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This week a Quranic competition was held for blind people in Najaf, Iraq at the holy shrine of Imam Ali (peace be upon him). 35 contestants from different Iraqi provinces participated in the competition, which lasted over a period of…

 The First Deputy Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, confirmed that the holy governorates of Najaf and Karbala are a destination for millions of Muslim visitors from all over the world, and that development service and tourism levels is at…

Hundreds of Shia Muslims and Buddhist citizens, in the capital of the Indian state of Ladakh (Leh), participated in popular protests, calling for the state to be declared an independent territory from Jammu and Kashmir. Today, Thursday, the Indian newspaper…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has issued an open letter, prior to Sharm El-Sheikh conference, calling for human rights to be placed at the center of efforts to tackle climate change. He warned that the right…

 “Since the start of the conflict in northern Ethiopia, millions of civilians have been displaced and thousands killed. “All parties have been responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including extrajudicial executions and summary killings of hundreds of people…

Authorities in Xinjiang collected the bodies of Uyghur residents in the northeastern city of Ghulja who died during a strict coronavirus lockdown but did not inform the families of the deceased about whether they handled their remains according to Islamic…

Human rights organizations and observers confirmed that large numbers of Yemenis are victims of unlicensed or expired medicines and counterfeit items circulating in the market. The Yemeni Ministry of Health indicated in a later statement that “(29 cases) received a…

With nearly two billion Muslims in the world and rising demand for halal products, there is potentially a huge market for Vietnamese companies to exploit, experts said. Deputy director of the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) told…

The capital, Baghdad, hosted the meetings of the third conference of the Standing Committee for Interfaith Dialogue between Iraq and the Vatican State at the Council of Ministers Guest House. The meeting was attended by representatives from the three religious…

The London-based NGO ‘Save the Children’ estimates that half of Afghanistan’s families have put their children to work out of economic necessity. Children as young as 4 cab be seen working at kilns. The situation has gone from bad to…