Dr. Ghulamali Haddad Adil, the representative of the people of Tehran in Parliament, spoke in a gathering for ‘A world free of extremism and terrorism from the viewpoint of the Abrahamic religions’. He stated: “For the world to be free of terrorism, religion needs to be the governing force, and …

When the episode of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s popular TV show Parts Unknown filmed in occupied Palestine aired last September, I couldn’t bring myself to join in some of my friends’ effusive praise on Facebook and Twitter over its scenes of Palestinians preparing and enjoying traditional cuisine. And it wasn’t …

The Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria marked the annual Shuhada Day and martyrdom of Imam Musa Ibn Jafar (as) in Zaria on Saturday the 25th of Rajab 1435 (24/5/14) and was attended by hundreds of thousands of people from far and near.   The Leader of the Shiite islaimc Movement, …

The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has concluded that footage capturing the moment two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead by Israeli soldiers despite posing no risk to them is “genuine and consistent”, contradicting Israeli army claims that the footage is likely to have been forged. A short section of edited CCTV footage …

Bahrain released one of the Arab world’s best-known activists on Saturday after he served a two-year jail sentence for his role in pro-democracy protests in the US-allied kingdom, his son said and his lawyer said. Nabeel Rajab, co-founder and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), was found …

How did these lunatics do it? How did they let us get so close to their homes? How could they have spared us the trouble of getting to the point nearest to their positions? They would not have done so had they not been defeated. Truly defeated. And here we …

Thousands gathered today in South Lebanon to listen to Hezbollah leader, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, deliver his speech on Liberation Day 2014. Liberation Day marks the day Israeli occupation forces were forced to end their illegal occupation of Lebanon in 2000 after facing resistance by Hezbollah. The following points were made …

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces, attended the graduation ceremony of cadets at Imam Hussein (a.s.) University on Wednesday morning. Speaking at the meeting, which was held on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of Khoramshahr on May 24, 1983, His Eminence described building religious, …

Ayatollah Mohsin Araki, the head of World Forum for Proximity between Islamic Schools, in a meeting with Ayatollah Wahid Khurasani, spoke about the issue of Islamic unity and sectarianism. He stated: “Our policy in the issue of proximity is centralization on issues on which we can work together with the …

Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi, a member of the High Council of the Cultural Revolution, in a gathering of scholars in Mashhad, spoke about the issue of sectarianism in the Islamic world today. This highly respected professor started by speaking about the importance of realizing what is actually meant by unity. He …