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Hate crime targeting UK mosques more than doubled in past year, figures show
October 10, 2017
Hate crime targeting UK mosques more than doubled in past year, figures show
Hate crimes targeting mosques across the UK more than doubled between 2016 and 2017, new figures have revealed. Hate crimes targeting mosques across the UK more than doubled between 2016 and 2017, new figures have revealed. Police forces recorded…
Red Cross to scale down humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan
October 10, 2017
Red Cross to scale down humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan
The International Committee of the Red Cross has decided to “drastically” reduce the number of its relief workers in Afghanistan after seven of its employees were killed in attacks earlier this year. The International Committee of the Red Cross…
Cholera claims unborn Yemeni children amid Saudi aggression
October 10, 2017
Cholera claims unborn Yemeni children amid Saudi aggression
A cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen, continues to claim unborn children amid the ongoing Saudi military campaign against the impoverished nation. A cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen,…
Iraqi army forces find Daesh mass grave west of Ramadi
October 10, 2017
Iraqi army forces find Daesh mass grave west of Ramadi
Iraqi forces have found a mass grave in the country’s troubled western province of Anbar containing the remains of nearly two dozen Daesh Takfiri militants killed during heavy clashes with government forces and their allies during the campaign for the…
Al-Shuheda basement project achieved and will be open for Arba’een pilgrims
October 10, 2017
Al-Shuheda basement project achieved and will be open for Arba’een pilgrims
The Department of Engineering Projects of Imam Hussein Shrine has announced the completion of al-Shuheda basement project, which is inside Imam Hussein Shrine. The Department of Engineering Projects of Imam Hussein Shrine has announced the completion of al-Shuheda basement…
Map update: Syrian Army reopens Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway, seizes half of ISIS capital city
October 10, 2017
Map update: Syrian Army reopens Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway, seizes half of ISIS capital city
The Syrian Arab Army and allied paramilitaries – backed up by Russian airpower – have regained the strategic initiative in eastern Syria, fully reversing all ISIS gains made along the as-Sukhnah to Deir Ezzor highway since the end of September…
Islam is world’s most common state religion — study
October 10, 2017
Islam is world’s most common state religion — study
Pew Research Center analysis of data from 199 countries finds 4 in 10 have officially endorsed faiths or preferred faiths. Pew Research Center analysis of data from 199 countries finds 4 in 10 have officially endorsed faiths or preferred…
Gunmen kill five in attack on Shias in southwestern Pakistan
October 10, 2017
Gunmen kill five in attack on Shias in southwestern Pakistan
Pakistani police say gunmen have ambushed a car carrying minority Shia Muslims in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing four of them and a passer-by. Pakistani police say gunmen have ambushed a car carrying minority Shia Muslims in the…
‘Allah ‘ and ‘ Ali ‘ writings appeared in the Viking tombs
October 10, 2017
‘Allah ‘ and ‘ Ali ‘ writings appeared in the Viking tombs
What was previously thought to be typical Viking Age patterns in silver have now proven to be geometric Kufic characters. The Uppsala University researchers behind the study also show that both Allah and Ali are invoked in the patterns of…
Azerbaijani visitor rides his bicycle to Karbala
October 10, 2017
Azerbaijani visitor rides his bicycle to Karbala
After a 14-day trip on a bicycle, the Azerbaijani visitor Zihun Hosseini arrived at the holy shrine of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas, peace be upon him, on Friday 15th of Muharram 1439 AH, to continue his Ziyarat program by the Ziyarat…