NEW DELHI: What appeared to be a peaceful protest by Shia protesters at the Ghazipur border on Tuesday turned into a traffic nightmare at night. Protesters went on the rampage at the Mayur Vihar intersection after police detained senior Shia cleric ‘Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad’, along with 500 protesters. This …

Young UAE women have hit out at controversial comments encouraging Emirati men to take more than one wife. Federal National Council (FNC) member Ahmad Al Amash said earlier this week, during governmental discussions, that the reluctance of Emirati men to take a second wife was creating “a financial burden on the country”. …

Cairo: Egyptian security forces continue to chase armed groups active in the country. The confrontation does not seem it will come to end soon, with the information unfolding daily to security agencies about plans by those group to destabilize Egypt. Security sources revealed  “intelligence and security agencies succeeded in monitoring …

The pro-Israel Canadian government is modifying the country’s criminal code to ban any criticism of the Zionist regime for atrocities against Palestinians, an analyst says. In a column for Press TV website, Brandon Martinez has analyzed the proposed cyber-bullying law (Bill C-13) by the administration of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen …

MANAMA, Bahrain: Bahrain’s interior ministry says a homemade bomb has exploded just outside the capital, Manama, wounding a policeman. The ministry says the blast happened Friday in the village of Daih. The same area was the scene of a bomb attack in March that killed three policemen. An investigation into …

Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani, speaking to a gathering of students from the Islamic seminary emphasised the importance of tarbiyah. His eminence stated: “Tarbiyah means growth and development of potentials and turning them into actuality. It is from this viewpoint that in Islamic teachings, tarbiyah always takes precedence over teaching. The Quran …

Ayatollah Saafi Gulpaygani, spoke to a gathering of officials from the Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation regarding the importance of remembering and serving the martyrs who have sacrificed everything they had so that the religion could be preserved. Introducing the sacrifices of the martyrs and the war veterans, his eminence …

France’s far-right National Front leader said her party would prevent schools from providing non-pork alternatives to Muslim pupils. Marine Le Pen said on Friday that pupils would have to “eat pork or starve” in the 11 towns the National Front won in local elections, stating that such arrangements were a …

At least 24 people have been killed and dozens others wounded in a bomb attack in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials say. The explosion took place on Wednesday morning in a busy fruit and vegetable market. “We have received 15 dead bodies and 35 injured people,” said Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences …

Malaysia has a serious human rights problem, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which released a 100+ page report entitled “No Answers, No Apologies” detailing abuses by Malaysian authorities. The report comes on the heels of accounts that Malaysia arrested infants from the country’s minority Shia Muslim sect, based upon the “crime” …