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The residence of the Supreme Shia Marja will receive the magnificent gathering of Hosseini mourners on Ashura Night of the Master of the Martyrs (peace be upon him), according to the Iranian calendar. This meeting will take place at 21:30…

The UN children’s agency UNICEF released a statement on Monday in which it confirmed that at least 435 children have been killed and at least 2,025 injured since violence broke out in Sudan three months ago. Ted Chaiban, UNICEF deputy executive…

The traditional ceremony of “Mashq e Shamshir” (Sword drill) on the eve of Ashura is held every year in the holy city of Karbala. This ceremony is also performed in Holy Najaf from the sixth of Muharram for three nights…

The annual human rights conference will be held on September 27 and 28 of this year at the University of Turin, Italy, with the presence of a number of human rights advocates and thinkers from different countries. The main goal…

The holy month of Muharram holds immense significance for Shia Muslims worldwide. For the Hazara Shia community in Afghanistan, observing Muharram has been a time of spiritual reflection and solemn remembrance. However, under the rule of the Taliban, the Hazara…

 An interesting article from Awazthevoice reported this week how the residents of an Indian village in the Karnataka region still continue to observe Muharram mourning rituals despite the fact that the village does not have any Muslim inhabitants. The villagers…

The Shia Rights Watch (SRW), a non-profit organization that defends Shia rights around the world, issued a statement condemning the widespread sectarian persecution practices targeting Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan with the beginning of the holy month of…

The Shia followers of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in the Swedish capital Stockholm and other cities, including Trollhattan and Malmo, held mourning ceremonies in memory of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The ceremonies were established…

The World Health Organization has warned that cases of dengue fever, also known as bone-breaking fever, may reach an all-time high this year as a result of global warming and an increase in mosquitoes. One of the doctors of this…

The British Foreign Office confirmed on Friday that the burning of the Holy Quran was completely inappropriate. In a statement on its official website, seen by the Shia Wavs Agency, the British Foreign Office said in that “the burning and…