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Demise of Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Husseini al-Shahroudi
July 8, 2019
Demise of Grand Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Husseini al-Shahroudi
The Grand Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad al-Husseini al-Shahroudi, one of the scholars of the Qom Seminary (Hawza), passed away yesterday at the age of 94. The Grand Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad al-Husseini al-Shahroudi, one of the scholars of the Qom…
Halal food to be prepared for first UAE astronaut at ISS
July 8, 2019
Halal food to be prepared for first UAE astronaut at ISS
The Moscow-based Space Food Laboratory Company, which specializes in the production of astronaut food, will prepare traditional Arabic dishes for the first astronaut from the The Moscow-based Space Food Laboratory Company, which specializes in the production of astronaut food,…
Activists condemn China’s efforts to obliterate Islamic culture
July 8, 2019
Activists condemn China’s efforts to obliterate Islamic culture
A Uighur human rights activist condemned the efforts of the Chinese government to obliterate Islamic culture. A Uighur human rights activist condemned the efforts of the Chinese government to obliterate Islamic culture. The activist and chairman of the Eastern…
Bahraini court acquits private adviser to head of Chamber of Commerce
July 8, 2019
Bahraini court acquits private adviser to head of Chamber of Commerce
The First Criminal Court has acquitted the legal adviser to the head of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yasser Al-Attar, who was charged of insulting the Shia sect. The First Criminal Court has acquitted the legal…
Nigerian school makes Muslim girls remove headscarves
July 8, 2019
Nigerian school makes Muslim girls remove headscarves
Nigeria’s headscarf crisis festered Friday after footage emerged online of school guards and teachers ordering Muslim girls to remove their headscarves before entering a school compound in the Nigeria’s headscarf crisis festered Friday after footage emerged online of school…
Imam Hussein Media Group participates in the annual Shia Convention in America
July 8, 2019
Imam Hussein Media Group participates in the annual Shia Convention in America
Imam Hussain Media Group took part in the Seventeenth Annual Shia Convention – one of the largest Shia conferences in America, in the state of Virginia. Imam Hussain Media Group took part in the Seventeenth Annual Shia Convention…
Bulgarian Muslims condemn Islamophobic attacks
July 7, 2019
Bulgarian Muslims condemn Islamophobic attacks
Bulgaria’s Muslim community has called on the police to investigate attacks on a mosque and the Grand Mufti’s Office in Sofia as hate crimes. Bulgaria’s Muslim community has called on the police to investigate attacks on a mosque…
Afghan car bomb kills 12 and wounds dozens, including students
July 7, 2019
Afghan car bomb kills 12 and wounds dozens, including students
A car bomb in central Afghanistan has killed at least eight members of the security forces and four civilians and wounded dozens, many of them students attending a nearby school. A car bomb in central Afghanistan has killed…
Human rights report calls for providing Hussainiyat for Morocco’s Shias and allowing them to practice their rites
July 7, 2019
Human rights report calls for providing Hussainiyat for Morocco’s Shias and allowing them to practice their rites
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights, in its reports of 2018, criticized the legal status of the Moroccan Shias, calling for allowing them to practice their religious rites in Hussainiyat. The Moroccan Association for Human Rights, in its…
At least 14 people killed as mortars hit Afghan market
July 7, 2019
At least 14 people killed as mortars hit Afghan market
At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a busy market in northern Afghanistan was hit by mortar fire, officials said Saturday. At least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a busy…