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Saudi Arabia has announced that a male guardian, or a mahram, is no longer needed to accompany a female pilgrim performing Hajj and Umrah. The Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, announced that a woman can now…

The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has begun his advanced lessons in jurisprudence with the start of the new academic year of the seminaries. The lessons began on Saturday, with the attendance and participation…

On the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Edwards, and the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, issued the…

In an important comparison in an article by the American website (Patheos) concerned with religious affairs, between the Sunni and Shia Islamic sects, the article saw that the Shia school of Ahlulbayt (peace be upon them) has many pioneering features,…

The world remained a mute spectator when the Taliban took over Kabul without firing a single shot. The NATO troops were busy leaving the war-torn-nation, unbothered by the loss in the advancement that they made after two decades of war…

The ninth of the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal is known as Farhat al-Zahraa, peace be upon her, and is considered a special day of joy and celebration when God Almighty answered the supplication of Lady Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon…

On the ninth of Rabi’ al-Awwal (the second Eid al-Ghadir) the Lady Fatima al-Zahra Cultural and Charitable Foundation, distributed aids to the families of orphans and needy families. It is worth noting that the Foundation is affiliated to Grand Ayatollah…

The International Rescue Committee released a report highlighting the global threats of hunger and famine, and it said Afghanistan is experiencing conflict, insect plagues, drought and other climate-related crises which tend to result in food insecurity and hunger. “East Africa,…

The Iraqi Government Media Cell announced the inclusion of the archaeological Al-Adheem Dam and the Qantara Al-Baidha in Karbala to the World Heritage Irrigation Structures. The Cell stated in a statement, “The archaeological Al-Adheem Dam in Diyala Province and the…

UNICEF’s representative in Pakistan, Abdullah Fadil warned on Friday, October 7th, in a press briefing in Geneva that more children in Pakistan will die without immediate international support, and revised funding appeal to US $173.5 million.  “Pakistan’s catastrophic floods have…