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The Imam Ali Holy Shrine announced the influx of unprecedented numbers of pilgrims to Najaf, coinciding with the occasion of the martyrdom of the Noble Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family. Holy Shrine Board Member Salim Al-Jassani…

The number of victims of the migrant boat that set off from Lebanon a few days ago towards Europe and sank off Syria has risen to 76 so far, according to what the Lebanese Minister of Transport, Ali Hamiyah, announced,…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala continues to provide services to the Arbaeen pilgrims who continue to flock despite the end of the pilgrimage. The Foundation stated in a statement received by Shia Waves News…

The Lebanese Christian journalist, Sarkis Al-Douaihy, confirmed that Imam Hussein and the rest of the imams, peace be upon them, are an extension of the biography of Christ on the path of reform and lifting injustice from people, during his…

The General Secretariat of al-Abbas Holy Shrine has invited all Ahlulbayt lovers to attend the ceremony of the completion of the new grille of Lady Zainab, peace be upon her, which was completed by the staff and servants of the…

Activists of a radical Islamist Sunni group attacked a Shia Arbaeen procession on 18th September in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Sialkot, leaving at least 15 people injured.  According to an official report, the procession was going to the Hussainiyah in Sialkot,…

A delegation representing the Orthodox Christian community in Spain and Portugal headed by Reverend Demetriu Sas Cabo had the honor to visit the shrine of the two Imams Al-Askariyain, peace be upon them. The Secretary-General of the Al-Askariyain Holy Shrine…

Massive numbers of pilgrims from holy Karbala have started their walk towards the holy city of Najaf to commemorate the painful anniversary of the Prophet’s martyrdom; in the holy shrine of the Prophet’s cousin Imam Ali, peace be upon them.…

At a time when the Supreme Religious authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, extended his condolences and sorrow on the advent of the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Noble Prophet, peace be upon him and his…

The Parliamentary Human Rights Committee called for the formation of an investigative committee to investigate the killing of the Iraqi young woman Zainab Essam at the hands of American forces in Baghdad, to take decisive and deterrent measures by government…