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The Indian agency (Op India) said that a press team from it documented an increase in the number of mosques and Shia religious schools, along the border between India and Nepal located on the Himalayas. The agency, which pursues the…

 The Deputy Governor of Karbala, Jassem al-Fatlawi, said on Tuesday, 13th of September, that holy Karbala has so far received pilgrims from 80 Arab and foreign countries, participating in the revival of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be…

Today, the Iraqi Manuscripts House opened the Exhibition of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in Rare Manuscripts, in the Assyrian hall of the Iraqi Museum in the capital, Baghdad, in conjunction with the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The director of the…

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…