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Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh on Friday asserted that students wearing hijab will not be allowed inside the examination, with the examinations are set to begin from March 9 in the state. Speaking to reporters he maintained that it has…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday asked all nations to work harder towards abolishing the death penalty, an ongoing practice in 79 countries. Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the…

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell yesterday concluded a two-day visit to Turkey, where she met with children and families affected by the powerful earthquakes that hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria earlier this month. Russl said that: “Across earthquake-affected areas…

A new report released by France 24 has found that many foreign domestic workers in Saudi Arabia are forced to work in terrible conditions, often with abusive employers. However, they are trapped because of a system that ties their working…

The technical employees of the Maintenance Department, affiliated to Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, installed partitions in the holy courtyard as part of the plans laid ahead of the Massive Mid-Sha’ban Pilgrimage. In a statement of the Media Department received by…

As spring draws near, the Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, which is affiliated to the office of the Grand Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, distributed clothes to 170 needy and orphan families in…

The representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen, Sheikh Jalal Ma’ash, expressed his happiness and joy over the blessed births of AhlulBayet, peace be upon them. Sheikh Ma’ash participated in…

A resolution seeking to support Senator Robinhood Padilla’s Senate Bill No. 1272 and its counterpart House Bill No. 5693 in the House of Representatives, which declares Feb. 1 of every year as National Hijab Day, was approved by Philippines’s Bangsamoro…

From the right to choose what to wear, to the right to education and work, Indian Muslim women are at risk of losing it all. Ongoing global debates around the right to education in Afghanistan for women and their choice…

In Pakistan, unarmed and helpless Shias are marching on a one-way street to annihilation, as the mercenaries who treat Shias like sitting ducks on the receiving end still remain at large and protected by the military, reported Baltimore Post-Examiner (BPE).…