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The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France’s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights.   The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France’s ban on the niqab, the…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is ready to halt a $13 billion arms deal with Riyadh if it concludes the weapons have been misused.   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is ready to halt a $13…

he United Nations humanitarian chief says the war on Yemen has left as many as 8.4 million people in the Arab world’s already poorest nation in need of urgent food aid.   he United Nations humanitarian chief says the war…

With the beginning of the arrival of pilgrims, Arbaeen Quranic booths started their activities in Iraq’s Basra governorate, across the Shalamcheh border crossing in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan.   With the beginning of the arrival of pilgrims, Arbaeen Quranic…

The administrative body of the Grand Husseini Project announced the kick-off to serve the pilgrims of Imam Hussein’s, peace be upon him, shrine in Karbala under the sponsorship of the public relations office of the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Hussini…

Collectors and connoisseurs of Islamic and Indian art are in for a treat as medieval historical Islamic artifacts dating between the 9th and the 19th centuries will be on auction at Christie’s London on Thursday.   Collectors and connoisseurs of…

At least eleven people, all belonging to a single family, were killed in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.   At least eleven people, all belonging to a single family, were…

At least five civilians have been killed when Saudi military aircraft carried out two separate airstrikes against residential areas in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah and the western coastal province of Hudaydah as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its…

The Department of Religious Affairs at the al-Abbas Holy Shrine has launched its preaching project prepared for the pilgrims heading to commemorate the Arbaeen Pilgrimage at Karbala’s holy shrines. A large number of seminary lecturers were dispersed among stations along…

The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, has suspended his post-fiqh lessons during the period of sorrow for the participation in the Husseini rituals.   The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, may Allah prolong…