International
Pope calls on France to respect Muslim women Hijab...
( Paris )
France:Pope Francis has urged France to respect the right of Muslim women to profess their faith and wear the hijab same as Christians are allowed to wear the cross. Pope Francis has urged France to respect the right of Muslim women to profess their faith and wear the hijab same as Christians are allowed to wear the cross. “If a Muslim woman wishes to wear a veil, she must be able to do so. Similarly, if a Catholic wishes to wear a cross,” Francis told the French Catholic newspaper La Croix,...
Israel is main threat to Muslim World:Sayyed Hassan Nasralla...
( Lebanon )
Beirut:The leader of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has praised the role of martyrs in the battle against the “Zionist regime and terrorism.” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the comments during a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beirut on Sunday. “If it was not for the sacrifice and zeal of resistance martyrs against Zionism and terrorism… there would be no security in the region today,” he noted. For his turn, Amir-Abdollahian...
59 Bangladeshis killed by lightning...
( Bangladesh )
Dhaka:At least 59 people have lost their lives in Bangladesh after being struck by lightning over the past three days, an official says. According to Reaz Ahmed, the head of Bangladesh’s disaster management body, who was speaking on Sunday, 34 people were killed on Thursday in different locations of the capital, Dhaka, and another 25 over the next two days all across the country. “We’ve not seen such a huge number of deaths due to lightning before,” Ahmed said, adding that most of the victims...
Takfiris killed Lebanese commander Badreddine:Hezbollah...
( Lebanon )
Beirut:The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, says its top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed by Takfiri terrorist groups in Syria, adding his death will boost the movement’s resolve to fight the extremist militants. In a statement released on Saturday, Hezbollah said investigation shows that Badreddine’s death was caused by artillery shelling by the militants near the Damascus International Airport. “Investigations have showed that the explosion, which targeted...
Islamic jurist, guardian of people’s beliefs:Ayatollah Wah...
( Iran )
Tehran:These flesh, skin and bone of ours are not criteria of human values, since the animals possess these elements in stronger forms, yet what accounts for humanitarian value and dignity is ration and our power of thinking. These flesh, skin and bone of ours are not criteria of human values, since the animals possess these elements in stronger forms, yet what accounts for humanitarian value and dignity is ration and our power of thinking. Speaking at a meeting with Qom Seminary scholars on...
Iran stops Hajj amid Saudi sabotage...
( Iran )
Tehran:Iran says it will not send pilgrims to Hajj this year because Saudi Arabia is refusing to cooperate on arrangements for Iranians to join the annual rituals in September. “Conditions are not prepared for conducting Hajj; we have lost the time; we made our utmost effort but the sabotage is coming from the Saudis,” Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said on Thursday. An Iranian delegation held four days of talks in Saudi Arabia last month aimed at thrashing out...
Bangladesh executes Jamaat-e-Islami leader Nizami...
( Bangladesh )
Dhaka:Bangladesh has executed a top leader of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami, Motiur Rahman Nizami, for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. “Motiur Rahman has been hanged to death at 12:10 a.m. (Wednesday),” Jahangir Kabir, Superintendent of the Dhaka Central Jail said. The 73-year-old was hanged after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal on May 5. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters on Tuesday evening that Nizami did not opt to seek presidential...
ISIS Burns a Whole Family to Death on Charge of Escaping in ...
( Iraq )
Baghdad:Accusing them of attempting to escape, ISIS militants have burned a family to death in northern Iraq. AhlulBayt News Agency – Accusing them of attempting to escape, ISIS militants have burned a family to death in northern Iraq. Iraqi media reported on Tuesday that ISIS insurgents captured a family who were attempting to escape the terrorists-held territories, and burned them in public. The victims, consisting of three children and their parents, were burned to death in public...
Turkey refuses EU call to amend terrorism law...
( Turkey )
Turkey says it will not make changes to its terrorism laws required under a controversial deal with the European Union (EU) aimed at stemming the flow of refugees to Europe. “It is not possible for us to accept any changes to the counter-terrorism law,” Volkan Bozkir, Turkey’s minister for EU affairs, told the Turkish NTV broadcaster on Wednesday. Turkey’s current terrorism law already meets the EU’s standards and there had been no agreement to reform the legislation in exchange...
Pakistani activist Khurram Zaki murdered in Karachi...
( Pakistan )
Islambad:A prominent Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Khurram Zaki, has been shot dead in Karachi. Mr Zaki was dining in a restaurant in the city’s north when suspects opened fire from motorbikes, reports say. He was an editor of the website Let us Build Pakistan, which condemns sectarianism and is seen as promoting democratic and progressive values. The spokesman for a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has said they were behind the shooting. He said they killed him because...