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A new count of the population of Norway’s capital city Oslo has revealed that Mohammad, the name of Islam’s Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, is the most common name for the first time ever in the European…

An exhibition of “99 Names of the Almighty God” opened at the Kazan Kremlin in Tatarstan.    It features works of classical Islamic art of IX-XIX centuries. The exhibition presents 99 world masterpieces in accordance to the number of the…

Around 28 Pakistani doctors, mostly Shias, were killed in targeted attacks by takfiri groups over four years.   Dr Aun Naseem Jafri, a Shia physician, was the latest victim of a gun attack on Thursday. He martyred two weeks after…

The capital city of Afghanistan will host Imam Redha, peace be upon him, International Festival for a week during the ten-day Karamat occasion.   According to reports, the festival will begin on August 31 at Al-Zahra, peace be upon herm…

According to information received by a Bahraini Human rights center, around 600 detainees at the dry dock detention center have entered a hunger strike starting from 20 August 2014 under the title “Stop Torture in Prison”.    In a statement…

The Iraqi Ministry of Defence announced the killing of 59 ISIL terrorists and liberating six villages near Amerli.    The ministry said in a statement today that the fifth Infantry Division, in conjunction with the volunteers of the popular mobilization…

The Imam Shirazi World Foundation has announced joint cooperation with the Islamic- Christian Center in the field of human rights, freedom of expression, and ethnic minorities’ protection in Iraq, along with other humanitarian subjects in the Middle East.   The…

A course on Shia studies will be included in the curriculum of the Historical and Contemporary Studies Department at the Theology Faculty of Sodertorn University in Stockholm, Sweden.   David Thurfjell, Swedish associate professor in religious studies and author of…

A far-right Hindu leader’s recent call declaring that India is a Hindu nation has triggered a political controversy and prompted angry rebukes from the country’s Muslim minority, liberal political parties and human rights activists.    Although the recent comments won…

Two engineering students were reportedly executed by the terrorists of so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), in al-Mayadin city in Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria.   The students were executed in public place over one of student had…