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On the outbreak of the sorrowful month of Muharram, the Saudi authorities demolished a number of Husseini foundations, locally known as Husseiniyat.   On the outbreak of the sorrowful month of Muharram, the Saudi authorities demolished a number of Husseini…

A mosque in northwestern Germany’s Lower Saxony state was attacked early Monday by unidentified assailants who defaced the building with racist slogans and left pork products on the property.    A mosque in northwestern Germany’s Lower Saxony state was attacked…

A new report by a Paris think-tank underlines “the progress of Islamist ideology among Muslims in France”, suggesting that Salafi Islam can be stamped out through a “halal tax” and Arabic being taught in French schools.    A new report…

A total of 275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan — 52,000 more than the number uprooted by conflict this year — with over two million threatened by the effects of water shortages, the United Nations said. …

Bahraini forces have arrested five children during raids across the besieged Shia village of Diraz..   Bahraini forces have arrested five children during raids across the besieged Shia village of Diraz.. Troops raided the village outside the capital Manama in…

The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet has called on Saudi Arabia to hold to account the perpetrators of deadly airstrikes on civilians in Yemen.      The United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet has called on Saudi…

Dutch lawmaker and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders said he has no plans, for now, to revive the blasphemous caricatures contest after it emerged as a motive for a stabbing in Amsterdam last week.     Dutch lawmaker and anti-Islam campaigner…

At least twelve civilians, all members of a single family, were killed or wounded in a mortar attack in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.   At least twelve civilians, all members of a single family, were killed or wounded in…

Iraqi security forces have disbanded a terrorist group in the southern part of the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk as government troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, are trying to purge the war-ravaged Arab country of…

A Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia has called for Shia citizens’ cooperation with security forces for the mourning rituals on the day of Ashura, marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.   A Shia cleric in Saudi…