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Fifteen human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, sent a letter to the King of Bahrain calling for the release of academic and political activist Abdul Jalil Al-Singace. The organizations urged the Bahraini authorities to secure the…

A group of tourists from the Netherlands and Germany visited the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali al-Redha, peace be upon him, where they were given a tour of the courtyards and museum of the Holy Shrine.   Members of the…

With the sorrowful day of Ashura peacefully commemorated across the world, Shia Muslims now prepare to mark the massive Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. In the previous years, the number of pilgrims coming to perform pilgrimage…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala announced the launch of the second phase of distributing the Ashura clothing to orphans and the needy. The Foundation stated in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency,…

The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, expressed his thanks to all the servants of Imam al-Hussein (peace be upon him) who participated in the revival of his painful Ashura, and who made great efforts…

Syria’s autonomous Kurdish region transferred to the Iraqi government more than 600 relatives of ISIS group members who were detained at the notorious Al-Hol camp, media outlets said Friday. It is the fourth operation of its kind this year from…

On the thirteenth of the mournful month of Muharram of every year, the Bani Asad Tribe’s procession is held in commemoration of the burial anniversary of the pure martyrs’ bodies of al-Taff battle. The tribes, headed by Bani Asad tribe,…

“Birir, Umm Wahb, Abs, Aslam, Qanab and Abd al-Rahman” and the names of other supporters of the Master of the Martyrs, Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), toured the area between the Two Holy Shrines, where the embroidered names were…

A year ago, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they promised to respect human rights – including the rights of women and girls and media freedom. However, over the past year, they have carried out serious human rights violations…

The holy city of Karbala will witness the massive mourning procession of Bani Asad tribe, which commemorates the burial anniversary of al-Taff martyrs’ bodies on the 13th of Muharram after the noon and afternoon prayers. This mourning procession dates back…