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 head of the council, said that more than 40 women from the region have participated in the course   The first edition of an educational course on Quranic journalism has been held for Afghan women in Kabul. According to reports,…

The mourning ceremony was attended by a large number of scholars   On the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Mohammad al-Jawad, peace be upon him, a mourning ceremony was held at the honorable house of the Eminent Grand…

The 34-year-old self-taught photographer considered as one of the first professional female photojournalists in Iran   Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro ($112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. The…

The Syrian High Committee of Hajj said that the Saudi regime deprived the Syrian pilgrims of performing Hajj   The Syrian High Committee of Hajj said that the Saudi regime deprived the Syrian pilgrims of performing Hajj rituals for the…

Yemeni officials put the number of foreign troops from Saudi Arabia   As many as 800 Egyptian soldiers arrived in Yemen, Egyptian security sources said, swelling the ranks of a Gulf Arab military contingent launching a wide war on the…

Two of Al-Azhar’s Tajik students have been recently arrested for trying to join ISIS   At least 300 students of Egypt’s Al-Azhar University are associated to the IS terrorist group.  It had been reported earlier that IS seeks to recruit…

The source said five more shells fell in the neighborhoods of al-Qasa’a, Bab Touma, al-Qaimariye, and al-Hamidiye   Five civilians were killed and dozens were injured, some of them women and children, in a series of terrorist mortar attacks on…

His eminence also received pilgrims from Iraq, Africa and other Islamic countries   The Eminent Hujatul Islam Sayed Hussein Shirazi, son of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, arrived in Holy Medina. Officials…

Dressed in the white shrouds worn by pilgrims and brandishing assault rifles   Hundreds of Yemenis protested Friday in Sanaa over claims that Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites and host to the hajj, was denying Yemenis the right…

At least 107 people are killed as a crane falls on Hajj pilgrims in the Grand Mosque of Mecca   At least 107 people are killed as a crane falls on Hajj pilgrims in the Grand Mosque of Mecca, Saudi…