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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq demands complete ban on liquor and drugs...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Expressing serious concern over the disastrous impact of spread of drug addiction in Kashmir, Jammu Kashmir Mutthida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Ameer and Hurriyat Conference (M) Chiarman, Mirwiaz Dr. Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq Thursday called for imposing a complete ban on the sale and consumption of drugs and liquor in Kashmir. He said Kashmir valley has remained a pious land for ages and had been an abode of saints and religious scholars. The Mirwaiz said there was no justification for allowing...
5500 mosques of Iran ready to hold I’tikaf...
( Iran )
Tehran:There are more than 5500 mosques all over Iran to hold I’tikaf ceremony and more than 60000 worshipper from Tehran will attend this holy tradition. According to The Mosques Studies Center ‘’About 5500 Iranian mosques are ready to host worshippers for I’tikaf ceremony’’, the Cultural and Social Affairs Deputy of the Center of Supervision on Mosques Affairs reported. Hojjatul Islam Saeid Karami said: There are also 600 mosques of Tehran Province to hold this holly ceremony which...
Release Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky within 24 hours:Nigerian Lawy...
( Africa )
Abuja:Lawyers who have gained access to detained leader of Nigeria’s Islamic Movement (IMN) have called on Nigerian government to release him unconditionally and without delay. Lawyers who have gained access to detained leader of Nigeria’s Islamic Movement (IMN) have called on Nigerian government to release him unconditionally and without delay. Femi Falana was among a group of activist lawyers recently allowed to see Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky who has been held incommunicado without charge...
Saudi Arabia invites Iran to discuss upcoming Hajj...
( Saudi Arabia )
Riydh:Saudi Arabia has officially invited an Iranian delegation to discuss new arrangements for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, says the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization. On Wednesday, Saeed Ohadi said if the Iranian delegates’ visas are issued, they will travel to Riyadh for the April 14 meeting. He noted that similar to former procedures, a letter of agreement will be signed over sending Iranian pilgrims to Mecca if the two sides agree on its terms. “In previous years, we...
US and Some Western Countries Unreliable & are not trus...
( Iran )
Tehran:The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a New Year meeting on Wednesday with a group of Cabinet members, Presiding Board of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis), senior judiciary officials and officials from other organs, offered his gratitude to officials, particularly for efforts made by President Hassan Rouhani’s administration and endeavors in pursuing the implementation of policies of the Economy of Resistance. Ayatollah Khamenei gave a very significant...
Kashmir welcomes students from outside states:Syed Ali Geela...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
Srinagar:Vetern Pro Freedom Leader & Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani who returned to Srinagar after spending two months in New Delhi following his deteriorating health condition, Wednesday said that local students in National Institute of Technology (NIT) should welcome the students coming from outside to Valley to show them the hospitality of Kashmiris. While speaking over a news conference at his Hyderpora residence,Syed Ali Geelani said that BJP-RSS are jointly responsible...
Hamas warns of “explosion” in Gaza...
( Palestine )
Gaza:A senior Hamas official has warned of an “explosion” in the Gaza Strip amid Zionist regime’s siege of the impoverished enclave According to Press TV, much of Gaza remains in shambles since Zionist regime’s war against the coastal territory in summer 2014, which martyred more than 2,500 people and wreaked huge destruction across the Strip. Since 2007, Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on Gaza which has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates and poverty...
Calls mount for immediate release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzakay...
( Africa )
Kano:A Nigerian human rights lawyer has called for the immediate and unconditional release of senior Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky. In a Tuesday letter to the director general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Femi Falana said that Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat should be freed from “illegal detention” within 24 hours. Zakzaky and his wife have been in detention since December last year. The clergyman is said to have been charged...
Hezbollah destroys Daesh bunker on Lebanon-Syria border...
( Lebanon )
Beirut:Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has destroyed a bunker used by Daesh terrorists on the country’s northeastern border. The movement’s fighters attacked Daesh positions in the al-Zweitini area on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek on Monday, destroying the bunker and killing the terrorists inside. The War Media Center, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, said on Twitter that Hezbollah fighters also attacked the Daesh reinforcements that were sent to the area. Takfiri terrorists have...
Mehbooba Mufti became first Woman Chief Minister of Jammu an...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
05/04/2016
Jammu:Ms Mehbooba Mufti made history by becoming the first woman to assume the office of Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir on 4th April of 2016. Her rise in the politics of the State signals a new era in gender equality and empowerment in a society that is by and large still rooted in traditions. Nobody can deny her the credit for putting in hard work and displaying requisite acumen for not only surviving but carving a separate niche for herself in J&K’s turbulent political history.