Islam World

Muslims in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo have reiterated calls for the government to allow hijab in the schools and offer places for Friday payers in the schools as a fundamental human right for Muslims.   Several school principals…

A Bahrain court sentenced 14 Shias to life in prison over the death of a policeman in an anti-regime protest in the country,   A judicial source said that the 14 were found guilty of “premeditated murder”, possessing petrol bombs…

At least eight people have been martyred in four car bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.   According to an Interior Ministry source the car bomb explosions on Wednesday also left 36 people injured. A car bomb went off…

Shia Turkmen families from Tal Afar in Northern Iraq have been fleeing south to the holy city of Najaf to escape so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group’s onslaught in the north of the country.  …

A Quranic official at the University of Kufa, in Holy Najaf, said that the university plans to set up a Quran teaching centre.   Hadi Hanoun al-Arezi, head of the university’s Supreme Council for Quranic Activities, said the centre will…

Takfiri terrorists destroy Shias’ mosque and Husseiniya in Diyala province   Takfiri terrorists of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have destroyed a mosque belonging to Shia Muslims in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. According to…

A bomb exploded on Friday near a mosque in Karbala without causing injuries.    A security source said that a bomb exploded near Jenan al-Na’im mosque south of Karbala, and the explosion caused some damage to the nearby vehicles, without…

This Shia party has reiterated its demand for an operation against sectarian killers operating in the Karachi.   “The Sindh government has repeatedly assured our leadership of severe action against sectarian militants but, once again, it has failed to keep…

Saudi human rights activist brutalized by prison’s guards    The rights group says a Saudi human rights activist was dragged from his cell in chains and beaten after refusing to cooperate with the prison transfer. The activist has been relocated…

22 Bahraini Shia activists given jail terms over anti-regime protests   The Bahraini regime has given jail terms to 22 Shia activists for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in the country.   On Saturday, a Bahraini court sentenced 18 Shia…