Islam World

A new book was recently published by the Ahl al-Bayt Cultural and Charitable Foundation, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the city of Basra, bearing the title “The Brief on the Rulings of Marriage Ceremonies”. The book was prepared…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack on innocent students and children at the religious school in Aybak, in the Samangan province, Afghanistan, on 30 November. The attack resulted in the deaths…

ISIS militant leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi was killed in an operation carried out by the rebel Free Syrian Army in mid-October in Syria’s Daraa province, the US military said on Wednesday, another heavy blow to a group that once…

The United Nations called on Taliban movement to restore all rights and freedoms to women. The Taliban banned women last month from entering parks and gyms in Kabul, accusing them of violating Islamic law in the capital.  A spokesman for…

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a mechanism for obtaining a “personal visit” visa, which enables visitors to enter the Kingdom’s lands to visit their friends or acquaintances who are Saudi citizens, with the possibility of traveling between the…

A suicide bomb blast struck a police vehicle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer and two civilians and wounding dozens, according to police. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known…

Bahrainis celebrated the blessed birth anniversary of Lady Zainab (peace be upon her) today Thursday, according to their customs and traditions. They emphasized the depth of their sincere affiliation with the pure Imams (peace be upon them) and their adherence…

A total of 300 people, most of them children, have been infected with whooping cough in Zabul province, in southern Afghanistan, and two children have died from the disease, according to Abdul Hakim Hakimi, director of public health in the…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, commemorated the birth anniversary of Lady Zainab (peace be upon her), in a celebration it held on the blessed occasion that was…

At least 19 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital told AFP. There have been dozens of blasts and attacks targeting…