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Lebanese Sunni scholar slams inaction against terrorism...
( Lebanon )
Beirut:Prominent Lebanese cleric rapped those silent against terrorism as part of the deviate group saying that a solution for the plague is not achieved easily.
Sheikh Maher Hamoud, director of the World Union of Resistance Scholars, in his Friday sermon in Sidon’s Al-Quds Mosque said the world people have not made it to diagnose the threat of terrorism slamming those inactive against the plague as part of the issue, reported TNA
He said,” We are clearly witnessing that the US, Zionist...
Indifference to politics makes no sense: Ayatollah Mohsen Ar...
( Iran )
Tehran”The present situation in which enemies are after debilitating religious teachings is without precedent,” pointed out the Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought.
Addressing the Seminar of “Revolutionary Seminary and Its Missions” which was mounted in holy city of Qom, Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thought, Ayatollah Mohsen Araki underscored,” the present situation...
US Democrats denounce Trump’s ‘backward, nasty’...
( US )
Washington:A number of US Democratic senators have joined a growing number of lawmakers who are denouncing President Donald Trump’s executive order to bar entry of people from certain Islamic countries. The president’s order, signed on Friday—after a week in office— bars all persons from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia from entering the United States for 90 days and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days until the president determines they have been sufficiently...
Saudis offered me bribe to abandon government: Syrian MP...
( Russia )
Moscow:Saudi Arabia attempted to bribe parliamentarians in order to persuade them to oppose the Syrian government, an MP tells Sputnik.
Mohammed Kheir Jasim al-Nadir said that while some Syrian leaders have indeed taken bribes from Saudi Arabia and stayed in the country, he refused the offer and went to serve Syria instead.
“Saudi Arabia offered us money to break away from Assad and oppose the Syrian government. We were offered it (the bribe) at the house of the Syrian ambassador to Riyadh...
Terrorism ‘a threat to ME cultures, civilizations̵...
( Iran )
Tehran:Iran`s President Rouhani underlined that terrorism is not only a threat to people, but also to great cultures and civilizations of the Middle East.
Addressing the 17th World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA) Convention on Saturday morning in Tehran, President of Islamic Republic of Iran Dr.Hassan Rouhani welcomed all participants expressing hope that the visit to Iran would lead to a greater familiarity with the age old history and culture of a hospitable nation.
He underlined...
Trump orders military chiefs to devise plan in 30 days to de...
( US )
Washington:US President Donald Trump has signed yet another executive order directing the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to devise a plan within 30 days to destroy the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group. Trump signed the military directive on Saturday, along with two other executive orders, including one imposing restrictions on highly lucrative lobbying for foreign governments by administration officials. In remarks following the order to military commanders, Trump said, “I think it’s going to...
OIC introduced Mashhad City as the cultural capital of Musl...
( Iran )
Mashad:Amina al-Hajri, the deputy director general of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, introduces Mashhad as the cultural capital of the Islamic world for the Asia region at an event in the holy Iranian city, January 24, 2017.
The holy city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran has been officially introduced as the “cultural capital of the Muslim world” for the Asia region for 2017.
In 2011, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO),...
Pakistan:Iran’s role emphasized to help soution of Kas...
( Pakistan )
Islamabad:Speakers at an international seminar in Islamabad unanimously criticized the United Nations for not playing an effective role on Kashmir issue and emphasized the role of regional powers, including ‘Iran’, to help resolve Kashmir cause. The seminar, inaugurated on Thursday by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was organized by National Assembly Secretariat and Young Parliamentarians Forum at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS). The speakers criticized the UN for not...
Hashemi’s name is one with Islam, Imam Khomeini and Is...
( Iran )
Tehran:Ahlul Bayt World Assembly has issued a statement of condolence on the occasion of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s passing away. In parts of the statement it is mentioned, “His courage during his years of exile and imprisonment, his perseverance in following Imam Khomeini, pioneering the support of Palestine and Lebanon, his efforts in establishing Islamic Revolution, resistance against sedition and division, his efforts in frontlines, and his enlightenment on Friday Prayers were...
Israel sets record for killing Palestinian kids in 2016...
( Palestine )
Gaza:A new report says 2016 saw the highest number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli troops over the past decade, warning that Tel Aviv is not being held accountable for its lethal attacks. The report by Defense for Children International (DCI), a Geneva-based NGO focusing on children’s rights, noted that 35 children were killed and 83 others injured by Israeli troops in 2016. It warned that Israeli forces are not being held accountable for using firearms against the Palestinian protesters...