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Iraq, Saudi Arabia cooperate to enlist “Old Pilgrimage Road” on World Heritage List

Iraq, Saudi Arabia cooperate to enlist “Old Pilgrimage Road” on World Heritage List

The Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities announced that it has prepared a plan with the Saudi Heritage Authority to manage the Old Pilgrimage Road, as part of the requirements for nominating the road to the World Heritage List.…
Muslim youth sent to jail for offering ‘azan’ at 250-year-old mosque in India

Muslim youth sent to jail for offering ‘azan’ at 250-year-old mosque in India

A Muslim man was arrested and sent to jail on Saturday for offering ‘azan’ at a 250-year-old mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli. Umar Qureshi was booked under IPC section 505 (promoting enmity) and IT Act following a complaint by…
Iraqi PM inaugurates “Ya Hussein” road in Dhi Qar Governorate

Iraqi PM inaugurates “Ya Hussein” road in Dhi Qar Governorate

In the presence of Iraq’s Prime Minister, Muhammad Shaya’a al-Sudani, and other officials and local residents, Dhi Qar governorate in southern Iraq witnessed today Monday the opening of “Ya Hussein” road project. This project, with a total length of three…
Directorate of Roads and Bridges in Holy Karbala begins paving process of Ayenul-Tamur road

Directorate of Roads and Bridges in Holy Karbala begins paving process of Ayenul-Tamur road

The Directorate of Roads and Bridges in Holy Karbala, Iraq, has announced the beginning of the paving process of Ayenul-Tamur road, one of the routes the pilgrims to Imam Hussein Holy Shrine on the Holy Arba’een take on their on-foot…
Armed groups kill 17 across three villages in northwestern Nigeria

Armed groups kill 17 across three villages in northwestern Nigeria

Armed gang members have killed at least 17 people in attacks in northwestern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, TRTWorld reported. The gang members carried out attacks on three villages in Kauru district, killing at least 17 people and kidnapping 58 people, reports…
Pakistan bomb blast kills five polio vaccination guard police

Pakistan bomb blast kills five polio vaccination guard police

A bomb blast in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border killed five police on polio vaccination guard duty and wounded more than 20 on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks by Islamist militants ahead of the Feb. 8…
PM Sheikh Hasina re-elected for fifth term in Bangladesh amid concerns of fading legitimate opposition

PM Sheikh Hasina re-elected for fifth term in Bangladesh amid concerns of fading legitimate opposition

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a fifth term in power with her party taking three-quarters of seats in parliament, election officials said on Monday, Jan. 8. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which has seen its ranks diminished…
UN decries deadly terrorist attack on Afghan Hazara community

UN decries deadly terrorist attack on Afghan Hazara community

The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to bring to justice the perpetrators of an overnight deadly minibus bombing in Kabul that targeted members of the minority Hazara-Shiite community. Saturday’s attack in the western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of the Afghan…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on settling financial disputes, role of Jurist

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on settling financial disputes, role of Jurist

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Sunday, the 24th of Jumadi al-Thani. In this session, just like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudence issues.…
Non-Violence Organization expresses concern over ongoing targeting of journalists in Tunisia

Non-Violence Organization expresses concern over ongoing targeting of journalists in Tunisia

The World Non-Violence Organization, Freemuslim, has expressed its growing concern about the Tunisian authorities’ measures to restrict the media and press and the ongoing attempts to silence voices, following the arrest of a journalist on Wednesday January 3rd, 2024, calling…
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