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In coordination with the International Media Center of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine, a delegation from the city of Saint Francis, Italy, visited the Holy Shrine on Thursday, November 3rd, to support communication and spread dialogue and cooperation between religions. The…

The house of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the holy city of Qom, commemorated the martyrdom of the daughter of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, Lady Fatima…

Today, Saturday, Shia Muslims in various countries of the world commemorated the painful tragedy of the martyrdom anniversary of Lady Fatima Al-Masoomah, daughter of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (peace be upon them). Mourners from different countries of the world, most notably…

This week a Quranic competition was held for blind people in Najaf, Iraq at the holy shrine of Imam Ali (peace be upon him). 35 contestants from different Iraqi provinces participated in the competition, which lasted over a period of…

 The First Deputy Speaker of Iraq’s Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, confirmed that the holy governorates of Najaf and Karbala are a destination for millions of Muslim visitors from all over the world, and that development service and tourism levels is at…

The capital, Baghdad, hosted the meetings of the third conference of the Standing Committee for Interfaith Dialogue between Iraq and the Vatican State at the Council of Ministers Guest House. The meeting was attended by representatives from the three religious…

Employees of the Engineering and Technical Projects Department of the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine continue construction work of Imam Hassan Al-Mujtaba (peace be upon him) courtyard, which is the second courtyard within the expansion project of the shrine of Imam…

Followers of AhlulBayt in Najaf commemorated the martyrdom of Lady Zahra, peace be upon her, at the shrine of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him. A number of poets and Husseini eulogists participated in the mourning procession…

Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to terrorism charges earlier this year, Fluke-Ekren led an all-female ISIL battalion in Syria. Prosecutors described Fluke-Ekren as the ‘empress of ISIS’, accusing her of training women and girls as young as 10 on how to…

 The Shirazi-affiliated Ahl al-Bayt Center for Islamic Thought in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, launched an orphan clothing project to help needy children.  The project launched by the Center in cooperation with the Karbala-based Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation, peace be upon him,…