Islam World

Protesters have taken to the streets in Saudi Arabia’s restive Eastern Province, calling for the release of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.   Blocking rural roads in the Qatif region, the demonstrators denounced the Saudi regime’s suppression of the…

Prominent human rights defender and founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) has declared an open hunger strike “in protest against the continuation of arbitrary arrest and detention.”   In…

On the occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir, a revised copy of Nahj-ul-Balaqa edited by Qais Bahjat Attar, will be published by Specialized Library of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.   The director of the library said that the copy will…

The Iraqi security forces, backed by tribes’ members, foiled an attack led by the terrorists of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Dujail district of Shia majority, located in Southern Tikrit city, in Salahuddin province.…

At least nine people have been martyred in a suicide bomb attack on a Husseiniya in eastern Baghdad.   The attacker detonated his explosive vest during noon prayers in the south-eastern area of New Baghdad. Eye witnesses said that the…

Two car bombs went off today in the holy city of Karbala, resulting in the martyring and injuring of many civilians.   A security source told IHTV3 that two explosions targeted Bab Tweirij area, and Maytham al-Tammar St., located in…

A book about the life of Lady Zeynab, peace be upon her, by Lebanese Christian author Antoine Bara has been unveiled recently.   The Lebanese author underlined that it is very difficult to talks about a great and unique character…

Regime forces in Bahrain have once again attacked anti-regime protesters in the country as the ruling Al-Khalifa toughens its crackdown on the opposition.   A protest was staged in the northeastern island of Sitra near the capital, Manama, despite a…

Saudi Wahhabis decide to destroy Prophet Muhammed’s tomb and remove his body to an anonymous grave   A controversial plan has emerged in Saudi Arabia to demolish the tomb of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him and his progeny,…

Amerli’s residents and fighters celebrate the end of a two-month siege and the withdrawal of ISIL   Iraqi military forces along with volunteer militiamen have broken a six-week siege of northern Shia Turkmen town of Amerli by Takfiri ISIL terrorists…