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An official in the Iranian Transportation Ministry said on Saturday that the process of transporting Iranian pilgrims to the holy shrines in Iraq to participate in the commemoration of the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, and…

The Zainabiya Seminary, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Syrian capital, Damascus, continues to hold the Husseini mourning ceremonies, on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The ceremonies witnessed a large presence of Shias…

The European TV network “Euro News” published a photo report in which it shed light on some of the details of the painful Ashura ceremonies in the holy city of Karbala. In its report, the caption read, “Shia Muslims take…

Fifteen human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, sent a letter to the King of Bahrain calling for the release of academic and political activist Abdul Jalil Al-Singace. The organizations urged the Bahraini authorities to secure the…

The largest mosque in Central Asia has opened in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan.   Several high-ranking figures attended the mosque-opening ceremony. The mosque spans an area of almost ten hectares, and is topped by a 90-meter central dome and eight smaller domes. …

A group of tourists from the Netherlands and Germany visited the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali al-Redha, peace be upon him, where they were given a tour of the courtyards and museum of the Holy Shrine.   Members of the…

With the sorrowful day of Ashura peacefully commemorated across the world, Shia Muslims now prepare to mark the massive Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. In the previous years, the number of pilgrims coming to perform pilgrimage…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala announced the launch of the second phase of distributing the Ashura clothing to orphans and the needy. The Foundation stated in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency,…

The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, expressed his thanks to all the servants of Imam al-Hussein (peace be upon him) who participated in the revival of his painful Ashura, and who made great efforts…

Syria’s autonomous Kurdish region transferred to the Iraqi government more than 600 relatives of ISIS group members who were detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp, media outlets said Friday. It is the fourth operation of its kind this year from…