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At least six people have been killed in a suspected drone attack on an airport near the city of Sulaymaniyah in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Al Jazeera reported today, September, 19. The incident took place at the…

The third of Rabi al-Awwal of year 64 AH marks a dark day in history when Yazid’s troops, under the command of Ḥuṣayn ibn Numayr, attacked Mecca and desecrated the Divine Sanctuary of Allah, Ka’ba. Yazid bin Muawiyah ruled the…

Two years after the Taliban’s decision to deprive girls above the sixth grade from the right to education in Afghanistan, international human rights organizations, including the United Nations, have called for the reopening of schools for girls in this country.…

This week The New Arab reported how the former French prime-minister Edouard Philippe—currently a mayor of the city Le Havre and presidential rival of Macron—recently expressed ideas relating to an increase of authority of the state in regulating the religious…

Canada has seen more attacks on Muslims over the past six years than any other G-7 country, according to the office of Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. Between 2021 and 2022, there was a 71% increase…

Shia Muslims in the Pakistani city of Karachi called on Monday for the arrest of the extremist preacher Maulawi Mansour Manjaal, following statements he made against the followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them. According to news outlets followed by…

The Turkish writer and journalist Celil Gundujdo described the holy city of Karbala as a global marvel, while revealing his inner feelings to see the shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, every time. Gundujdo said in a press…

Huge crowds of Shia pilgrims, from various Iraqi provinces, have begun their on-foot journey towards the holy city of Samarra to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-Hassan al-Askari, peace be upon him. Large processions from Basra, Nasiriyah, Diwaniyah and…

International organizations have condemned the deteriorating humanitarian and economic conditions in Yemen in light of the continued reduction of funding for many humanitarian projects and programs. In a joint statement, 98 local and international organizations confirmed the deplorable humanitarian and…

The Shia Rights Watch (SRW) confirmed today, Tuesday, that the Holy Arba’een Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, represents a rare divine opportunity in which the good manners of human beings of various types, races, ideas and beliefs…