Islam World

A number of Shia leaders and clerics in the Parachinar region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan accused the Taliban movement in the country of fomenting conflict and fueling sectarianism in the region to create division between Shia and Sunni…

The Military Operations Command of the Holy City of Karbala held a security conference on Saturday to distribute security plan tasks for the coming holy month of Muharram. The Shia Waves correspondent attented the conference and reported that “the conference…

The Shia Rights Watch (SRW), a non-profit NGO that defends the rights of Shias around the world, has called on the Saudi authorities to stop their new harassment campaign which they launched to target Shia citizens as the month of…

With the ongoing ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, women students in the country have reiterated their request for the Taliban to reopen schools, a news agency reported. Afghan women called on the ruling authorities a number of times to…

The ‘Talented Nurturing Centre’, one of the centres affiliated to the Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development, has organized a cycling marathon in Iraq’s Capital Baghdad, amid a broad participation of young men. The event, coincided with celebrations of…

Lebanon reacts sharply to EU’s decision on Syrian refugees The Lebanese Officials have expressed displeasure with the European Parliament’s decision to approve the resolution supporting the retention of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Lebanese Government has criticized the decision, describing it…

Grand Ayatollah Shirazi: It is permissible to ask Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) for fulfillment of needs The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq Hosseini Shirazi was held on Thursday, 13 and 14 of July. In these…

Imam Ali Holy Shrine has unveiled an 800-year-old historical mihrab (Islamic Prayer Niche) after it was restored. The head of the Architectural Heritage Unit at the Holy Shrine, Abdul Hadi Al-Ibrahimi, said that, “The historical mihrab of Al-Ras Al-Sharif Mosque…

The Iraqi Minister of Interior, Abdul Ameer Al-Shammari, has confirmed that a wide-scale security plan was finalized to secure the road between the capital, Baghdad, and the Holy City of Karbala in preparation for the coming Arba’een Pilgrimage. A statement…

The Misbah al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala took the initiative to provide Eid clothing to underprivileged families in the Holy City of Karbala on the occasion of Eid al-Ghadir. In a statement received by Shia Waves…