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Shia Rights Watch Organization (SRW) attended a meeting for rights activists held in Geneva   Shia Rights Watch Organization (SRW) attended a meeting for rights activists held in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Mustafa Akound, representative of SRW, participated in the meeting,…

Pork sold by several leading British supermarkets has been found to be contaminated   Pork sold by several leading British supermarkets has been found to be contaminated with a strain of the superbug MRSA bacteria. Many people carry the bacteria…

bus company has faced criticism over incidents in Oxford when a driver appeared to not stop for Muslims waiting at bus stops   The Stagecoach bus company has faced criticism over incidents in Oxford when a driver appeared to not…

increasing restrictions on practicing Islam in China’s northwestern district of Xinjiang   Deploring increasing restrictions on practicing Islam in China’s northwestern district of Xinjiang, a leading American Muslim group has sent a letter to the Chinese President urging him to…

An intense heat wave killed more than 120 people Pakistan   An intense heat wave killed more than 120 people over the weekend in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, officials said, as the electricity grid crashed during the first days of…

Dutch MP Wilders uploads controversial cartoons on YouTube   During the holy month of Ramadan, Dutch MP Wilders uploads controversial cartoons on YouTube after his party showed them on public television Geert Wilders, Dutch far-right politician known for his anti-Islam…

Myanmar is proposing to ban Muslim schoolgirls from wearing headscarves   A group of Buddhist monks in Myanmar is proposing to ban Muslim schoolgirls from wearing headscarves, in the latest sign of growing religious tension in the country. A panel…

With the start of the holy month of Ramadan   With the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Latinos are noticing that a significant number of their neighbors have started observing fasting and other Islamic rituals pertaining to Ramadan,…

whistleblower documents released   Some of the documents released by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks reveal that Saudi Arabia has been spying on Shia Muslims in Bahrain. Mir’at al-Bahrain website reported that it has been revealed from communications between Saudi Arabia’s Foreign…

directives of the Eminent Sayed Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi   Following the directives of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, on the necessity of taking care of the needy during the month of Ramadan, OWASA…