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A large-scale study demonstrates that working antisocial hours is strongly associated with brain damage and cognitive malfunction.   The study warns that long-term shift work accelerates the aging of the brain and dulls intellectual ability. Scientists say that while the…

A book titled “Principles of Beginning and Ending in Quran Competitions” was published by Dar-ul-Quran Center of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine in Karbala.   According to reports, the Quranic Research and Studies Section of the center has published the…

At least 20 Shia mourners were martyred and many were injured after a huge suicide bomb targeted Shia mourners observing the holy day of Ashura exploded in Yobe state in northeastern Nigeria.   Eye witnesses said that the Boko Haram…

At least two Shia Muslims were martyred and several were injured after Takfiri Taliban terrorists attacked on Ashura procession with mortar shells in Orakzai Agency in Pakistan’s Northern area.   According to details, the Shia Muslims were taking Ashura procession…

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…

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…

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…

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…

 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,…

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…