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Yesterday, the largest Friday prayer for the Shias returned at the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque, peace be upon him, in the Diraz region, after it was banned by the authorities for 6 years. According to an official announcement issued by the…

Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat recorded the highest temperature in the world, on Monday, May 16, with a high of 48.6 °C, according to ArabiaWeather website. ArabiaWeather had warned that Mecca will be affected by a significant rise in temperatures this…

Taliban forces prevented female college students from attending classes on Wednesday in Kabul, apparently turning them away because their headscarves were deemed too colorful. Videos shared on social media show Taliban members stopping a group of women at the entrance…

The Japanese Ambassador to Iraq, Kotaro Suzuki, visited the holy shrine of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali, peace be upon him, and was taken on a tour of its historical landmarks. In a statement, the official website of…

Robots guide pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on how to perform their Umrah rituals, issue fatwas, answer questions and provide opportunities for people to communicate with scholars remotely. The Robots provide the pilgrims information in 11 languages: Arabic,…

As part of a heavy-handed crackdown led by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners, Saudi authorities have executed two young men from the Shia-populated Qatif region over false allegations of involvement in terrorist…

An explosion hit a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, injuring at least three worshipers, according to the local police. The blast occurred at a mosque in Police District 5 when worshippers were holding Friday prayers…

The Demolition of Jannatul Baqi Day was observed in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on the call of a senior Shia member in the city, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi. On this occasion, protest rallies were organized in which millions of faithful…

The Taliban terrorists have ordered women in Afghanistan to cover up head to toe and only go outdoors in the company of male chaperones, intensifying the worst aspects of the misogynistic rule they displayed their first time in power and…

Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan – almost half the population – are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in a UN-backed report, published on Monday. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for the country also revealed a…