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Shias of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in Kashmir, yesterday Tuesday, bid farewell to the late Shia leader Sheikh Abbas Ansari, in a solemn funeral in which the participants, men and women, shed tears at his painful death. In…

The Scientific Seminary of Abu Talib (peace be upon him), affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Lucknow, India, started the first semester exams for its current academic year. The exams include all scientific subjects for the academic levels in…

Massive fire damaged a mosque and a residential house in Tarzoo area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district overnight, official sources said on Tuesday. Two firefighters were also injured while dousing the “sky touching” flames, the official sources said.…

The Indian weekly “Outlook India” published a detailed article, in which it shed light on the representation of non-Muslim poets in India of the eternal tragedy of Karbala in their literary works. In its article, translated by Shia Waves News…

Environment courses are planned to be launched at the campuses of League of Islamic Universities’ member institutions. The decision was at a climate action summit held in India earlier this week. Based in Cairo, Egypt, the league is an association…

UN chief Antonio Guterres chided India during a visit on Wednesday over its human rights record, which critics say has regressed under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “India has a responsibility to protect and promote the rights of all…

An Indian Supreme Court panel said on Thursday it was divided over a ban on hijabs in schools, and referred the matter to the chief justice, leaving in place a state’s ruling against the women’s headgear that has sparked uproar.…

Tchachoy Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar, accused officials of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of sabotaging India’s interests and its links with Arab and Islamic countries in light of extremist calls for boycotting and…

Incessant rain has lashed parts of northern India, forcing schools to close in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc across the country and killed at least 18 people yesterday, Monday. The state-run Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)…

The English-language newspaper ‘Times of India’ praised the religious and humanitarian services provided by the ‘Haidari Mosque’, which is the largest mosque for Shia Muslims on Mira Road in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The newspaper prepared a press report, translated by…