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Shia pilgrims complain of harassment by Saudi security at the airport

Shia pilgrims complain of harassment by Saudi security at the airport

Many Shia pilgrims, pouring to the sacred land to perform the rites of Hajj for this year, have expressed dissatisfaction with what they described as racist and sectarian practices committed by employees in the Saudi airports who receive delegations of…
Radio Mauritania to air programs on Quran and Hadith teachings

Radio Mauritania to air programs on Quran and Hadith teachings

A series of educational programs on the Holy Quran and Hadith teachings are planned to be aired on Radio Mauritania.   According to Mauritanian News Agency, the scientific programs have been produced with the aim of developing Quran and Hadith…
Islamic calligraphy exhibition held in Tunisia

Islamic calligraphy exhibition held in Tunisia

The first calligraphy exhibition featuring the names of the Holy Prophet of Islam, peace be upon him and his progeny, was held in Tunisia.   More than one hundred calligraphy works by Tunisian artists were exhibited at the event. Addressing…
Shia bank cashier killed in presence of his children in Karachi

Shia bank cashier killed in presence of his children in Karachi

A Shia bank cashier was shot dead in a terrorist attack in the presence of his children in district central of Karachi.   Eye witnesses said that the martyr was on his way to drop his children at school when…
Mass rally in Bahrain rejects royal reforms and calls for full democracy

Mass rally in Bahrain rejects royal reforms and calls for full democracy

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis poured into the streets of Manama to protest a proposal put forward by Al Khalifa regime tied to legislative, security and judicial reforms.   Middle East Eye reported that the rally came a day after…
Dozens martyred and dozens injured in a series of explosions across Baghdad

Dozens martyred and dozens injured in a series of explosions across Baghdad

A series of bomb attacks have claimed lives of dozens of people and injured many others in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.   Iraqi officials say at least 17 people lost their lives in separate bombings in the capital Baghdad…
Iraq launches major offensive south of Salahuddin

Iraq launches major offensive south of Salahuddin

The Iraqi army has launched a major offensive against ISIL Takfiri terrorists south of Iraq’s Salahuddin Province.   The major operation on Wednesday comes as the Iraqi army has recently been making advances in al-Dhuluiya and Khazraj areas in the…
Saudi Wahhabi authorities arrest a Shia youth from Awwamiyah town

Saudi Wahhabi authorities arrest a Shia youth from Awwamiyah town

 A Saudi security force arrested a Shia youth from Awwamiyah town in one of Dammam’s streets without a warrant.   The arrested youth, identified as ‘Sayyid Mohammad Taher al-Shemimi’, was arrested in 2012, by a security force at the Khafji…
160 Shia embraced martyrdom in one year due to takfiri attacks

160 Shia embraced martyrdom in one year due to takfiri attacks

More than 160 Shia Muslims were martyred during one year due to takfiri terrorist attacks in Pakistan.   Official sources said that among those who got martyred were 3 eminent scholars, 5 doctors, 5 engineers, 3 professors, 5 lawyers, 21…
Saudi Arabia withdraws a syllabus book containing Shia Sheikh’s picture on the cover page

Saudi Arabia withdraws a syllabus book containing Shia Sheikh’s picture on the cover page

Saudi education directorates withdrew a primary school’s syllabus book of Islamic teachings after being distributed on Saudi global schools inside the country and abroad.   This comes after receiving criticism over a printed picture for a Shia Sheik on the…
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