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The Islamic Center in Manchester, England, announced the organization of the largest walk in honor of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, on Arbaeen.The center said in a press statement on its website, followed by Shia Waves, that “the walk…

France’s president announced late Wednesday that the leader of ISIS terrorist group in the Greater Sahara had been killed, describing Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s death as “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists…

The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison for an attack that terrified the mosque’s community.Emily Claire Hari, who was charged,…

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…

A brazen burglary at a mosque in Canada’s Calgary that left a trail of damage has made worshippers nervous, said one of its leaders.Between 7:30 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, a man in a pickup truck pulled up to the…

Police are investigating an arson attack on a mosque in Greater Manchester, Britain, as a hate crime.Officers were called to a report of a fire at Didsbury mosque, which is on the junction of Barlow Moor Road and Burton Road,…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the Taliban terrorist movement is lying, and that his country will not establish any relations with its recently declared government.“They said they would allow some foreigners and Afghans to leave freely and…

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 local Italian newspaper, Gazzetta di Modena, reported that the people of the city of Modena held a mourning procession on the martyrdom anniversary Imam Hussein ibn Ali, peace be upon him.The newspaper stated, “The crowds of mourners gathered in…

About 150 people died of starvation in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region in August, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has said.These are the first hunger-related deaths that the TPLF has reported since its fighters recaptured most of the region from…