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A senior Saudi cleric has issued a controversial fatwa that prohibits performing Hajj every year regarding it as a sin and a way of deforming the image of Islam.   The fatwa caused a controversy on social networking where people…

Coinciding with the approaching of month of Muharram and for the second year successively, the Universal Campaign of (Imam Hussein_ remains), peace be upon him, has commenced to receive various activities about the immortal revolution of Imam Hussein, peace be…

A senior Shia cleric from Al-Ahsa, directed a speech to the Minster of Education Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, demanding him to dismantle some of the radical thoughts which dominate the society for decades.    The statement which was a part of…

An educational Quranic course has been planned by a Quranic Institute for the youth, adults and converts in Singapore.   According to reports, the 3-month course has been designed for those who wish to learn reading and reciting the Quran.…

Anti-Islamic adverts are to appear on New York buses next week, funded by a pro-Israel group with a history of provocative campaigns.   One features an image of James Foley, the American journalist, flanked a member of the so-called Islamic…

The auction house Sotheby’s has put a collection of 52 original architectural drawings and 216 photographs of the first expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque, peace be upon him, in the holy city of Medina in 1951.   The documents, which…

A court in Bahrain sentenced 14 activists to life in prison in connection with an explosion that wounded four policemen last year.    Since mid-February 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling…

According to security sources a Kuwaiti princess was arrested in Beirut, at the Rafik Hariri Airport after the authorities find that she was carrying illegal drugs.    The princess was subsequently taken into custody. Her identity remains unknown for obvious…

Many Shia pilgrims, pouring to the sacred land to perform the rites of Hajj for this year, have expressed dissatisfaction with what they described as racist and sectarian practices committed by employees in the Saudi airports who receive delegations of…

Shia Rights Watch Organization has stressed the necessity of urgent release of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi authorities immediately and without delay or procrastination for social and humanitarian considerations.   The organization said that the arrest of Sheikh al-Nimr…