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SRW publishes its monthly report
January 30, 2019
SRW publishes its monthly report
Shia Rights Watch International Organization published its latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements between December 25 and January 25, 2019. Shia Rights Watch International Organization published its latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements between December 25 and…
Balochistan suffers another deadly attack on Pakistani police
January 30, 2019
Balochistan suffers another deadly attack on Pakistani police
At least five people have been killed and more than two dozen others have been injured in an attack by militants on a police office in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan. At least five people have been killed and…
A Kuwaiti filmmaker visited Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
January 30, 2019
A Kuwaiti filmmaker visited Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, Sayed Zia Al-Din, a Kuwaiti filmmaker and producer visited the Grand Shia Jurist Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Shirazi in holy Qom, Iran. On Saturday, January 26, 2019, Sayed Zia Al-Din, a Kuwaiti filmmaker and producer…
Families hunger strike for missing Shia Muslims at Karachi Press Club
January 29, 2019
Families hunger strike for missing Shia Muslims at Karachi Press Club
Missing Shia Muslims’ families, including elderly parents and children observed hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club in protest against enforced disappearance of their bread-earners. Missing Shia Muslims’ families, including elderly parents and children observed hunger strike outside the…
Familiarity with recitation helps enrich Quran calligraphy
January 29, 2019
Familiarity with recitation helps enrich Quran calligraphy
An Afghan Quran reciter and calligrapher said familiarity with recitation of the Holy Book helps to enrich a Quran calligrapher’s work. An Afghan Quran reciter and calligrapher said familiarity with recitation of the Holy Book helps to enrich a…
UN urges Myanmar to enact Annan’s counsel on Rohingya
January 29, 2019
UN urges Myanmar to enact Annan’s counsel on Rohingya
The United Nations (UN) has urged Myanmar to implement the recommendations of a panel on the Rohingya crisis that was led by a former UN head, the late Kofi Annan, including ensuring freedom of movement and access to education for…
Six killed, over a dozen injured in bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
January 29, 2019
Six killed, over a dozen injured in bomb and gun attacks across Iraq
Iraqi security officials and medical sources say at least six people have lost their lives and more than a dozen sustained injuries when separate bomb and gun attacks struck the country’s northern provinces of Salahuddin and Nineveh as well as…
Clerics, seminary teachers, and students visit Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
January 29, 2019
Clerics, seminary teachers, and students visit Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
In the past few days, a group of clerics and seminary teachers, along with the dean of Abdul-Hadi Shirazi’s Seminary School in holy Najaf visited the Grand Shia Jurist Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Shirazi at his House in the Holy City…
Bomb attacks kill 4 policemen in northern Iraq
January 28, 2019
Bomb attacks kill 4 policemen in northern Iraq
At least four policemen were killed and 11 wounded by two roadside bombs that targeted police convoys in separate attacks in northern Iraq on Sunday, the service and medical sources said. At least four policemen were killed and 11…
Egyptian woman inscribes 30 Qurans
January 28, 2019
Egyptian woman inscribes 30 Qurans
A 76-year-old woman in Egypt has inscribed 30 copies of the entire Quran in seven years. A 76-year-old woman in Egypt has inscribed 30 copies of the entire Quran in seven years. According to vetogate.com, Zeynab Abdulghani Muhammad Hussein…