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Islam & Modernism – a seminal exhibition by Pakistan-born, London-based conceptual artist and long-time activist and organizer Rasheed Araeen – is currently being presented at Aicon Gallery in New York. The exhibition at the art gallery takes as its core…

Child welfare systems in the United States too often treat poverty as the basis for charges of neglect and decisions to remove children from their parents, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a report…

The Ahlulbayt Center (peace be upon them) for Islamic Thought, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Baghdad, continues to hold the monthly youth meeting. A group of youths attended and participated in the meeting on Rabi` al -Thani 18,…

According to the head of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI), 200 Quranic manuscripts are being held in the center. Unfortunately, some brokers who are only following their own financial interests are trying to transfer old manuscripts to…

At least six policemen were killed in a terrorist attack in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Wednesday, an official said. The terrorists riding motorcycles opened fire at a police patrol van in Shahabkhel area of Lakki Marwat district,…

Imam Hussein Charity, affiliated with the Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Shirazi, is running their annual Afghanistan winter appeal. The campaign is ‘Heat a Home’ as Afghanistan winter is one of the most brutal with temperatures dropping to -25 degrees Celsius…

The Al-Rasool Al-Akram Foundation in Mazar-e-Sharif once again provided financial aid to hundreds of orphans. In a statement to Shia Waves News Agency, Sheikh Mohammad Rahmani said: On Thursday, November 17, the Al-Rasool Al-Akram Foundation, under the auspices of the…

Two Islamic schools have been closed down in France’s southern city of Montpellier, according to local media reports. Officials carried out unannounced checks at the two schools on Tuesday and ordered the administrations to shut them down, news outlet Actu.fr…

The Chinese government incentivized and forced inter-ethnic marriages that have been occurring in the Uyghur region since 2014, according to a report by a Washington-based advocacy group. The new research by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) is based on…

The Warith al-Anbiya Institute, affiliated with the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him), will hold an international conference in 2023 called Orientalism and Imam ‎Hussein (peace be upon him), and under the slogan “Imam Hussein: Global and…