Marx, machine-work tended toward being mechanically routine, repetitive, deskilled, and trivialized. In the case of discourse, the same criticism has been made of computerized communication. Immediacy is not authorial presence, but the experience of textuality that is maximized by ...
1. DefinitionChristian Zionism is the belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, is in accordance with Biblical prophecy, and is a necessary prerequisite for the return of Jesus to reign on Earth. This belief is commonly, though not exclusively, associated with evangelical Protestants around the world.[1]This belief is distinct from the general political belief ...
