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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…

Within exchanged visits among religious expeditions in the holy city of Medina   Within exchanged visits among religious expeditions in the holy city of Medina, hajj expedition of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, has…

Lessons will be given every day at 10 o’clock local time   Upper-level course of jurisprudence of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, my Allah prolong his life has kicked off today at Zainul Abdin Mosque, peace be…

Saudi authorities had distributed lists containing a sectarian question which is: Are you Shia   Shia pilgrims who enter Saudi Arabia for performing annual Hajj rituals are subject to unjustified inspections and insults of extremist elements at the kingdom’s airports…

The expedition also received delegations of high-ranking people from the holy cities of Karbala and Qom   Hajj expedition of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, in the holy city of Medina, has…

The army said in a statement that the seizure was made on Tuesday in an area located between the towns   Nigerian military says it has arrested a number of people in the country’s embattled northeastern state of Yobe, who…

Muslims make up at least five per cent of Myanmar’s 51-million population   Concerns have been raised over the lack of Muslim candidates in political parties contesting the Nov 8 parliament election. Both the BBC and Britain’s the Telegraph have…

A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said army forces also destroyed a vehicle rigged with explosives   Syrian army forces have killed more than a dozen senior foreign-sponsored militants during a full-scale operation in an area on the…

The foundation said that it is now for months that the Takfirist terrorists have put a blockade   Imam Shirazi World Foundation warns the International Community of the ongoing genocide in the Shia towns of Kafariya and Al-Fu’a in Syria…