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On Friday, unknown gunmen kidnapped 13 laborers in Tank, a district in northwestern Pakistan. Nine of the abductees were released on Saturday, according to police, as militancy surges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the rest of the country, Arab News…

The Peace Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia is the world’s first grassroots project to combine a mosque, synagogue, and church under one roof. Its founder, Archbishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, is an avid promoter of interfaith dialogue and peaceful coexistence between people of…

The holy city of Karbala is preparing for the mourning of Imam al-Hussain (peace be upon him) ahead of the month of Muharram, and in the first step, a mourning tent was set up in the Shrine of the Honourable…

Muharram-mourning Mawakib are being prepared this year in the holy city of Karbala, as in previous years, with dozens to be set up near the Holy Shrines. Karbala Governorate has also taken measures to increase its security forces during these…

Despite losing their last stronghold in Syria in 2019, ISIS fighters have killed nearly 4,100 people in the country, Arab News reported yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attacks, concentrated in the Badia desert, targeted government forces,…

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals report paints a grim picture, with only 16% of targets on track for achievement by 2030. War, funding shortfalls, and climate disasters are cited as major roadblocks. Scandinavian countries continue to lead the pack, with…

The U.S. Department of State issued a report on Thursday regarding religious freedoms in Morocco. The report confirmed the “ongoing suppression of Shia thought by the authorities in the kingdom and the circumventing of the 2017 ban on wearing the…

The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, emphasized that celebrating Eid al-Ghadir is a revival of the values of justice and good governance in managing people’s lives, stressing the importance of eliminating oppression, inequality, and injustice from society.…

During receiving a group of believers on the occasion of Eid al-Ghadir, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi, emphasized the importance of believers adhering to the covenant and pledge of al-Ghadir. According to a statement from his office, Grand Ayatollah al-Najafi…

The Indian TV network “Pratidin Time” published a detailed report shedding light on some specific information and facts about the month of Muharram for its non-Muslim viewers inside and outside the country. According to the network’s report, translated by Shia…