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After several years of their presence in Iraq, the Chinese workers and engineers saw with their own eyes the generosity and altruism of the Iraqis during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), which motivated them to…

The Ahlulbayt Cultural and Charitable Foundation in Basra has started to set up a tent for religious inquiries in Najaf province to serve the Arbaeen pilgrims. In a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency, the Foundation stated that, in…

Despite making up one quarter of the world’s population, Muslims are severely underrepresented on television — and when they are represented, they’re depicted as shallow stereotypes, according to a new study.  Researchers from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School…

Hazara and other Shia Muslim communities in Afghanistan are facing what seem to be “systematic” attacks that could amount to international crimes, a United Nations expert has warned. Afghanistan’s Hazaras have faced decades of abuse and state-sponsored discrimination, including by…

Aid organizations have warned that about seven million children, or the equivalent of a third of the children in Sudan, do not enroll in school, and do not get their chance to education, which threatens to create a “generational catastrophe.”…

A cornerstone laying ceremony for the new headquarters of the Islamic Forum in America was held, in the presence of a large crowd of members of the Arab and Islamic community, in Dearborn Heights, USA.   A large number of government…

A photo exhibition has opened in San Antonio which seeks to highlight the diversity of Muslims in Texas. Faces of Islam, which features portrait photos highlighting the diversity of Muslims in Texas, made its public debut Saturday in San Antonio…

Tens of thousands of pilgrims from Afghanistan and Pakistan are entering Iraq via Shalamcheh Border Crossing to participate in the Walk of Love, the walk towards the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, to participate in the…

The religious authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi, joined the millions of pilgrims walking towards the holy city of Karbala to commemorate the Arbaeen. This comes within the Grand Ayatollah’s annual habit of joining the believers in the…

Dozens of girls have protested in Afghanistan’s Paktia province after Taliban authorities shut their schools just days after classes resumed, agencies and local media reported, as an estimated three million secondary school girls are shut out of school for more…