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Bahraini award winning photographer sentenced to two-year imprisonment
November 5, 2014
Bahraini award winning photographer sentenced to two-year imprisonment
A Bahraini court sentenced award winning photographer Ammar Abdulrasool to two years in prison. Many rights organizations condemned the court’s decision and the ongoing prosecution and detention of photographers in Bahrain. Ammar Abdulrasool was arrested by security forces on…
Takfiri terrorists kill 8 Shia mourners and injure 30 in Saudi Arabia
November 5, 2014
Takfiri terrorists kill 8 Shia mourners and injure 30 in Saudi Arabia
State sponsored Pro-IS takfiri terrorists have attacked a gathering of Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia and killed 8 mourners commemorating Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram that marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The…
Millions worldwide commemorate Ashura
November 5, 2014
Millions worldwide commemorate Ashura
Shia Muslims around the world held mourning processions and ceremonies on Tuesday to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The holy city of Karbala was the scene of mourning processions where millions of pilgrims from…
Russian company creates first mobile phone for Muslims
November 4, 2014
Russian company creates first mobile phone for Muslims
A cellphone solely for Muslims – with pre-installed Quran in Russian and Arabic and “prayer alarm” – is to go on sale in Russia from the end of November. The cell phone is expected to become a popular…
Shia religious leader shot in face by IS terrorists in Australia
November 4, 2014
Shia religious leader shot in face by IS terrorists in Australia
An Australian Shia religious leader, who was shot in his face by IS terrorists outside a Shia Islamic prayer center in Sydney’s west, was targeted as he locked up the building following a night observing the holy ritual of Ashura,…
Shia Muslims hold Husseini rituals to mark Karbala tragedy
November 4, 2014
Shia Muslims hold Husseini rituals to mark Karbala tragedy
Millions of Shia Muslims around the world annually commemorate the great tragedy of Karbala with various forms of traditional Husseini rituals. The mourners take part in processions held in mosques and streets with different traditions to mark the martyrdom…
Indian soldiers attack Shia mourners in Kashmir
November 4, 2014
Indian soldiers attack Shia mourners in Kashmir
Indian police forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir have attacked a group of Shia Muslims participating in a religious procession marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, injuring and arresting a number of them. The Indian forces…
Takfiri terrorists kill three Shia Muslims and injure five others
November 4, 2014
Takfiri terrorists kill three Shia Muslims and injure five others
At least three Shia Muslims were martyred and 5 other were injured after takfiri terrorists of Ahl-e-Sunnat-Wal-Jamaat attacked on them in Mirpurkhas and Karachi. In Karachi, a Shia activist was targeted in his car near Hassan Square area of…
Bahrainis protest against Al Khalifa regime crackdown on Ashura mourning ceremonies
November 4, 2014
Bahrainis protest against Al Khalifa regime crackdown on Ashura mourning ceremonies
Bahrainis have staged a protest rally to voice their anger at the Al Khalifa regime’s recent clamp down on Shia mourners. People took to the streets of the town of Duraz, north of the Bahraini capital city of Manama,…
Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Shirazi’s office in Najaf visits Husseini processions in the city
November 4, 2014
Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Shirazi’s office in Najaf visits Husseini processions in the city
Following the directives of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, on offering the best services in the Husseini rituals and supporting the husseini servants financially and morally, a high- ranking delegation from the…