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Shia Rights Watch World Organization, one of the international rights organizations located in Washington D.C., has sent letters to many embassies in the US capital on the commencement of a new Hijri year and the month of Muharram; an important…

On the occasion of Muharram, the first lunar month of the new Islamic Hijri year 1436, the holy city of Karbala has witnessed the replacement of the red banner above the holy dome of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine with a…

A growing number of Latinos have been reverting to Islam, seeing its teachings and guidance as setting their lives in order.   Over the past decades, a growing number of Latino Americans have reverted to Islam, and about 6 percent…

The annual International Islamic Book Fair of Delhi has been kicked off in India.   The fair showcases books from numerous countries including Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, U.S.A. and U.K. along with the host country, India.…

 The rise of Salafism or Wahhabism in Malaysia has resulted in controversial edicts (fatwas) being issued, to the extent of interfering in the personal lives of Muslims.   An associate professor at the Sociology Department at National University of Singapore,…

Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Program said that the death sentence against Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr is part of a campaign by the authorities in Saudi Arabia to crush all dissent, including those defending the…

According to Iraqi officials, the so-called IS leadership would have suffered substantial losses over the past four months as a result of military operations in the area.   Officials have cautiously announced that the Hawwadhanh area will soon be completely…

Following the directives of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, on spreading the culture of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, to people, Sayed Ishtiyaq Kazimi, an eminent scholar in the preaching and religious…

 The Muslim community in the Italian capital and authorities together gathered to say no to the violence of extremists from the so-called Islamic State and make the right distinctions between terror and the Muslim religion, which is a religion of…

Racial and religious hate crimes are on the rise in Britain with the number of reported cases hitting record figures.   A new Home Office report showed racial hate crimes made up 84 percent of all hate crimes in Britain,…