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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…
Al-Furat Center & Karbala University hold joint conference in Iraq
January 28, 2019
Al-Furat Center & Karbala University hold joint conference in Iraq
The al-Furat Center for Strategic Studies, in cooperation with Karbala University Department of Economics hosted a conference under the title of “Oil Revenue Cuts and Budget Bill Challenge in Iraq” in holy Karbala. The al-Furat Center for Strategic Studies,…
Advisor to Secretary-General of United Nations thankful to visit Imam Ali Shrine
January 28, 2019
Advisor to Secretary-General of United Nations thankful to visit Imam Ali Shrine
Special advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the international investigative team of ISIS’s atrocities Kereem Ahmed Khan expressed appreciation for having visited the Imam Ali Shrine in the city of Najaf. Special advisor to…
Mesbah al-Hussein prepares to celebrate conclusion of second stage of Beit al-Mawada project
January 28, 2019
Mesbah al-Hussein prepares to celebrate conclusion of second stage of Beit al-Mawada project
Mesbah al-Hussein Foundation for the Relief and Development affiliated to the Office of the Grand Religious Jurist, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, is preparing to celebrate the conclusion of the second stage of…