Europe

The international magazine (Tahleelat Al-Asr) said that the Swiss National Library includes a prominent book on Shias in its Islamic archive. The book is titled (The Legends of the Supreme Religious Authority in Najaf) written by one of the prominent…

At least eight countries in Europe are experiencing record high January temperatures, according to meteorologists. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, who studies extreme temperatures, has collated data from around Europe. His findings show that countries including Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and the…

Oncologists from the Netherlands have discovered new glands within the human face which they’ve dubbed tubarial glands. The research is published in the peer reviewed journal Radiotherapy and Oncology. Seeking to learn more about cancer processes in the head and…

The Imam Al-Sadiq Foundation, peace be upon him, affiliated with the Supreme Religious Authority in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatima Al-Zahraa (peace be upon her), according to the fourth narration, by holding the Fatimid…

Yesterday, the health advisor for the Lazio region in central Italy, Alesso D’Amato, signed a decision allowing Muslim families in the region to perform circumcisions for their male children in the health facilities of the Italian Ministry of Health, and…

A Muslim man’s body has been cremated in Germany after a hospital in Hannover has mixed up two dead bodies. Abdulkadir Sargin, a Turkish citizen, died at the emergency service of the Hannover Medical School Hospital last week, officials have…

The European Parliament called on the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is sentenced to life imprisonment, and other detained political activists. Al-Khawaja has so far spent 12 years in prison, on the…

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in China, Chad and Bahrain. In China, MEPs express their support for protesters fighting for fundamental rights who are being persecuted by the Chinese government, notably…

Members of South Lanarkshire Council have ratified a motion which tries to confront growing Islamophobia as well as other forms of racism and discrimination in the area. At a full council meeting last week, councilor Ali Salamati brought forward a…

Italy, which has vowed a tough line on immigration, took in more than 500 refugees as two charity rescue ships were allowed to dock at ports in the south after several days at sea in bad weather. The Geo Barents…