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Androscoggin Bank has become the first institution in Maine, US, to offer Islamic interest-free mortgage plans that comply with Islamic and other religious injunctions prohibiting usury. In one model, the buyer and the financier purchase a property together and become…

More than 1,200 refugee children under 5 have died in Sudan amid on-going fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday. These children have died in nine camps in the…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will give Morocco a $1.3 billion loan following the Sept. 8 earthquake that killed thousands in the North African country, Anadolu News Agency reported.  According to IMF Managing Director, the IMF has concluded a staff-level…

Archaeologists  have found a centuries-old Muslim cemetery during the restoration of a building in Granada, a prominent city in the Andalusia region of southern Spain. Archaeologist Amjad Suliman, who is conducting research on the Andalusian Islamic civilization, said that they…

The loyal followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, continue their walk towards the holy shrine of Imam al-Hassan al-Askari, peace be upon him, in the holy city of Samarra to commemorate his painful martyrdom anniversary. Shia Waves correspondent said…

The employees at the Al-Askari Holy Shrine have covered the walls in black in commemoration of the sorrowful martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-Hassan al-Askari, peace be upon him. The Secretariat-General of Al-Askari Holy Shrine said in a statement on its…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Tuesday, the third of Rabi al-Awwal. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudential issues. Grand…

Shia centres, organizations and Husseiniyahs all over the world have begun their mourning ceremonies and activities in commemoration of the death anniversary of Sayyeda Sukaiyna bint Al-Hussein, peace be upon them. Shia Waves Agency recorded today, Wednesday, some of the…

At least 24 people have been killed after a bus in Peru veered off a mountainous road and plunged down a slope, falling at least 150 meters, local authorities confirmed. According to Al Jazeera, the bus had been travelling north…

At least six people have been killed in a suspected drone attack on an airport near the city of Sulaymaniyah in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Al Jazeera reported today, September, 19. The incident took place at the…