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TSA plans for facial recognition at US airports raises privacy concerns
May 16, 2023
TSA plans for facial recognition at US airports raises privacy concerns
This month the TSA has been testing facial recognition technology at US airports to enhance identity verification. Passengers can walk through security without handing over their IDs, but critics worry about bias and privacy implications. TSA states that data is…
Cyclones, flash floods getting more destructive due to climate change, scientists say
May 16, 2023
Cyclones, flash floods getting more destructive due to climate change, scientists say
Climatologists and weather experts said that climate change does not make cyclones more frequent, but it does transform them more destructive. They added that these immensely powerful natural phenomena have different labels according to the region they hit, but cyclones,…
South Korea exports first shipment of halal meat to Malaysia
May 16, 2023
South Korea exports first shipment of halal meat to Malaysia
South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture has reached an agreement with Malaysia to export Korean beef. Based on the agreement, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Hanwoo Board, an organization that supports the beef industry, announced that…
Remains of 605 ISIS victims unearthed near prison in northern Iraq
May 16, 2023
Remains of 605 ISIS victims unearthed near prison in northern Iraq
The remains of 605 people believed to have been killed by ISIS have been exhumed from a mass grave near a prison in northern Iraq, a government agency has said, adding that the process of opening the graves extended over…
Ancient Shia mosque in Cairo restored, reopens to devotees and visitors
May 16, 2023
Ancient Shia mosque in Cairo restored, reopens to devotees and visitors
Egypt’s Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah Mosque, construction dating back to 990 AD and finished in 1302 AD, for the, has in recent months been reopened after an extensive 30-month restoration under the Ahlul Bayet Heritage Project. The grandeur of the mosque,…
Pakistan: Parachinar school teachers slaughter protest, demand justice for Shia colleagues
May 16, 2023
Pakistan: Parachinar school teachers slaughter protest, demand justice for Shia colleagues
May 15th, the Express tribune reported that Female schoolteachers in Parachinar, Kurram tribal district, held a protest against the brutal killing of Shia schoolteachers on May 4. They demanded the arrest of those responsible for the tragic incident, where teachers…
New US report on religious freedom documents violations committed by oppressive governments
May 16, 2023
New US report on religious freedom documents violations committed by oppressive governments
The US State Department has released its 2022 report on international religious freedom, outlining the status of religious freedom in various countries around the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that, “The annual survey shows conditions in…
Nonviolence Organization issues message on Int’l Day of Living Together in Peace
May 16, 2023
Nonviolence Organization issues message on Int’l Day of Living Together in Peace
On the “International Day of Living Together in Peace”, the world Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) issued a statement in which it called for reflecting over the harm caused to humanity by conflicts, wars and rivalries between individuals and peoples on…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi extends his condolences on sorrowful martyrdom of Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq
May 16, 2023
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi extends his condolences on sorrowful martyrdom of Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq
The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has said today Tuesday, that the honorable house of his Eminence will hold mourning ceremony on the sorrowful anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq, peace…
Long-awaited only mosque in the capital of Ukraine
May 15, 2023
Long-awaited only mosque in the capital of Ukraine
Al-Rahmah Mosque, the first and only mosque in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is considered one of the largest mosques in Europe. The Mosque was built between 1996 and 2012 on a symbolic spot next to the remains of an…