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Extreme heat could make parts of Asia, Africa uninhabitable in decades, according to a report
October 11, 2022
Extreme heat could make parts of Asia, Africa uninhabitable in decades, according to a report
A report prepared by the United Nations and the Red Cross concluded on Monday October 10th that entire regions will become unfit for life in the coming decades due to increasing heat waves. This year’s heat wave poses threats to…
Philippines: Government agencies back bill seeking burial grounds for Muslims
October 11, 2022
Philippines: Government agencies back bill seeking burial grounds for Muslims
Several government agencies on Monday October 10th backed a bill that seeks to set up burial grounds for Muslims in public cemeteries. Many Muslim Filipinos go through a complicated and costly process in sending the remains of their departed loved…
Female Hajj and Umrah pilgrims no longer need a male guardian in Saudi Arabia
October 11, 2022
Female Hajj and Umrah pilgrims no longer need a male guardian in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has announced that a male guardian, or a mahram, is no longer needed to accompany a female pilgrim performing Hajj and Umrah. The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, announced that a woman can now…
Pope urges world to learn from history as threat of nuclear war rises
October 11, 2022
Pope urges world to learn from history as threat of nuclear war rises
Pope Francis urged the world on Sunday to learn from history at a time when the danger of nuclear war over the conflict in Ukraine is emerging, and called for choosing the path of peace. “We cannot forget the danger…
Beginning of advanced lessons in jurisprudence by Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
October 10, 2022
Beginning of advanced lessons in jurisprudence by Grand Ayatollah Shirazi
The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has begun his advanced lessons in jurisprudence with the start of the new academic year of the seminaries. The lessons began on Saturday, with the attendance and participation…
On 20th World Day Against Death Penalty, Bahrain continues death sentences
October 10, 2022
On 20th World Day Against Death Penalty, Bahrain continues death sentences
On the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Edwards, and the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, issued the…
Shia sect emerged with its Infallible Imams and opened door to Ijtihad, an American website writes
October 10, 2022
Shia sect emerged with its Infallible Imams and opened door to Ijtihad, an American website writes
In an important comparison in an article by the American website (Patheos) concerned with religious affairs, between the Sunni and Shia Islamic sects, the article saw that the Shia school of Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) has many pioneering features,…
Within activities of reviving Prophet’s and Imam Sadiq’s honorable births, Shirazi Authority Office in Madagascar distributes gifts to children
October 10, 2022
Within activities of reviving Prophet’s and Imam Sadiq’s honorable births, Shirazi Authority Office in Madagascar distributes gifts to children
The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the city of Majunga, Madagascar, delighted hearts of a number of children from the Shias of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, within the activities…
On collision with Meloni, Pope Francis calls exclusion of migrants ‘criminal’
October 10, 2022
On collision with Meloni, Pope Francis calls exclusion of migrants ‘criminal’
Pope Francis on Sunday October 9th made an impassioned defense of migrants, calling their exclusion “scandalous, disgusting and sinful,” putting him on a collision course with Italy’s upcoming right-wing government. “The exclusion of migrants is scandalous. Indeed, the exclusion of…
Uyghurs in Australia condemn Muslim countries’ ‘betrayal’
October 10, 2022
Uyghurs in Australia condemn Muslim countries’ ‘betrayal’
Uyghur Australians have condemned Muslim-majority member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council for voting down a debate on allegations of human rights abuses against minorities, including Muslims and Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, according to the SBSNews. Among the…