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The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, offered his condolences on the demise of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Sadiq Rohani. His Eminence issued a statement, received by Shia Waves News Agency, which read: Indeed, we…

Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Sadiq Rohani, one of the Shia religious authorities and a student of Grand Ayatollah Boroujerdi, departed from this world at the age of 96. The office of Grand Ayatollah Rohani, may God bless his soul, announced:…

An Islamic group, Fityanul Islam of Nigeria has launched a N500 million fund to build an orphanage and skills acquisition center in Zaria, Kaduna state. Speaking at the launch on Thursday in Abuja, the group’s national secretary, Engr. Mansur Salihu…

The UN Security Council has warned that the threat of terrorism has increased and become more diffuse in various regions of the world aided by new technologies. It strongly condemned the flow of weapons, military equipment, drones and explosive devices…

Human rights defenders are seeing a surge in potentially deadly boat journeys by Rohingya refugees as they try to reach countries in Southeast Asia where they can access schools, food and jobs. Many of the stateless people have grown desperate…

The Ahlulbayt Center, peace be upon them, affiliated to Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Majunga, Madagascar, is preparing to hold the ten-day Fatimid mourning ceremony. The ceremony will begin on 19th December until 27th of the same month.…

At least 15 people were injured on Thursday during a clash on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border between the security forces of the two countries, media outlets reported. The incident escalates tension days after another border clash between the two sides that…

More than 700,000 Afghan immigrants in Iran and Pakistan returned to Afghanistan. The United Nations Population Fund in Afghanistan announced that more than 727,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their country from Iran and Pakistan in the past nine months.…

Many of the world’s largest car manufacturers may be linked to the forced labor of Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group based in Xinjiang, China, according to new research from Sheffield Hallam University. Tesla, Volkswagen, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Stellantis…

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in China, Chad and Bahrain. In China, MEPs express their support for protesters fighting for fundamental rights who are being persecuted by the Chinese government, notably…