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A gunman has killed at least eight people at a university in the Russian city of Perm, officials say.The assailant walked on to the campus on Monday morning and started shooting.Students and teachers barricaded themselves inside the university building; others…

Sunni scholars and clerics in India have described the occupied Jammu and Kashmir region as Karbala, as a result of the policies of the Narendra Modi government aimed at attacking the religion, Islamic identity and Kashmiri culture and pushing it…

Uzbekistan will allow girls to wear headscarves in schools in a bid to ensure devout Muslim families send their daughters to school, the Central Asian country’s Education Ministry said.Islam is the dominant religion in Uzbekistan, but the authoritarian government is…

The semi-official Indonesian newspaper, Gesuri, published an article in which it refuted the false allegations promoted by the Wahhabi media against the Shias.The newspaper said in its article, “After a series of discussions with one of the universities, the invalidity…

The Kashmiri weekly “Kashmir Walla” published a video report that sheds light on the role of Kashmiri women in holding annual mourning ceremonies on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.The newspaper said in a report entitled…

Ahlulbayt followers in Jammu and Kashmir held massive mourning processions in which men, women and children participated, to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.The Kashmiri weekly “Free Press Kashmir” published a video report in which…

Police in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir fired tear gas and warning shots today, to disperse Shia Muslims participating in the processions to commemorate the month of Muharram, and dozens of them were arrested, according to the Associated Press and…

Thirty years after banning the grand mourning processions for Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, the Kashmiris are reviving Ashura through the participation of Ahlulbayt followers in the grand Husseini processions of the ancient city of Srinagar.The grand Husseini processions…

In an official meeting, the Prime Minister of the Indian state of Punjab, Sardar Osman Buzdar, directed the concerned authorities to ensure guaranteed security arrangements to preserve the protection of citizen’s lives and ensure the appropriate atmosphere for the revival…

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has banned the holding of mourning processions on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, his companions and family, peace be upon them, on Ashura.According to the Indian Shabestan news agency, the authorities…