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Tens of thousands of child refugees at risk of long-term psychosocial damage, UNICEF warns
May 4, 2017
Tens of thousands of child refugees at risk of long-term psychosocial damage, UNICEF warns
Tens of thousands of refugee children in Europe are at risk of psychosocial distress that will affect them for years to come due to living in a protracted state of limbo, UNICEF has warned. Tens of thousands of refugee…
Afghan forces foiled three explosions in less than a week in Kabul
May 4, 2017
Afghan forces foiled three explosions in less than a week in Kabul
The Afghan security forces managed to thwart three separate explosion plots by the armed militant groups in capital Kabul. The Afghan security forces managed to thwart three separate explosion plots by the armed militant groups in capital Kabul.…
Radical seminaries run terrorist network in Sindh
May 4, 2017
Radical seminaries run terrorist network in Sindh
Radical sectarian seminaries in Karachi, Khairpur and Sukkur run a terrorist network, disclosed the takfiri terrorists of banned terror outfits who were arrested for their involvement in suicide bombing at the shrine of Lal ShahbazQalandar (Sehwan Sharif). Radical…
CPJ: Bahraini journalists harassed, banned from travel a week ahead of UPR session
May 4, 2017
CPJ: Bahraini journalists harassed, banned from travel a week ahead of UPR session
Bahraini prosecutors and security officials should cease harassing journalists and should lift travel bans imposed on two reporters in the past week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement issued Monday, May 1, 2017. Bahraini…
Shias celebrate the month of Sha’aban in Bahrain
May 4, 2017
Shias celebrate the month of Sha’aban in Bahrain
With the arrival of the month of Sha’aban, Sheikh Abdul Shaheed Satrawi, one of the representatives of the Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Bahrain hosted celebrations in his office. With the arrival of the month of Sha’aban, Sheikh Abdul Shaheed…
Six blacklisted hate preachers ‘not welcome’ in Denmark
May 4, 2017
Six blacklisted hate preachers ‘not welcome’ in Denmark
Denmark has banned the entry of six foreign preachers for at least two years, following the publication of a blacklist of those it says have spread hate speech. Denmark has banned the entry of six foreign preachers for at…
Shia pilgrims stage sit-in against forced stay at Taftan on return from Iran
May 4, 2017
Shia pilgrims stage sit-in against forced stay at Taftan on return from Iran
Pakistani pilgrims have staged a sit-in at Taftan, a town on the border with Iran, to register protest against their forced stay on return from pilgrimage of sacred shrines of Imam Redha and other Imams, peace be upon them. …
Rare Quran page fetches $500,000 at an auction
May 4, 2017
Rare Quran page fetches $500,000 at an auction
A rare page from the only two known Kufic Quran copies fetched half a million dollars at British auction house Christie’s. A rare page from the only two known Kufic Quran copies fetched half a million dollars at British…
Japanese logistics giant launches halal food services
May 4, 2017
Japanese logistics giant launches halal food services
Japanese logistics giant Nippon Express is entering the emerging Asian Islamic market by providing a halal food logistics service in anticipation of greater demand in Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Japanese logistics giant Nippon Express is entering the emerging…
Piece of hair of Prophet Mohammed displayed at Imam Hussein Museum
May 4, 2017
Piece of hair of Prophet Mohammed displayed at Imam Hussein Museum
The Museum of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine displayed a piece of hair, believed to belong to the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him and his progeny, on the blessed birth anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him …