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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…

The Public Relations of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, organized a protest in front of the Saudi Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in memory of the crime of demolishing the graves of the Imams…

The London-based World Organization for the Preservation of Holy Places called to spped up allowing the reconstruction of Islamic and cultural heritage.The Secretary-General of the Organization, Dr. Hussein al-Haidari, said in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency, that…