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Allison Fluke-Ekren pleaded guilty to terrorism charges earlier this year, Fluke-Ekren led an all-female ISIL battalion in Syria. Prosecutors described Fluke-Ekren as the ‘empress of ISIS’, accusing her of training women and girls as young as 10 on how to…

 The Shirazi-affiliated Ahl al-Bayt Center for Islamic Thought in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, launched an orphan clothing project to help needy children.  The project launched by the Center in cooperation with the Karbala-based Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation, peace be upon him,…

Holy Karbala Women’s Seminary announced the resumption of its lessons and scientific activities, according to a statement by its deanship received by Shia Waves Agency. The statement added: “During the meeting, a number of important obstacles identified with effective ways…

Husseiniya of Al Yasin, affiliated to the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Australian city of Sydney took the initiative to distribute sacrificial meat to a number of needy and poor families in Iran  In a statement received by Shia Waves…

Dozens of Afghan women demonstrated in the capital, Kabul, against the Taliban authorities’ deprivation of women’s right to work. The Afghan TV news channel, Tolo, which reported the news, stated that the female demonstrators expressed their complaints about the continued…

 Today, Wednesday, the Chairman of the Pakistani Shia Scholars Council, Sajid Ali Naqvi, warned of the dangers of drug spread and human trafficking, because of their negative effects on human societies.  Naqvi said in a press statement, which was followed…

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) called on the leaders of the Arab countries to implement comprehensive reforms at various levels, and to search for ways to recover the deterioration occurring in their countries, according to a statement issued by…

A hundred days passed since Iranian authorities took the passport of Ayatollah Sayyid Hussein al-Shirazi, the eldest son of the supreme religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, imposing a travel ban on him. The government continues in its…

Today, Tuesday, the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization in the UAE revealed 50 rare Quranic manuscripts dating back to 14 centuries, and they are being displayed for the first time.  The daily newspaper ‘The National News’ said: “The displayed manuscripts…

The Bahraini government is using its “political isolation laws” and a series of other tactics to keep the opposition out of public office and other aspects of public life, according to a report by NGO Human Rights Watch. The report…