Islam World

Shia Muslims in Iraq and many other countries have commemorated Tasua, the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram.   Tasua services in Iraq are held a day before the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be…

At least 24 people have been killed and some 50 others wounded as a bomb blast ripped through different Shia neighborhoods of Iraqi capital, Baghdad.   An explosion occurred when a truck filled with explosives blew up at a checkpoint…

Bahraini regime forces have attacked Shia mourners commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, the third Imam.   Security forces targeted the mourners in several villages across the country on Saturday. They destroyed and removed all…

 The holy city of Karbala is to receive millions of mourners commemorating the tragic event of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.   Black-clad mourners are flocking to the holy city from across Iraq as well as…

The reporting of 9-month old Pakistani Shia girl’s killing has interested all the newspapers which briefly flashed the killing on their web sites. But within five to eight hours, the news disappeared altogether.    The Pakistani government has kept quiet…

The Bahraini regime has decided to keep prominent rights activist behind bars for a longer time by adjourning his trial.   On Wednesday, a court in the capital Manamah adjourned the Shia activist’s trial and set a new hearing for…

The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced a Shia activist, from Awwamiyah town, to 9 years in prison.   Mohammad Salih Abdullah al-Zanadi was arrested by a security force on March 23rd 2012. He was injured when the force opened…

A powerful blast rocked a district in Syria’s Central province of Homs, leaving an unknown number of casualties.   The Syrian national television reported that the blast, carried out via a booby-trapped vehicle, rocked the Shia district of Zahra in…

The commander of Baghdad Operations Command announced the foiling a terrorist plot to flood the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.    He said in a press conference held today that the ninth Armored Division troops and federal police forces, backed by…

Following the directives of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, on spreading the culture of Ashura and encouraging people to interact with it, the Master of Martyrs’ Husseiniyah in the Lebanese capital of…