Eid al-Fitr festivities, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, have been cancelled in the Nigerian city of Kano after several attacks hit the area. On Sunday, Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi called off all celebrations due to “the critical situation” in the city. Earlier in the day, …

Thousands of protestors have marched through the streets of central London to the US embassy to protest against the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip. According to organisers as many as 9000 took part in the annual Al-Quds demonstration, inaugurated in 1979 by late Ayatollah Khomeini, who declared the …

Hizbullah Secretary General, His Eminence, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appeared before the thousands of people who came to take part in al-Quds day ceremony in Sayyed al-Shuhada complex.The ceremony, scheduled to take place at 5:00 p.m. on the last Friday of the Holy month of Ramadan, held the surprise presence of …

The leader of Nigeria’s Shia community Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, whose three sons were killed yesterday by Nigerian troops in Zaria said the Shia were without arms and never armed themselves in their history. Zakzaky said in a brief telephone interview: “We were armless during our procession, and …

A German astronaut managed to capture the Gaza war zone from space while aboard the International Space Station. He called it his “saddest photo yet.” Alexander Gerst, a German flight engineer, geophysicist and volcanologist, spread the news with a short tweet on Wednesday, as the ISS was on a flyby …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei called on Palestinians to continue their armed resistance against the Zionist entity and expand it to the West Bank. In remarks during meeting university students in Tehran on Wednesday, Imam Khamenei said armed resistance was “the only way” to confront the …

The following are the remarks of United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki Moon after meeting Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf earlier today. Assalam Alaikum. Ramadan Kareem. I am extremely honored to have met His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani today for the first time. He is a man of the deepest wisdom …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says armed resistance by Palestinians is “the only way” to confront the Zionist regime of Israel. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks among university students in Tehran on Wednesday, adding that a referendum in the region would put an end to the …

See the brilliant quotes of global leaders and public figures about the issue of Palestine.      Source: Al Alam English

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an overnight suicide bombing in Baghdad which killed 33 people, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the Iraqi capital. The hardline Islamist group which has led an offensive through northern and western Iraq said the explosion in Kadhimiya, site of a …