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The Grand Kufa Mosque in the city of Najaf hosted the activities of the eighth Quranic competition in memorization and recitation for Iraqi university students, which witnessed wide participation from all provinces, and revealed promising Quranic talents among the competing…

Years have gone by, generations passed, but nothing has changed for women in Afghanistan, who continue to face atrocities under the Taliban. Yet another evidence of barbarity against women surfaced from the languishing country as a video showing brutal flogging…

In a statement issued today, Sunday, the Imam Shirazi World Foundation (ISWF) warned of the escalation of violence in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of dozens of innocent civilians, voicing its concern over the situation in the country. The statement,…

Hajj Abdul Amir Al-Amowi, one of the famous and well-known reciters of the Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) in the holy city of Karbala, along with Haider Al-Moallem and Amir Gardala, members of the board of directors of Al-Torath Al-Karbalai…

The Public Prosecution in Kuwait issued a decision on Thursday to arrest the Kuwaiti academic and researcher, Dr. Saad bin Thaqal Al-Ajmi, because of his defense of Imam Ali (peace be upon him), which disturbed the Salafi preacher Othman Al-Khamis,…

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…