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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…

The third of Rabi al-Awwal of year 64 AH marks a dark day in history when Yazid’s troops, under the command of Ḥuṣayn ibn Numayr, attacked Mecca and desecrated the Divine Sanctuary of Allah, Ka’ba. Yazid bin Muawiyah ruled the…

Two years after the Taliban’s decision to deprive girls above the sixth grade from the right to education in Afghanistan, international human rights organizations, including the United Nations, have called for the reopening of schools for girls in this country.…

This week The New Arab reported how the former French prime-minister Edouard Philippe—currently a mayor of the city Le Havre and presidential rival of Macron—recently expressed ideas relating to an increase of authority of the state in regulating the religious…

Canada has seen more attacks on Muslims over the past six years than any other G-7 country, according to the office of Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. Between 2021 and 2022, there was a 71% increase…

Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi called on Monday for the arrest of the extremist preacher Maulawi Mansour Manjaal, following statements he made against the followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them. According to news outlets followed by…