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Kashmiri Activist Khurram Parvez Booked Under Public Safety ...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Despite a Srinagar court ordering the release of human rights activist Khurram Parvez on Tuesday, the Jammu-Kashmir government has slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) on him and decided to shift him to Kotbalwal jail in Jammu. “We were informed by the police that Khurram has been booked under PSA,” a member of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society told Indian Express. Parvez is the program coordinator of the Civil Society. The PSA, considered ‘draconian’ by...
Seminary students from 60 countries attended 3 Days Ghadir C...
Waseem Raza
( Iran )
Foreign students met with representative of Supreme leader for Yazd Ayatollah Nasiri and Ayatollah Imami Masjidi.They also visited the religious-historical and natural sites of Yazd Iran where they enjoyed the services and programs of Management.
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Seminary students from 60 countries attended 3 Days Ghadir Conference at Yazd Iran
Unity and Tolerance is a Key to success of Muslim World:Ayatollah Arafi
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No Shia is allowed to insult Sunnis:Ayatollah Khamenei...
( Iran )
Tehran:On the auspicious occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir, when the Imamate and Wilayah are celebrated-the Eid of Allah-u-Akbar,thousands of people from various spheres of life, gathered at the Hussayniyeh of Imam Khomeini (ra) to meet with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, Tuesday morning, September 20, 2016. Ayatollah Khamenei congratulated the public on the promising day of Eid al-Ghadir, describing the blessed celebration by using the phrase, “the great divine Eid”. He...
Nine Bahraini Hajj pilgrims detained in Saudi Arabia...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riyadh:A Bahraini human rights group says authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested nine Shia Bahraini Muslims in the kingdom after they had performed Hajj rituals, refusing to provide any information about the charges leveled against them. Hussain Radhi, with the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said on Saturday that Saudi security forces had detained the Bahraini nationals four days ago, while their fate together with charges brought against them remain unknown, Arabic-language Lualua television...
International probe into Kashmir killings imperative now:UN ...
( Geneva )
Geneva:The deteriorating situation in India-held Kashmir has now made it crucial to establish an independent, impartial and international mission to assess the situation, the UN human rights chief has said, while regretting India’s lack of response to his request for access to its controlled part of the disputed state.
UN rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein told the Geneva-based Human Rights Council that he received a letter from the Government of Pakistan on Sept 9 formally inviting a...
Indian Shia and Sunni Muslims Celebrate Eid al-Adha in Show ...
( India )
New Delhi:A number of Sunni and Shia Muslims in India’s capital city today offered Eid prayers behind a Shia Imam as a mark of unity. On the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, followers of both the sects performed prayers together in New Delhi’s Shia mosque of Shah-e-Mardan in Jor Bagh. The combined prayers were a part of the #ShouldertoShoulder movement launched last year by two alumni of Jamia Millia Islamia. This year’s joined prayers were organised by Ajuman e-Hadri, the trustee of Shah-e-Mardan. The...
Amid unrest in Kashmir, Urs of Shah-i-Hamadan celebrated wit...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Amid unrest in Kashmir, the 651st Urs of Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (RA) popularly known as Shah-e-Hamdan and Amir-e-Kabir was Friday observed at Khanqah Moula in old Srinagar city with religious fervor and enthusiasm.Notably, the Urs is observed on 6th of Zil Hijjah every year.
Syed Ali bin Shahab-ud-Din Hamadani Abidi (1314-1384) also known as “Shah Hamdan” (King of Hamadan) and as Amir-i Kabir (the Great Commander) was a Persian Sufi and a prominent Muslim scholar from Iran.
Saudi not competent to run Islam’s holy mosque:Supreme Lea...
( Iran )
Tehran:Leader of the Muslim Ummah and Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a meeting on Wednesday with the families of martyrs of (the 2015) Mina and Grand Mosque mishaps, said the dawdling and incompetence of the Al Saud in this incident proved once more the ineptitude of this accursed wicked tree in administering and managing the Two Holy Mosques’ affairs. Ayatollah Khamenei noted: “If they are telling the truth and are innocent in this incident, they must let an Islamic-international...
Kashmir issue: Prominent citizens write to President of Indi...
( Iran )
Srinagar:Twenty-two prominent citizens, including retired bureaucrats and judges, on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee and called for “meaningful talks” on Kashmir. The memorandum — signed by former Chairman of the State Public Service Commission M. Shafi Pandit, ex-High Court judge Hasnain Masoodi, former Chief Information Commissioner G.R. Sufi, former Vice Chancellor Abdul Wahid, Editor of the Greater Kashmir newspaper Fayaz A. Kaloo, among others — called for “direct,...
US, Western allies know Saudi Arabia supports terror groups:...
( US )
New York:Noam Chomsky, a renowned American political activist and philosopher, has accused the United States and its Western allies of knowing about but choosing to turn a blind eye to Saudi Arabia’s support for terrorist groups. In an interview with Lebanese Al-Mayadeen television channel on Saturday, Chomsky said Riyadh is engaged in spreading extremist outfits, something the US and the West are prepared to ignore. He said the US, Britain, and France are well aware that Saudi Arabia is using...