The 32nd edition of Iran’s International Qur'an Competition has kicked off during a ceremony in the capital Tehran.
According to Press TV, President Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and a number of other officials attended the opening ceremony of the event on May 15.
Some 120 reciters and memorizers from over 85 countries will compete in this year’s competition. A group of 22 ...
I embraced Islam after graduating from Cambridge. Prior to that I was a skeptical Catholic; a believer in God but with a mistrust of organized religion.
The Qur’an was pivotal for me. I first tried to approach it in anger, as part of an attempt to prove my Muslim friend wrong. Later I began reading it with a more open mind.
The opening of Al Fatiha, with its address to the whole of mankind, psychologically stopped me in my tracks. It spoke ...
Ahlul bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Hezbollah marked the tenth anniversary of the Resistance and Liberation Day Tuesday at the Sayyed Al-Shouhada compound in Beirut’s southern suburb. Official, religious, military, and popular figures attended the ceremony in which Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah delivered a speech for the occasion and tackled recent developments in Lebanon and the region. The Hezbollah chief set a new ...
Bahraini security forces attacked the homes of anti-government protesters in parts of the capital, Manama, arresting six people. The raids occurred in the districts of Karanah and al-Diraz early on Monday. In a separate development, Bahraini police clashed with anti-regime protesters in Karbabad district. The demonstrators reportedly staged the protest rally in solidarity with jailed activist Abduljalil al-Singace. Al-Singace, the chairman ...
The Metropolitan police in the British capital of London have been slammed for their failure to detain a man purportedly wandering near the parliament building while draped in a flag of the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group. The individual was photographed walking past a group of Scouts outside the British legislative Houses while wearing the flag on his back and carrying on his shoulders a small child waving a smaller ISIL flag, UK-based daily The ...
AhlulBayt News Agency - President of the Islamic European Union of Shia Scholars and Theologians condemned the Friday suicide attack on a Shia mosque in Kuwait.Releasing a statement, Ayatollah Reza Ramezani also called on the government of Kuwait to identify and bring to justice those behind the deadly bombing.At least 27 people lost their lives in the bomb attack at Imam Sadiq (AS) Mosque in Kuwait City on Friday. The bomb blast also ...
At least 15 Yemeni civilians have lost their lives in the latest Saudi airstrikes as the Arab kingdom continues military aggression against its impoverished southern ...
A sample of soil which is being shown in Imam Hussain AS Holy Shrine Museum, which was taken from Imam Hussain AS grave, changed its color to red. The event happened on the morning of 10th of Muharram.The manager of the museum stated,” the soil was taken from nearest spot of Imam Hussain AS grave, and it is being shown in the entrance of the museum of the holy shrine.It was turned from its natural color to red today’s morning during ...
Chahar Muhal Bakhtiari wing reported that the Friday prayer leader of Farsan, Hujjat ul Islam wal Muslaimeen Abdul Ali Por Akbar, while conversing with the reporters on 16th of June, said that the purpose of organizing this seminar is to promote the culture of Holy Quran and Islamic studies and to appreciate the experts in various fields of Quran. He further said that Quranic competitions on the topics like memorization, recitation, Prayer ...
Hezbollah condemned on Tuesday the Bahraini Court's sentence that extended Sheikh Ali Salman's jail term from 4 to 9 years.In a statement, Hezbollah considered that the new verdict follows the Bahraini regime policy of targeting the religious scholars (Ulama) and the opinion leaders who have always resorted to the peaceful style exclusively in order to demand the regime authorities to grant them their rights and eliminate injustice against the ...
Reports say thousands of men and women had travelled from across the country to take part in the demonstration organized by Sadr movement on Monday.
Iraqi demonstrators also demanded better living conditions and an end to unemployment and corruption across the country.
US-led forces invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003 over claims that Saddam Hussein's regime was in possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). However, no WMDs were ever ...
Predictably, Gilligan presents his readers with the familiar right-wing narrative about Galloway's campaign being based on a communalist appeal to Muslim voters. This was, Gilligan asserts, "the first election for a generation or more so nakedly fought through the invocation of race and faith".
Given that Muslims make up only 38% of the electorate in Bradford West, you might wonder how Galloway managed to gain 56% of the vote on that basis. ...
The official sent a report to the Languedoc-Roussillon league in the south of the country about the incident involving players from Petit-Bard Montpellier, who had been due to play Narbonne in the regional promotion tie.
The league must now decide whether to order the match to be replayed or to award a win to Narbonne.
The two teams played a friendly match instead, with Narbonne winning 7-6.
Football's world governing body FIFA banned ...
69th Bahraini civilian has martyred of asphyxia after Saudi-backed regime forces fired toxic tear gas near his house, ABNA reported.Al Shaikh Saeed al Sheikh Issa, from al Qadam village, martyred on Wednesday after al Khalifa forces attacked his house using tear gas.Bahraini troops heavily rely on tear gas and stun grenades in dispersing peaceful anti-government protesters. Several Bahraini civilians, mostly senior citizens and kids, who had not ...
Deadly blast in minority Shia Iraq's Tal Afar
A suicide bomber Martyred at least nine people and wounded 33 on Friday in an attack on a Muslim mosque in north Iraq's restive province of Nineveh, police said.
Police said that "a man" blew himself up in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, during Friday prayers. Tal Afar is a town that is mainly home to minority Turkmen Shias,. Tal ...
In this building a hall will be constructed to showcase exhibitions, arts work, clay pots, poetry, literature and other activities.Shabestan news agency reported that, head of Gul-e-Nargis cultural institute Muhammad Ali Zarei announced that, a new building will be constructed in the mosque of Jamkaran for Gul-e-Nargis institute. He said that, Gul-e-Nargis institute is a cultural center of the Jamkaran mosque. This center hosts a great number ...
The government of Gambia ordered female government employees on Tuesday to wear headscarves at workplace in a sign that the West African country is embracing a Muslim identity, one month after President Yahya Jammeh declared it as an Islamic republic. Starting this year, female workers are no longer allowed to expose their hair, said a memo circulated to all ministries and departments. "Female staff are urged to use head ties and neatly wrap ...
The Kurdistan Democratic Party announced on Tuesday, that the ISIS organization has executed nine of its elements who fled from the combat in the province. The Kurdistan Democratic Party’s Spokesman in Mosul Saeed Mamouzini said in a statement that “The terrorist organization ISIS executed nine of its elements who fled from the combat in Mosul axes,” pointing out that, “The nine elements were executed in the city center ...
Bradford City Council (pictured) found itself embroiled in controversy last night after printing a leaflet that invoked Islamic teachings to encourage area residents to stop littering the streets. Sixteen thousands anti-littering leaflets specifically addressing Muslim residents have been scrapped following fears they may be offensive.The pamphlet, titled "Be Proud of Your Environment", used the Qur'an and statements of the Prophet Muhammad ...
