Islam World

Since retaking power, the Taliban have reinstated draconian curbs on women’s rights in Afghanistan. The most recent move, banning women from universities, has drawn international condemnation. Afghan girls may now only complete school until sixth grade but are barred from…

The work of installing the new cladding (Kiswa) for the Holy Shrine of Aba Al-Fadhl Al-Abbas (peace be upon him) has been completed after a work that took three years. The ceremony of installing the new Kiswa was attended by…

Students of the Al-Muhaqqiq Al-Karaki Seminary, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority, continue their seminary studies for the evening period, which began at the end of the month of Rabi’ al-Thani of the academic year (1444 AH). The seminary’s deanship…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the holy city of Qom will hold a one-week mourning ceremony on the demise of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Sadiq al-Rohani (may Allah bless…

The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) plans to set up a fund for supporting elites and talented figures in the Muslim world. This was announced in a recent meeting of the ministers of the organization’s members states,…

The United Nations Secretary General urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to include all ethnic groups in the government, restore girls’ rights to education at all levels and women’s rights to work, and to stop all terrorist activity on its territory. Guterres…

Shia followers of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in Iraq and the Islamic world renewed their condolences to Imam al-Mahdi, may Allah Almighty hasten his honorable reappearance, on the martyrdom anniversary of the jurist of the Ahlulbayt, His Eminence…

The United Nations Secretary-General’s envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, said that the Syrians are facing a worsening humanitarian and economic crisis inside and outside the country, while the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, confirmed that six million Syrians…

The Spanish Ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Pedro Martinez, and his accompanying delegation had the honor of visiting the Kadhimiya Holy Shrine, and were warmly received  by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Holy Shrine. The delegation toured the archaeological, historical and…

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry has said that female students would not be allowed access to the country’s universities until further notice. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry on Tuesday, instructed Afghan public and private…