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US: Followers of different religions intend to organize 12th Religions for Peace annual conference

US: Followers of different religions intend to organize 12th Religions for Peace annual conference

A group of Muslims, Christians and Jews announced their intention to organize the 12th Religions for Peace annual conference at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights/ United States on September 10. Pastor Corey Proust, co-founder of Sons of Abraham,…
India’s capital grappling with housing crisis for the poor

India’s capital grappling with housing crisis for the poor

According to a study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in 2020, India’s urban housing shortage rose 54 percent to 29 million in 2018 from 18.78 million in 2012, Aljazeera reported in an article yesterday,…
Russia Introduces Islamic Banking in Pilot Program

Russia Introduces Islamic Banking in Pilot Program

Aljazeera reported this week that Russia is set to launch its first Islamic banking system as part of a two-year pilot program starting September 1. With an estimated Muslim population of up to 25 million, the move endorses Islamic financial…
Kyrgyzstan brings home 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps

Kyrgyzstan brings home 95 ISIL wives, children from Syrian internment camps

The government of Kyrgyzstan announced that 95 wives and children of ISIL (ISIS) fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in northeast Syria as part of a humanitarian mission on August 30, reported Aljazeera. This operation was carried out with…
Iraq’s Umrah and Hajj Commission confirms large number of buses to transport pilgrims

Iraq’s Umrah and Hajj Commission confirms large number of buses to transport pilgrims

The chairman of Iraq’s Supreme Commission for Hajj and Umrah, Sheikh Sami Al-Masoudi, confirmed that “The buses allocated by the government will be in service to transport the honorable pilgrims to the holy city of Karbala and then back to…
China deepens ties with Taliban to exploit resources, pursue Uyghurs, new report reveals

China deepens ties with Taliban to exploit resources, pursue Uyghurs, new report reveals

Nikkei Asia, a major Japan-based English-language weekly news magazine, has published a report, a copy of which was received by Shia Waves Agency, which says that the Chinese authorities are standing out for an active role in Afghanistan. The report,…
Iraqi Parliament’s service commission increases electricity, water quotas for Arbaeen pilgrimage

Iraqi Parliament’s service commission increases electricity, water quotas for Arbaeen pilgrimage

On Tuesday, Iraq Parliament’s Services Committee convened a meeting under the chairmanship of Ali al-Hamidawi in order to review the preparations for the Euphrates River water release plan and the electricity supply needed for the Arbaeen pilgrimage of Imam Hussein,…
258 attacks against Muslims in Germany registered during first half of 2023, Ministry says

258 attacks against Muslims in Germany registered during first half of 2023, Ministry says

The German Ministry of Interior reports that more than 250 attacks against Muslims have been registered in this country during the first six months of this year. This Government body confirmed this figure in a report which came in response…
Fourteen Dead After Militiamen Attack Village in Northeast DR Congo

Fourteen Dead After Militiamen Attack Village in Northeast DR Congo

At least fourteen people have been killed as militiamen launched a brutal attack on a village in the country’s northeast region. The attack unfolded in the remote northeastern part of the Democratic Republic  Congo. Armed militiamen descended upon the unsuspecting…
Iraq: Ministry of Health deploys 170 buses to transport honorable pilgrims

Iraq: Ministry of Health deploys 170 buses to transport honorable pilgrims

The Iraqi Minister of Health Saleh Mahdi Al-Hasnawi has announced that170 buses were deployed to transport the honorable pilgrims to Holy Karbala during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. Al-Hasnawi explained in a statement received by Shia Waves Agency that “The buses, which…
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