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The prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were promised that they were being sent to a Muslim country for rehabilitation that would help integrate them into society, opening the way to jobs, money and marriage, their lawyers and families…

At least 18 people have been killed and 57 wounded, including schoolchildren, in a suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in Kabul, the Afghan interior ministry said. The explosion struck outside an education centre in a heavily Shia neighbourhood…

The city of al-Qatif in Saudi Arabia witnessed the revival of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan al-Askary, peace be upon him, on the eighth of Rabi al-Awwal, by holding mourning ceremonies to commemorate the painful occasion. The speakers mentioned…

The delegation of the Najaf office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, is continuing its tour in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and meeting with several political, religious and social figures. The delegation met the…

Morocco on Sunday joined a number of other countries that have condemned the recent republication of French cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny.The country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the systematic publication…

The Umm al-Baneen Center, peace be upon her, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan al-Askary, peace be upon him, in a mourning ceremony at its headquarters.The ceremony…

Bahraini people held a rally to denounce the publication of derogatory cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, in France and the French government’s support for the move.The rally was held Sunday evening at Abu Saibu…

A mosque in the Australian city of Sydney was attacked by an unknown person, causing thousands of dollars of damage.Swedish press sources said that the man smashed chandeliers, window glass, a plasma TV and some furniture of the Auburn Gallipolo…

The house of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Husseini al-Shirazi, witnessed the establishment of mourning ceremonies on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan al-Askary, peace be upon him.Many scholars, honorable men, clerics and students of the Islamic…

Shias around the world are commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan al-Askary, peace be upon him.Mourning ceremonies are being held in Husseiniyahs, Islamic centers and houses of Ahlulbayt followers, peace be upon them, where the blessed biography of the…