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Karbala Vision Project gains more official traction as members intensify efforts

Karbala Vision Project gains more official traction as members intensify efforts

As Mesbah Al-Hussein Foundation, for Relief and Development, is intensifying efforts on its developmental project “Karbala Vision Project 2030: 50 million pilgrims during Arba’een Pilgrimage”, the sitting committee for massive pilgrimages has announced its plans to establish infrastructure needed to…
UNAMA condemns physical punishment by Taliban in Afghanistan

UNAMA condemns physical punishment by Taliban in Afghanistan

The US-based news agency the “Jurist” has published a new report on the use of corporal punishment and death sentences by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report, released on Monday 8th May, said that the United Nations Assistance Mission in…
India: Uttar Pradesh Waqf Board to launch housing scheme for poor sections of community

India: Uttar Pradesh Waqf Board to launch housing scheme for poor sections of community

The Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board plans to provide houses to the lower-middle-class within the Shia community through a scheme that involves allotting vacant land to beneficiaries. The board will get the houses constructed through a committee, and selected beneficiaries…
Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: It is not permissible for a ruler to by tyrannical in governance

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: It is not permissible for a ruler to by tyrannical in governance

The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has emphasized that a ruler is not permitted to by tyrannical in his ruling even if he is a Faqih (jurist) or is installed by a Faqih. In…
Muslim YouTubers provide halal meals for US college students

Muslim YouTubers provide halal meals for US college students

A group of Muslim YouTubers in the United States have come together to provide halal meals for Muslim students on campus. The YouTubers, including Fatima Abdallah, Sahar Lodi, and Saba Fatima, all run channels focused on lifestyle and food, and…
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refuse to return to Myanmar on fear of further persecution

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refuse to return to Myanmar on fear of further persecution

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have insisted that they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making their first return visit. In the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar, nearly a million Muslims from the Rohingya ethnic…
Shia youth in the Netherlands organize weekly online Islamic theological curricula and lectures

Shia youth in the Netherlands organize weekly online Islamic theological curricula and lectures

Shia youth in the Netherlands have created a weekly online program called Twaalvers, offering lessons in tafseer, Arabic, fiqh, and aqeedah conducted by Sheikh Rohani. The lesson will take off comming thursday. The group began as an online community seeking…
Central Graduation Ceremony for Iraqi universities organized in Holy Bainul Haramain

Central Graduation Ceremony for Iraqi universities organized in Holy Bainul Haramain

Around 3000 students from various Iraqi universities took the graduation oath at the Shrine of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (peace be upon him) this Friday afternoon, as part of the graduation ceremony of Iraqi university students for the year 2023. Upon…
Construction works underway at Iraq’s religious sites

Construction works underway at Iraq’s religious sites

The Secretariat-General of the Shia Holy Shrines in Iraq has revealed, today Monday, that construction works are underway in a number of holy sites. The Secretariat-General said that these projects are launched in order to accommodate the increasing numbers of…
Congo virus claims two lives in Pakistan

Congo virus claims two lives in Pakistan

Pakistani media reported two deaths due to the Congo virus in this country, adding that one of the victims was a 20-year-old pregnant Afghan woman. Citing health sources in Pakistan, Dan newspaper reported on Monday that one case was registered…
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