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The Council of Ministers in the Pakistani province of Punjab, headed by the Chairman of the Parliamentary Affairs and Environmental Protection Committee, held a wide meeting to discuss the necessary preparations for holding mourning processions on the Arbaeen of Imam…

The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq Al-Husseini Al-Shirazi, has blessed the Arbaeen pilgrims for their efforts to revive this sacred ritual, warning against abandoning the blessed pilgrimage. The Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in the holy…

 The Deputy Governor of Karbala, Jassem al-Fatlawi, said on Tuesday, 13th of September, that holy Karbala has so far received pilgrims from 80 Arab and foreign countries, participating in the revival of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be…

Today, the Iraqi Manuscripts House opened the Exhibition of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) in Rare Manuscripts, in the Assyrian hall of the Iraqi Museum in the capital, Baghdad, in conjunction with the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. The director of the…

After several years of their presence in Iraq, the Chinese workers and engineers saw with their own eyes the generosity and altruism of the Iraqis during the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), which motivated them to…

The Ahlulbayt Cultural and Charitable Foundation in Basra has started to set up a tent for religious inquiries in Najaf province to serve the Arbaeen pilgrims. In a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency, the Foundation stated that, in…

Hazara and other Shia Muslim communities in Afghanistan are facing what seem to be “systematic” attacks that could amount to international crimes, a United Nations expert has warned. Afghanistan’s Hazaras have faced decades of abuse and state-sponsored discrimination, including by…

Tens of thousands of pilgrims from Afghanistan and Pakistan are entering Iraq via Shalamcheh Border Crossing to participate in the Walk of Love, the walk towards the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, to participate in the…

The religious authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi, joined the millions of pilgrims walking towards the holy city of Karbala to commemorate the Arbaeen. This comes within the Grand Ayatollah’s annual habit of joining the believers in the…

Dozens of girls have protested in Afghanistan’s Paktia province after Taliban authorities shut their schools just days after classes resumed, agencies and local media reported, as an estimated three million secondary school girls are shut out of school for more…