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The Engineering Projects Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine has begun construction work at the Noor Al-Imam Al-Hussein Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, after allocating a plot of land by the shrine in Karbala. The institute’s official, Sami…

A report by Shia Waves News Agency shed light on the lives of the Afghan people, a year after the Taliban movement seized power and took over the reins of power in the country. The report mentioned, “The chaotic end…

Al-Hamza bin Abdul Muttalib (peace be upon him) mosque in the Saihat region of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, carried out a social experiment among a number of young children working to provide Husseiniyah services to mourners on the painful Ashura commemoration,…

Thirty-one people were killed in heavy rains that caused flash floods in northern Afghanistan, the state news agency said Monday. The Bakhtar news agency reported that the floods that occurred on Sunday in the northern Parwan province killed women and…

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a “national holiday” on Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women’s rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline terrorists…

A mourning ceremony was held on the anniversary of the burial of the martyrs of Al-Taff battle, next to the shrine of Sayyed Hashem, peace be upon him, in the Afghan city of Bamiyan, while the Director of the Shirazi…

Photographs circulating on social media networks showed the departure of the first group of Arbaeen pilgrims from Basra province heading towards the holy city of Karbala on foot to commemorate the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).…

Days before the first anniversary of their return to power, Taliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital. About 40 women – chanting “bread, work…

An official in the Iranian Transportation Ministry said on Saturday that the process of transporting Iranian pilgrims to the holy shrines in Iraq to participate in the commemoration of the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, and…

The Zainabiya Seminary, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Syrian capital, Damascus, continues to hold the Husseini mourning ceremonies, on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The ceremonies witnessed a large presence of Shias…