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With the approach of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, three thousand Husseini processions will come from Iran to serve pilgrims walking towards Holy Karbala. Hamid Afzali, the Director of Arbaeen Pilgrimage Affairs in Iran, said…

The Taliban movement has displaced thousands of Afghan Hazara Shias from their areas in which they live, to take the mountains and desert as their dwelling in tragic and difficult circumstances. More than two thousand families of Hazaras from the…

Today, Wednesday, the head of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation, Melle Kyari, announced the death of the Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Barkindo. Kyari wrote on Twitter this morning: “We have lost the respected Dr.…

Arson detectives are investigating a hate crime attack at a mosque on Long Island. A member of the Fatima Al-Zahra mosque in Ronkonkoma posted video to social media showing damage to a crescent sign on the property. He said the…

Pastor Jane Buckley-Farlee was recently walking through her Minneapolis church’s Cedar-Riverside neighbourhood when an unexpected ‘song’ broke out. “I heard this tune that sounded sort of heavenly,” she said. At first, she did not know what it was – but…

The daily scientific session was held by His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, with scholars, believers and Islamic seminary students in his honorable house in the holy city of Qom, on Tuesday morning, corresponding to the fifth of the holy month…

Those holding tourist/visit visas are not allowed to perform the Hajj, Saudi Arabia has announced. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the regulations and instructions in the kingdom prevent the tourist visa holders from performing Hajj, and also prevent them…

Finnish researchers have installed the world’s first fully working “sand battery” which can store green power for months at a time. The developers say this could solve the problem of year-round supply, a major issue for green energy. Using low-grade…

The German ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Martin Jaeger and his accompanying delegation, visited the al-Askariyain Holy Shrine in Samarra. The official website of the Holy Shrine stated, in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency that “the Secretary-General of…

The Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qassem al-Araji, called on all countries to withdraw their nationals from the Syrian al-Hol camp, considering that the camp poses a threat to Iraq. This came during Al-Araji’s discussion with a delegation of the UN…