International
Record-Breaking Arbaeen Pilgrimage, 2.5 Crore pilgrims atten...
( Iraq )
Baghdad | WTNS | Sep 10:The holy city of Karbala, nestled in the heart of Iraq, is currently experiencing an unprecedented wave of devotion and spirituality as it hosts the annual commemoration of Arbaeen. This significant religious event, which honors the memory of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), has drawn an astonishing number of pilgrims, an estimate of 22 million. Over one lakh Lovers of Ahlebayat from India had travelled to Karbala for Arbaeen, which means...
Hojatul Islam Syed Murtaza Kashmiri`s Message to Arbaeen Pi...
( Britian )
London | WTNS | Aug 24: On the occasion of Arbaeen-e-Hussaini, Hojatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Syed Murtaza Kashmiri, a special representative of the Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Sistani in Europe has issued a message to beliervers and millions of pilgrims who are set to attend the Arbaeen procession this year. In light of narrations related to the Holy progeny of our Last Prophet Muhammad “S.A.W.W” it is said that there must be the ethical sovereignty in the over all pilgrim in respect of refraining...
Grand Ayatollah Sistani slams desecration of Holy Quran in S...
( Iraq )
Baghdad | WTNS | June 30:The office of Iraq’s top religious authority has urged the United Nations to prevent desecration of Islamic sanctities following repeated acts of sacrilege in Sweden. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, the prominent Marja in Iraq, described the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as insulting and emphasized that freedom of speech in no way justifies violation of sanctity of Quran and promotion of extremism. As per the reports of Wilayat Times News Service, the office...
Iran-Saudi détente spells a ‘catastrophe for US hegemony...
( China )
Beijing | WTNS | March 11: China has praised an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations after seven years of hostility, saying the pact will help regional countries to get rid of foreign interference and take the future into their own hands. After several days of intensive negotiations hosted by China, Iran and Saudi Arabia finally clinched a deal on Friday to restore diplomatic relations and re-open embassies and missions within two months. According to the statement,...
Member of Islamic Party ‘Sabuhi Salimov’ dies in...
( Azerbaijan )
Baku | WTNS | March 04: Sabuhi Salimov, a member of the Azerbaijan Islamic Party, has died of a heart attack in court following a 53-day hunger strike in protest against his illegal detention by the dictator regime of the Ilham Aliyev. Salimov died on 2 March, reportedly shortly after the Baku Court of Appeal upheld his conviction. Salimov was illegally detained by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service in October 2021. On 11 November 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison on alleged charges...
Turkish military base in northern Syria comes under attack...
( Syria )
Damascus | WTNS | Nov 27:As per the sources, during saturday night that the base of Turkish forces in northern Syria was targeted by artillery attacks. According to the reports, Kurdish militias and Syrian army forces targeted the Turkish military base in the village of Dabiq on the northern outskirts of Aleppo with artillery shells. No report on the casualties of the attack has not been released so far. The Turkish forces and the militia reliant on them have, in turn, targeted the suburbs of two...
Yemen’s Health Ministry: Over 5,000 patients with rena...
(Srinagar)
Sana | WTNS | Nov 27: The Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population on Saturday warned that more than 5000 patients with kidney failure are at risk of death if dialysis sessions are stopped as a result of their medicines and solutions running out. In a statement issued during an emergency meeting with international and local organizations to unify emergency humanitarian response efforts to save the lives of patients with kidney failure, the ministry sounded the alarm as a result of the...
36th International Islamic Unity Conference attended by thin...
( Iran )
Tehran | WTNS | Oct 13: More than 300 luminaries and thinkers from different schools of thought in Islam across globe attended the 36th International Unity Conference organized at Tehran. While speaking at the opening ceremony of the 36th International Conference of Islamic Unity, Iranian President, Ayatollah Dr. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday congratulated the auspicious birth anniversary of the Prophet of Islam (SA) and Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS) and warmly welcomed the guests from all over the world...
21 million people across globe mark Arbaeen in Iraq’s ...
( Iraq )
Baghdad | WTNS | Sep 18:Through years, the Arbaeen has become a deeply rooted event in the traditions of lovers of Ahlul-Bayt, who yearly mark the occasion by flocking in to the holy city of Karabala and by practicing different forms of mourning, including the well-known Arbaeen Walk which is pilgrimage on foot between Najaf and Karbala. The annual event, which is one of the largest religious congregations in the world, brings together a deluge of Imam Hussein’s lovers and devotees from various...
Iran`s Influential Cleric Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani Pa...
( Iran )
Srinagar | WTNS | Feb 01:Tehran: Prominent Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani passed away at age 103 on Tuesday. The senior Iranian cleric died after cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. Born in February 1919 in Iran’s central city of Golpaygan, Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani became a Grand Ayatollah and a Marji’ (source to follow or religious reference), a title given to the highest level in Ahlebayat school of thought in Islam. After the victory of the Islamic Revolution...