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The Platforma festival is currently touring the southwest of England, showcasing the artistic works of Middle Eastern and Muslim refugees. Managed by Counterpoints Arts, the festival aims to tackle perceptions of refugees in the UK and promote their artistic contributions…

The Secretary-General of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein, Hajj Hassan Rashid Al-Abayji, stressed the need to promote the culture of equality and peaceful coexistence among the people of Iraq. Al-Abayji said, during a conference organized by the Imam Hussein…

On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared October 2 — the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India’s independence movement — as the International Day of Non-Violence. The UN resolution is intended to promote the culture…

Indian and Pakistani communities, in the US state of Houston, celebrated the blessed birth anniversary of the Honorable Prophet and his grandson Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq, peace be upon them. News outlets reported that “Husseiniya of Darul-Abass in Houston held a…

The World Shirazi Foundation has congratulated humanity in general and Muslims in particular on the anniversary of the Prophet’s birthday, praying to Allah Almighty to bless all the peoples of the earth and to send upon security, peace, and prosperity.…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Thursday, the 12th of Rabi al-Awwal. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudence issues. Grand…

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media…

The World Resources Institute announced in its recent report that the lack of clean water will threaten about six billion people in the world by 2050. According to WRI, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East are particularly…

According to local reports from Afghanistan, the Taliban’s Ministry of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil has published an announcement about hijab. The hijab notice was produced in 6 lines in the historical city of Balkh and posted it on the…

Life in Karnataka, located in southern India, was significantly disrupted as the state observed a shutdown on Friday, in protest of the water release from the Cauvery River to neighboring Tamil Nadu. The shutdown had a substantial impact on transportation…