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Muscat International Book Fair Showcases Publications of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
February 28, 2018
Muscat International Book Fair Showcases Publications of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
The Lebanese Darul Ulum Publication Center, affliated to the Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, participates in the 23rd Muscat International Book Fair in Oman. The Lebanese Darul Ulum Publication Center, affliated to the Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, participates…
Arbaeen Int’l Exhibition to be held in Netherlands
February 28, 2018
Arbaeen Int’l Exhibition to be held in Netherlands
The Arbaeen Association of Europe plans to hold the first international photo and film exhibition on Arbaeen (the 40th day after Ashura) in Leiden, the Netherlands. The Arbaeen Association of Europe plans to hold the first international photo and…
HRW: China fuels crackdown in minority region
February 28, 2018
HRW: China fuels crackdown in minority region
Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. Chinese authorities are building and deploying a predictive policing program based on big data analysis in…
UN chief calls for ‘unfettered humanitarian access’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine hit by crackdown
February 28, 2018
UN chief calls for ‘unfettered humanitarian access’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine hit by crackdown
The United Nations has called on Myanmar authorities to “ensure unfettered humanitarian access” in Rakhine state, where state-sponsored violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. The United Nations has called on Myanmar…
Rare Quran copies on display at India National Museum
February 28, 2018
Rare Quran copies on display at India National Museum
A collection of rare manuscripts of the Holy Quran dating back to the 8th CE to the 19th CE were open to the public by India’s National Museum in New Delhi on Tuesday. A collection of rare manuscripts of…
22 Bahraini activists sentenced to death with six losing appeal: Activist
February 28, 2018
22 Bahraini activists sentenced to death with six losing appeal: Activist
A Bahraini human rights activist says the Manama regime has already sentenced nearly two dozen political dissidents to death as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Gulf kingdom. …
Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave dozen more civilians dead across Yemen
February 28, 2018
Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave dozen more civilians dead across Yemen
More than a dozen people have lost their lives in fresh Saudi airstrikes against civilian targets across Yemen as Riyadh presses ahead with its devastating aerial campaign against its crisis-stricken southern neighbor. A Bahraini human rights activist says the…
An Islamic Science Exhibition in India’s Hyderabad has been organized
February 27, 2018
An Islamic Science Exhibition in India’s Hyderabad has been organized
On completion of 18 years of its inception, Maahad-ul-Islami in Hyderabad, India, organized a two-day Islamic Science Exhibition on Sunday February 24. On completion of 18 years of its inception, Maahad-ul-Islami in Hyderabad, India, organized a two-day Islamic…
Two civilians killed in Taliban attack in Helmand, Afghanistan
February 27, 2018
Two civilians killed in Taliban attack in Helmand, Afghanistan
At least two civilians were killed in a Taliban terrorist attack in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Monday night, local officials said Tuesday. At least two civilians were killed in a Taliban terrorist attack in Helmand province, Afghanistan on…
Chinese man converts to Shia Islam at Imam Reza Shrine
February 27, 2018
Chinese man converts to Shia Islam at Imam Reza Shrine
A young Chinese man converted to Shia Islam by uttering Shahada (Testimony in Islam) at Imam Ridha Holy Shrine. A young Chinese man converted to Shia Islam by uttering Shahada (Testimony in Islam) at Imam Ridha Holy Shrine.…