Africa

Niger witnessed the commencement of building the first Husseiniyyah and Islamic seminary for women, in the presence of a group of religious figures and general followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them.This comes with the efforts of the Sayyed…

The Republic of Ghana witnessed joyous celebrations on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lady Fatima al-Zahraa, peace be upon her, which came as a result of the efforts of the Shirazi Religious Authority in disseminating the thought and…

12 security agents were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb planted on the outskirts of Somali town where political leaders had gathered to try and resolve a row over the presidential selection process set to take place on Monday.The…

A group of Nigerian opposition figures and citizens called for an investigation into the violations committed by the former Chief of Staff of the Army Tukur Buratai against the Nigerian people, especially his massacre of 300 Shias in the Zaria…

The Abbas Youth Committee in the Husseiniyah of Imam Ali, peace be upon him, in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, held a mourning ceremony on the demise anniversary of Lady Umm al-Baneen, peace be upon her, in the presence of…

A young Shia died of his wounds in the capital, Abuja, after the Nigerian police attacked peaceful marches to demand the release of the Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.The young Shia succumbed to his wounds, after he was shot by…

On Monday, the Egyptian judicial authorities decided to include 50 leaders of the “Muslim Brotherhood” group, banned in the country, on the list of terrorism.Egyptian media reported that the Southern Tenth Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court headed by Counselor,…

In a joint letter, 12 international and Egyptian human rights organizations called on the European Union to put pressure on Egypt to make a change in the human rights file, and to take measures towards what it described as Egypt’s…

Authorities in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna said Saturday that a group of unidentified gunmen attacked two local government-controlled areas in the state and killed six people, while eight others sustained varying degrees of injuries.The gunmen, suspected to be bandits,…

Abbas Siddiqui, a cleric from Furfura Sharif, is set to announce his new party of Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis on January 21, giving a new dimension to identity politics in West Bengal. “I am going to launch the new outfit…