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UN rights chief arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya camps
August 15, 2022
UN rights chief arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya camps
United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh Sunday for a four-day visit that will include a trip to squalid camps housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. The exodus of Rohingya was sparked by a 2017 Myanmar…
Muslim woman targeted in France due to her Hijab
August 15, 2022
Muslim woman targeted in France due to her Hijab
A Muslim woman of African descent documented the moment she faced a racist attack by a female administrator in a special center for the elderly in France because of her hijab. According to a video clip posted by a woman…
French ‘Mediapart’ writes on deplorable conditions of immigrants
August 14, 2022
French ‘Mediapart’ writes on deplorable conditions of immigrants
Due to lack of services, jobs and human rights violations, the number of immigrants leaving their countries is dramatically increasing. The French website “Mediapart” said that deaths are increasing among illegal immigrants without this provoking a slightest reaction on the…
Kazakhstan unveils Central Asia’s largest mosque
August 14, 2022
Kazakhstan unveils Central Asia’s largest mosque
The largest mosque in Central Asia has opened in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan. Several high-ranking figures attended the mosque-opening ceremony. The mosque spans an area of almost ten hectares, and is topped by a 90-meter central dome and eight smaller domes. …
Madagascar: Theatrical performance embodies Tragedy of Karbala
August 13, 2022
Madagascar: Theatrical performance embodies Tragedy of Karbala
A group of followers of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, staged a theatrical performance embodying the painful tragedy of al-Taff in Madagascar. The director of the office of…
Ahlulbayt followers in Senegal commemorate Ashura
August 11, 2022
Ahlulbayt followers in Senegal commemorate Ashura
Ahlulbayt followers in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, commemorated the Ashura ceremonies on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein and his pure family (peace be upon them), in the presence of a large number of mourners.Sheikh Mustafa Diba…
Foundation stone laid for the first smart, environmentally-friendly mosque in Algeria
August 11, 2022
Foundation stone laid for the first smart, environmentally-friendly mosque in Algeria
The Algerian Ministry of Housing announced the laying of the cornerstone for the project of the first smart, environmentally-friendly mosque that operates on an energy system, a combination of solar and ordinary power. The ministry stated in a statement that…
Washington DC: Volunteers distribute 1000 red roses with message introducing Imam Hussein (peace be upon him)
August 11, 2022
Washington DC: Volunteers distribute 1000 red roses with message introducing Imam Hussein (peace be upon him)
In conjunction with the days of the martyrdom of the Master of Martyrs, Aba Abdullah Al-Hussein, peace be upon him, one thousand red roses were distributed to residents in Washington DC, USA. Volunteers from Virginia and Washington DC attached a…
USA: Spots of blood seen on cradle on tragic day of Ashura
August 10, 2022
USA: Spots of blood seen on cradle on tragic day of Ashura
On the tragic day of Ashura – the tenth of Muharram 1444 AH – in Chicago USA, spots of blood were seen on a cradle which symbolically represents Imam Hussein’s six-month-old baby, Abdullah, peace be upon him. Abdullah was brutally…
Sunni, Shia community leaders hold joint press conference to respond to New Mexico shootings arrest
August 10, 2022
Sunni, Shia community leaders hold joint press conference to respond to New Mexico shootings arrest
Yesterday, Muslim community and organizational leaders from the Sunni and Shia traditions hosted a joint press conference to express “unity and solidarity” in response to the arrest of a suspect in the murders of four Muslim men in Alburquerque, New…