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The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, one of the humanitarian organizations affiliated to the office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Holy Karbala, has launched the “Pilgrim’s Chair” initiative to take the elderly, people with disabilities and the sick…

A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social…

The Indian official newspaper “Live Hindustan” reported that a symbolic funeral was held for the martyrs of Holy Karbala in the predominantly Shia-populated city of Badagaon, Uttar Pradesh. The newspaper said in its report, translated by Shia Waves Agency, that…

As part of its monthly report on the best photos around the world, the semi-official Ukrainian newspaper “Zaborona” published a picture of a Shia pilgrim heading towards the holy city of Karbala. The newspaper said in its caption of the…

The British “Middle East Monitor” newspaper has released captivating photos of the crowds of pilgrims heading towards the holy city of Karbala to commemorate the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The newspaper’s report titled “Shia Muslims…

The Mexican “TV Azteca” published on its official website a detailed report on the massive numbers of pilgrims heading from the southernmost point of Iraq towards the holy city of Karbala. The report, translated by Shia Waves Agency, said that…

Eleven laborers were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, a local government official said Sunday. The device exploded after being attached to the vehicle they were traveling in on Saturday evening, Rehman Gul…

Malaysia has set a target of attracting 3.2 million Muslim tourists by 2023, says Malaysia’s deputy minister of tourism, arts and culture, comparing the figure with last year’s 2.1 million. After the start of the Islamic tourism month in 2023,…

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh Hosseini Shirazi was held on Sunday, the third of Safar, 2023. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudence issues. In…

The Human Rights Watch has said in a report that Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023. The rights organization stressed in…