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A mourning ceremony was held in the house of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the holy city of Qom, on the occasion of the Special Pilgrimage Day of Imam al-Redha, peace be upon him,…

Imam Hussain Holy Shrine announced that intensive preparations are being made in the holy shrine to receive the millions of pilgrims on Arafah Day, the holy month of Muharram, and the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The Secretary-General of the Holy Shrine, Hassan…

The International Non-violence Organization, Free Muslim, called on the UNCHR to launch an urgently transparent investigation into the allegations that Polish authorities had executed and assaulted Iraqi refugees stranded on the Poland-Belarus borders since last year. In a statement received…

A rally condemning the Indian authority’s defamatory comments by two officials from India’s ruling party about Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny, was held in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, on Friday. A short speech was delivered by…

The 23rd of Dhul-Qa’dah is commemorated as the Imam Redha Pilgrimage Day, or according to some narrations, the Eighth Imam’s martyrdom anniversary. Imam Redha Holy shrine held various special events to mark the day and to host arriving pilgrims. Meanwhile,…

A group of Persian language and literature professors from India’s top universities of Lucknow, Bhagalpour, and Khajeh Mu’in al-Din Chishti have paid a visit to central library and museum of Imam Redha Holy Shrine. During his tour of the central…

British activists and MPs organized a protest in front of the Bahrain embassy in central London. The protest was organized to celebrate the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the 11th anniversary of the conviction…

The chair of the Finsbury Park mosque in north London has warned that Islamophobia has intensified since the 2017 terror attack in the area, as dozens gathered to remember the man who was killed five years ago. Makram Ali, 51,…

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 1,000 people and injured 1,500 in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban appealed for international help for the rescue effort as pictures showed landslides and ruined mud-built homes in the province of Paktika. The quake…

Many Iraqi religious and cultural activists met the son of the Supreme Religious Authority, Ayatollah Sayyed Hussein al-Shirazi in the holy city of Qom. The official website of the Shirazi Religious Authority said in a statement, received by Shia Waves…