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Largest banner of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra raised in Holy Karbala
January 15, 2023
Largest banner of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra raised in Holy Karbala
The holy city of Karbala witnessed, for the first time in Iraq and the world, the largest banner of Lady Fatima Al-Zahra (peace be upon her), marking the advent of her honorable birth anniversary. The Al-Zahra initiative, which was taken…
Pakistan is facing a growing food crisis, worsened by recent devastating floods
January 15, 2023
Pakistan is facing a growing food crisis, worsened by recent devastating floods
Last Saturday in Mirpur Khas, a city in Pakistan’s Sindh province, hundreds of people lined up for hours outside a park to buy subsidized wheat flour, offered for 65 rupees a kilogram instead of the current, inflated rate of about…
An Iraqi MP warns of attempts to bring remnants of terrorists from Syrian al-Hawl camp to Iraq
January 15, 2023
An Iraqi MP warns of attempts to bring remnants of terrorists from Syrian al-Hawl camp to Iraq
The Iraqi MP Sherif Suleiman Ali, warned of an “imminent danger” to the Iraqis in case that “the remains of ISIS members” were brought from the Syrian al-Hawl camp, and this would have an impact on the feelings of Iraqis.…
ADHRB condemns attack on 14 Bahraini political prisoners in isolation
January 15, 2023
ADHRB condemns attack on 14 Bahraini political prisoners in isolation
Since August 10, 2022, 14 Bahraini political prisoners have been languishing under horrific human rights violations in Jaw Prison, cut off from the outside world and unable to communicate between them and their families. Americans for Democracy and Human Rights,…
Dubai is building the world’s first 3D-printed mosque
January 13, 2023
Dubai is building the world’s first 3D-printed mosque
Dubai will be constructing the world’s first 3D-printed mosque. Plans for the 2,000-square-metre mosque were released by Dubai’s Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) on its website. The mosque will be able to hold 600 worshippers at one time.…
Shirazi-affiliated Foundations honor girls who reached age of puberty in Basra, Iraq
January 13, 2023
Shirazi-affiliated Foundations honor girls who reached age of puberty in Basra, Iraq
The Ahl al-Bayt Foundation (peace be upon them) in Basra Governorate, in cooperation with the Mesbah Al-Hussain Foundation (peace be upon him) for Relief and Development, honored a number of orphan girls who had reached the age of puberty. The…
Pakistan intensifies clampdown on journalists, fails to protect rights of minorities, HRW says
January 13, 2023
Pakistan intensifies clampdown on journalists, fails to protect rights of minorities, HRW says
Pakistani authorities intensified their clampdown on media, civil society groups, and opposition activists in 2022, while failing to protect the rights of minorities and other at-risk groups, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in its World Report 2023. Devastating floods that…
Head of Pakistani Senate visits holy shrines in Najaf and Karbala
January 12, 2023
Head of Pakistani Senate visits holy shrines in Najaf and Karbala
The official Islamabad Post newspaper reported that a high-profile delegation arrived yesterday, Wednesday, January 11, 2023, to the holy shrines in the cities of Najaf and Karbala to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood with the clergy in Iraq. The newspaper…
Revival of Ashura and persecution of Shias among most prominent events documented by photographers in 2022
January 12, 2023
Revival of Ashura and persecution of Shias among most prominent events documented by photographers in 2022
Pantagraph, the American Illustrated News Service, published four photographs on some of the prominent Shia events that took place in 2022, which were divided between the revival of Ashura ceremonies and the suffering, oppression and killing of Shia minorities. The…
Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation distributes firewood to the needy in Afghanistan
January 12, 2023
Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation distributes firewood to the needy in Afghanistan
In cooperation with the IHC organization, the Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, affiliated with the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, distributed firewood to the poor and needy families in the city…