Malaysian authorities arrested 114 people in Perak on Saturday on the basis of their Shia faith, in what is the latest crackdown against followers of the Shia Muslim faith, the second largest school of Islamic thought. The arrest took place while they were attending a celebration to commemorate the birth …

On Thursday 6th March 2014, senior Shia scholar and student of Ayatollah Behjat, Ayatollah Saddiqi, has stated: As a reminder, I say to you that in these previous two weeks, the leader has been to Jamkaran on both weeks; this is a sign that he sees upcoming difficulties and every time …

MP Hassan al-Yasseri said on Saturday that the main objective behind the move is to show to the world that the Shia school of Islam is fiercely opposed to sectarianism and takfiri thought and that it seeks peace and dialogue among religious denominations.  Al-Yasseri said the move can highlight the …

Darren Aronofksy’s Noah could be banned across large swaths of the Middle East and parts of north Africa for contravening Islamic rules on the depiction of prophets,according to the Hollywood Reporter. The fantasy epic, which stars Russell Crowe as the biblical patriarch, has already been refused a licence by censors in Qatar, Bahrain and …

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding the insurgents his troops are battling in western Anbar province, in his strongest such statement since fighting started there early this year. Security forces have been fighting insurgents from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq …

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in his meeting with the Fiqh and Economic Committee of Tehran Stock Exchange raised the importance of the principles of the Islamic Economy. He stated: “Our country is an Islamic Republic where the Islamic principles are the core values. Therefore, our economic establishment must be in line …

For over a decade, Mecca – the holiest city in Islam – has been undergoing an unprecedented level of reconstruction to accommodate millions of pilgrims arriving year round. However, critics argue the massive expansion efforts have mercilessly destroyed invaluable historical and cultural sites, substituting them for crass commercialization and symbols …

Saudi Arabia has called on its citizens waging insurgency wars abroad to return back to the kingdom within 15 days or face imprisonment. The Friday ultimatum was an extension of a month-long deadline given to Saudis fighting outside the country to return home, the interior ministry said. Those failing to …

Leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria, His Emminence, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky was in Lafia, Nassarawa State to address participants at a three-day seminar (Mu’utamar) organised by Jos zone of the Islamic Movement. Mu’utamar is a moral enhancement seminar organized by the Movement on regular basis, as a ground …

Hundreds of people joined demonstrations at Sainsbury’s stores across more than 30 UK towns and cities on Saturday. They were protesting the supermarket’s sale of goods exported by Israeli firms that participate in the colonization of Palestinian land. Around 50 people took part in a dabke flash mob inside two central London …