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More than 29,000 people have died on migration trips to Europe since 2014, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The organization said in a report issued, that “5,000 people have died during the past two years.” The organization’s…

Prominent Bahraini human rights activists have urged the Vatican to address a number of serious files and persistent concerns related to religious freedom during Pope Francis’s visit to Manama next month. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain sent…

 The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, stresses the presence of youth in political, social and scientific forums, and stresses the need to give Muslim youth the necessary opportunity to provide what serves their society…

Today, the sky of Iraq and neighboring countries witnessed a partial solar eclipse. Congregational Ayat Prayers were held in the Holy Shrines of Imam Ali, Al-Abbas and Imam Hussain (peace be upon them). Thousands of pilgrims and citizens joined the…

An estimated 1 million people die from lead poisoning annually and millions more, many of them children, are exposed to low levels of lead, causing lifelong health problems, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The health effects from lead…

October 24 is World Polio Day. Polio is a serious and contagious disease of the central nervous system that primarily affects motor neurons in the spinal cord. Those most at risk are children under the age of 5. Despite the existence…

About 40 people gathered over the weekend to plant a set of Magnolia trees on a vacant 80-acre plot of land in a City of Horn Lake neighborhood. The site will eventually be transformed into a mosque and Muslim cemetery…

Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world. UNHCR is particularly concerned about the…

Community leaders say Fargo’s Islamic Cemetery is the target of a vandalism spree. The area in North Dakota, USA, is usually a quiet, peaceful area, and operating the one-acre cemetery is largely a grassroots effort for the Islamic Society of…

The Imam Shirazi World Foundation has called for reforming the prison conditions in the Middle East, stressing the need to pay serious attention to the conditions of those who are imprisoned or arrested on any charge. In a statement received…