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Police announced Saturday they had arrested a suspect sought for arson crime committed at a mosque in Portland. Michael E. Bivins, 34, was booked into the Multnomah County jail Saturday morning, the Portland Police Bureau reported. Bivins is accused of…

A Pakistani Muslim worker has been shot in the head in Greece in a suspected hate crime ahead of a key appeals trial involving the notorious neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. Anti-racism group Keerfa said on Wednesday Ali Riaz, 26, had…

The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, reiterated his position on the tragedy of the demolition of al-Baqi graves, describing it as one of the biggest sins and crimes today. On the occasion of the International Day…

Egypt’s Minister of Endowments, Muhammad Mukhtar Gomaa, announced Friday allowing visiting the mosques’ shrines and re-opening them.He added in a tweet, that mosques operation will ‘return to normal’.He added that al-Hussain’s Mosque square will remain open for visitation throughout the…

A mosque in the northeastern city of Metz was vandalized on Friday. Run by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), the mosque suffered significant damage after three Molotov cocktails were placed on its walls by unidentified assailants and set…

Shia social media activists have launched a campaign on Twitter to demand Saudi authorities to reconstruct the Baqee Cemetery in Medina. Over 123 thousand tweets were posted by Ahlulbayt lovers from around the world calling on UNICEF to interfere and…

The Imam Hussein Media Group announced, to viewers of its channels from around the world, the grand finale of its Husseini competition, The Shia Voice. The Media Group said, “IHTV’s Arabic, English, Urdu, Persian and Turkish channels will broadcast live…

The representative of the Supreme Religious Authority in Lebanon, Sheikh Jalal Maash, stressed the importance of strengthening brotherhood and coexistence among the people of the same nation. Sheikh Maash stressed this during a meeting with a member of the Syrian…

In a global event and the first of its kind, a private passenger plane bearing the name of Lady Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her, took off yesterday afternoon from London to Dublin, carrying passengers to attend the premiere of…

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated Muslims worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “As Muslims in the United States and around the world conclude the…