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A total of 300 people, most of them children, have been infected with whooping cough in Zabul province, in southern Afghanistan, and two children have died from the disease, according to Abdul Hakim Hakimi, director of public health in the…

 Three leading human rights organizations in Germany said that the country’s government has not done enough to combat racism and right-wing extremism in the country, calling for measures to be taken to prevent attacks on refugees and Muslims.  This came…

Yesterday, the Muslim World League, in partnership with Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, launched the International Lab for Research and Leadership in Interfaith Collaboration and Coexistence. According to its founders, the International Lab aims to be a center…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, commemorated the birth anniversary of Lady Zainab (peace be upon her), in a celebration it held on the blessed occasion that was…

At least 19 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital told AFP. There have been dozens of blasts and attacks targeting…

On Wednesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Health decided to cancel the requirement for travelers to have an international vaccination card, while giving citizens the option to wear a mask. Shia Waves News Agency received a ministry document which stated, “it…

After the official opening last week of the International Exhibition and Museum of the Biography of the Prophet, Islamic Civilization and the Status of the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them, at the headquarters of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific…

The Public Relations Officer of the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority in the holy city of Karbala, Sayyed Arif Nasrallah, stressed the need to pay attention to young people and take care of them by holding courses, workshops and…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for action in three areas to prevent a biological weapons catastrophe. Guterres made this call in a video message to participants at the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva. Guterres…

Yesterday evening, the thirtieth annual ceremony of the Council of Islamic Organizations in Chicago, USA, honored a number of outstanding Muslim activists, businessmen, and media professionals for their significant contributions to American society. The Patch website reported that “for nearly…