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Human rights report monitors violations against Shia Muslims during 30 days

Human rights report monitors violations against Shia Muslims during 30 days

Shia Rights Watch International Organization has documented more than twenty violent and repressive terrorist attacks against Shia Muslims in seven Arab and Islamic countries during the month of November, in a dangerous escalation of attacks on the followers of Ahlulbayt…
Colombia: Growing interest in Islam and a long history of coexistence and tolerance

Colombia: Growing interest in Islam and a long history of coexistence and tolerance

Like other South American countries, the presence of Muslims in Colombia dates back to many decades ago. The Islamic presence in this country dates back to more than 500 years ago, specifically with the official discovery of the Americas, when…
US: Fairfield students push for Muslim holidays to be added to school calendar

US: Fairfield students push for Muslim holidays to be added to school calendar

Families are working to change the Fairfield School District in Connecticut, USA, to be more inclusive of Muslim holidays. Students throughout the Fairfield School District asked the Board of Education to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the school…
New York: ‘Islam & Modernism’ exhibition at Aicon Gallery

New York: ‘Islam & Modernism’ exhibition at Aicon Gallery

Islam & Modernism – a seminal exhibition by Pakistan-born, London-based conceptual artist and long-time activist and organizer Rasheed Araeen – is currently being presented at Aicon Gallery in New York. The exhibition at the art gallery takes as its core…
International site includes holy Karbala in its list of the holiest sites in the Islamic religion

International site includes holy Karbala in its list of the holiest sites in the Islamic religion

The international “Grunge” website, which specializes in publishing general reports and statistics, has included the holy city of Karbala in its list of the holiest sites in the Islamic religion. The US-based site said, in a special report, that “the…
Free Muslim reaffirms its commitment to the principle of tolerance and calls on world leaders to spread it

Free Muslim reaffirms its commitment to the principle of tolerance and calls on world leaders to spread it

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, sent a message to all human societies, on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance, which was on the 16th of November, pointing to the importance of spreading tolerance and commitment to promoting…
Finishing touches on the construction of Imam Al-Asr Mosque in Washington DC

Finishing touches on the construction of Imam Al-Asr Mosque in Washington DC

The administration of the Imam Al-Asr Mosque (may Allah hasten his honorable reappearance) in the US capital, Washington DC, revealed the final construction designs of the mosque, which obtained government approval, and reached its final stage prior to its construction,…
Husseini procession in Michigan receives banner of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas

Husseini procession in Michigan receives banner of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas

The Husseini procession ‘Adorers of Hussein’, in the US state of Michigan, was gifted the banner of the dome of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas, peace be upon him. The banner was handed over by the representative of the al-Abbas Holy Shrine…
The opening of Prophet Muhammad Mosque in Virginia, USA

The opening of Prophet Muhammad Mosque in Virginia, USA

The Shias of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, inaugurated a new mosque in Virginia,  USA, in an atmosphere of joy and happiness. The mosque which is named after the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, is…
Presence of Muslims in Brazil dates back to centuries

Presence of Muslims in Brazil dates back to centuries

Although they are not a large population of Brazil, the presence of Muslims in this country in South America dates back to a long time and specifically when the Portuguese discovered this part of the world in 1500 A.D. When…
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