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The Holy Quran House at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine announced that the Quran bodies affiliated with the Shia and Sunni endowments have agreed to adopt the International Day of the Holy Quran as a prelude to addressing the relevant government…

Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets.Polls indicate a slim majority support the move, in a vote that comes after…

The Yemeni city of Hodeidah witnessed a march and a mass protest denouncing the siege on the Yemeni people and the continued seizure of oil derivative ships.The participants in the march and the protest chanted slogans condemning the arbitrary practices…

Anbar Police Commander, Lieutenant General Hadi Razig Kassar, announced the arrest of a group intending to carry out criminal operations threatening the security and stability of the liberated areas.Kassar said in a statement that an anti-Anbar crime force, one of…

A new book titled, “The Prophet’s Heir: The Life of Ali ibn Abi Talib” written by Dr. Hassan Abbas has been published.This is the first biography of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, published by any Western academic press. Most…

Pope Francis, who is on a four-day historic trip to Iraq, denounced extremism in the name of religion as “betrayals of religion” and called for friendship and cooperation between religions. This came in a unified interfaith prayer in which the…

Crowds of pilgrims began to head towards the holy city of al-Kadhimiya in the capital, Baghdad, to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, peace be upon him.Service units spread along the route of the pilgrims to provide all…

The Office of the General Authority of Endowments in the Yemeni province of Hodeidah launched the 7-day Holy Quran competition with the participation of 80 male and female memorizers, in coordination with the province’s Zakat Department.Speaking at the opening ceremony,…

Human rights organizations called on the US administration to address the tragic decline in human rights in Bahrain.In an open letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, fifteen organizations, including Amnesty International, called on the United States to re-make…

At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday, an emergency services official said.The blast sent plumes of smoke into the…