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Eid Al-Ghadir to be celebrated in Sweden
August 26, 2018
Eid Al-Ghadir to be celebrated in Sweden
The Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center in Sweden will host a ceremony on the occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir on August 30. The Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center in Sweden will host a ceremony on the occasion of Eid…
Al-Abbas Holy Shrine Library and House of Manuscripts participates in international conference on RDA cataloging system in Malaysia
August 26, 2018
Al-Abbas Holy Shrine Library and House of Manuscripts participates in international conference on RDA cataloging system in Malaysia
The Library and House of Manuscripts of the al-Abbas Holy Shrine participated in the conference on data diversity in international contexts in the RDA cataloging system which was held in the Technology University Hall in the capital of Malaysia; Kuala…
Dutch PM distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest
August 25, 2018
Dutch PM distances govt from anti-Islam cartoon contest
The Dutch prime minister on Friday distanced his government from an anti-Islam cartoon contest being organized later this year by anti-Muslim lawmaker Geert Wilders. The Dutch prime minister on Friday distanced his government from an anti-Islam cartoon contest…
UNICEF condemns latest Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni children
August 25, 2018
UNICEF condemns latest Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni children
The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a recent Saudi deadly airstrike in Yemen’s Hudaydah province that killed over two dozen children. The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a recent Saudi deadly airstrike…
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty against female human rights activist
August 23, 2018
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty against female human rights activist
Saudi Arabian prosecutors are seeking the death sentence for five human rights activists, including a woman who is thought to be the first female campaigner in the country facing execution, rights groups have said. Saudi Arabian prosecutors are…
Islamophobia petition seeks inquiry following reported spike in anti-Muslim hate
August 23, 2018
Islamophobia petition seeks inquiry following reported spike in anti-Muslim hate
A petition demanding an independent inquiry into islamophobia in political parties has gained more than 30,000 signatures in just two days. A petition demanding an independent inquiry into islamophobia in political parties has gained more than 30,000 signatures…
Couple fined in Kazakhstan for teaching Quran
August 23, 2018
Couple fined in Kazakhstan for teaching Quran
After police raided their home in a village in the southern Jambyl Region of Kazakhstan where 48 girls were studying the Quran in the school holidays, a husband and wife have both been fined for illegal religious lessons. …
Saudi warplanes hit Yemen’s Hajjah, Sa’ada
August 23, 2018
Saudi warplanes hit Yemen’s Hajjah, Sa’ada
On another day of the deadly campaign led by the regime in Riyadh against Yemen, Saudi warplanes have conducted airstrikes on the provinces of Hajjah and Sa’ada.. On another day of the deadly campaign led by the regime…
Sedition charge sanction granted after 2 years over Quran desecration in India
August 21, 2018
Sedition charge sanction granted after 2 years over Quran desecration in India
More than two years after the Quran desecration incident in Malerkotla in June 2016, India’s Punjab government has finally granted the mandatory sanction for prosecuting the accused for sedition and outraging religious feelings. More than two years after…
Scholars: UN, Security Council fully responsible for Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
August 20, 2018
Scholars: UN, Security Council fully responsible for Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
Yemeni scholars and religious figures have strongly denounced a recent deadly airstrike by Saudi warplanes on a bus carrying schoolchildren in the country’s northwestern province of Sa’ada, criticizing the silence and inaction of world bodies vis-à-vis the Saudi-led coalition’s crimes…