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Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala launched its first awareness and guidance campaigns for pilgrims who will come to participate in the immortal Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The Foundation said in a statement received by Shia Waves News…

According to a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday, August 30, Iran and Turkey are violating international law by barring Afghan refugees from entering their countries or by returning them against their will to live in danger under the…

The Engineering Projects Department, affiliated with the al-Abbas Holy Shrine, revealed the opening of the new service complex for women, located on the Najaf-Karbala Road, in preparation for the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. “The area…

Restrictions on fundamental human rights and freedoms — especially for women and girls — are exacerbating the bleak humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council earlier this week, as members diverged over the international community’s…

A Saudi woman has been jailed for 45 years for her social media posts, a rights group said citing court documents, marking the second such case in weeks. Nourah al-Qahtani received the heavy sentence on appeal after she was convicted…

Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives. Enforced disappearances is a crime which is generally committed by State agents…

San Francisco’s public schools will add two holidays next academic year (2023). The school board voted to close all schools on two of the holiest Muslim days. “Hundreds of our children were left behind academically missing classes, missing assignments, when…

A US court in Indianapolis has sentenced a suspect in the 2020 mosque shootings in Indiana to 12 years in prison. Court documents reveal that Jonathan Warren, 22, shot at the Al Noor Mosque while driving a speeding car, on…

A college in the US state of Arizona has launched a new center that focuses on the experience and contributions of Muslims in the country. The Center of Muslim Experience in the United States by Arizona State University “will facilitate…

Proceeding from its lofty goals and humanitarian mission, the Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in the holy city of Karbala launched the “Pilgrim’s Wheelchair” initiative, which aims to serve the elderly, sick and people with special needs and…